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Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories and States-Parties
Press Contact: Seth Brugger, (202) 463-8270 or [email protected]
The Chemical Weapons Convention currently has 143 states-parties. Thirty-one signatory states have not yet ratified. For a guide to the terms of the convention, see Understanding the Chemical Weapons Convention. For an overview of the convention's implementation, see Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation.
Country | Signature | Ratification/Accession |
Afghanistan | 1/14/93 | |
Albania | 1/14/93 | 5/11/94 |
Algeria | 1/13/93 | 8/14/95 |
Argentina | 1/13/93 | 10/2/95 |
Armenia | 3/19/93 | 1/27/95 |
Australia | 1/13/93 | 5/6/94 |
Austria | 1/13/93 | 8/17/95 |
Azerbaijan | 1/13/93 | 2/29/00 |
Bahamas | 3/2/94 | |
Bahrain | 2/24/93 | 4/28/97 |
Bangladesh | 1/14/93 | 4/25/97 |
Belarus | 1/14/93 | 7/11/96 |
Belgium | 1/13/93 | 1/27/97 |
Benin | 1/14/93 | 5/14/98 |
Bhutan | 4/24/97 | |
Bolivia | 1/14/93 | 8/14/98 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1/16/97 | 2/25/97 |
Botswana | N/A | 8/31/98 |
Brazil | 1/13/93 | 3/13/96 |
Brunei Darussalem | 1/13/93 | 7/28/97 |
Bulgaria | 1/13/93 | 8/10/94 |
Burkina Faso | 1/14/93 | 7/8/97 |
Burundi | 1/15/93 | 9/4/98 |
Cambodia | 1/15/93 | |
Cameroon | 1/14/93 | 9/16/96 |
Canada | 1/13/93 | 9/26/96 |
Cape Verde | 1/15/93 | |
Central African Republic | 1/14/93 | |
Chad | 10/11/94 | |
Chile | 1/14/93 | 7/12/96 |
China | 1/13/93 | 4/25/97 |
Colombia | 1/13/93 | 4/5/00 |
Comoros | 1/13/93 | |
Congo | 1/15/93 | |
(Dem. Rep. of) Congo | 1/14/93 | |
Cook Islands | 1/14/93 | 7/15/94 |
Costa Rica | 1/14/93 | 5/31/96 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 1/13/93 | 12/18/95 |
Croatia | 9/14/1998 | 9/22/1998 |
Cuba | 1/13/93 | 4/29/97 |
Cyprus | 1/13/93 | 8/28/98 |
Czech Republic | 1/14/93 | 3/6/96 |
Denmark | 1/14/93 | 7/13/95 |
Djibouti | 9/28/93 | |
Dominica | 8/2/93 | 2/12/01 |
Dominican Republic | 1/13/93 | |
Ecuador | 1/14/93 | 9/6/95 |
El Salvador | 1/14/93 | 10/30/95 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1/14/93 | 4/25/97 |
Eritrea | N/A | 2/14/00 |
Estonia | 1/14/93 | 5/26/99 |
Ethiopia | 1/14/93 | 5/13/96 |
Fiji | 1/14/93 | 1/20/93 |
Finland | 1/14/93 | 2/7/95 |
France | 1/13/93 | 3/2/95 |
Gabon | 1/13/93 | 9/8/00 |
Gambia | 1/13/93 | 5/19/98 |
Georgia | 1/14/93 | 11/27/95 |
Germany | 1/13/93 | 8/12/94 |
Ghana | 1/14/93 | 7/9/97 |
Greece | 1/13/93 | 12/22/94 |
Grenada | 4/9/97 | |
Guatemala | 1/14/93 | |
Guinea | 1/14/93 | 6/9/97 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1/14/93 | |
Guyana | 10/6/93 | 9/12/97 |
Haiti | 1/14/93 | |
Holy See | 1/14/93 | 5/12/99 |
Honduras | 1/13/93 | |
Hungary | 1/13/93 | 10/31/96 |
Iceland | 1/13/93 | 4/28/97 |
India | 1/14/93 | 9/3/96 |
Indonesia | 1/13/93 | 11/12/98 |
Iran | 1/13/93 | 11/3/97 |
Ireland | 1/14/93 | 6/24/96 |
Israel | 1/13/93 | |
Italy | 1/13/93 | 12/8/95 |
Jamaica | 4/18/97 | 9/8/00 |
Japan | 1/13/93 | 9/15/95 |
Jordan | N/A | 10/29/97 |
Kazakhstan | 1/14/93 | 3/23/00 |
Kenya | 1/15/93 | 4/25/97 |
Kiribati | N/A | 9/7/00 |
Kuwait | 1/27/93 | 5/28/97 |
Kyrgyzstan | 2/22/93 | |
Laos | 5/13/93 | 2/25/97 |
Latvia | 5/6/93 | 7/23/96 |
Lesotho | 12/7/94 | 12/7/94 |
Liberia | 1/15/93 | |
Liechtenstein | 7/21/93 | 11/24/99 |
Lithuania | 1/13/93 | 4/15/98 |
Luxembourg | 1/13/93 | 4/15/97 |
Macedonia | N/A | 6/20/97 |
Madagascar | 1/15/93 | |
Malawi | 1/14/93 | 6/11/98 |
Malaysia | 1/13/93 | 4/20/00 |
Maldives | 10/1/93 | 5/31/94 |
Mali | 1/13/93 | 4/28/97 |
Malta | 1/13/93 | 4/28/97 |
Marshall Islands | 1/13/93 | |
Mauritania | 1/13/93 | 2/9/98 |
Mauritius | 1/14/93 | 2/9/93 |
Mexico | 1/13/93 | 8/29/94 |
Micronesia | 1/13/93 | 6/21/99 |
Moldova | 1/13/93 | 7/8/96 |
Monaco | 1/13/93 | 6/1/95 |
Mongolia | 1/14/93 | 1/17/95 |
Morocco | 1/13/93 | 12/28/95 |
Mozambique | N/A | 8/15/00 |
Myanmar | 1/14/93 | |
Namibia | 1/13/93 | 11/24/95 |
Nauru | 1/13/93 | |
Nepal | 1/19/93 | 11/18/97 |
Netherlands | 1/14/93 | 6/30/95 |
New Zealand | 1/14/93 | 7/15/96 |
Nicaragua | 3/9/93 | 11/5/99 |
Niger | 1/14/93 | 4/9/97 |
Nigeria | 1/13/93 | 5/20/99 |
Norway | 1/13/93 | 4/7/94 |
Oman | 2/2/93 | 2/8/95 |
Pakistan | 1/13/93 | 10/28/97 |
Panama | 6/16/93 | 10/7/98 |
Papua New Guinea | 1/14/93 | 4/17/96 |
Paraguay | 1/14/93 | 12/1/94 |
Peru | 1/14/93 | 7/20/95 |
Philippines | 1/13/93 | 12/11/96 |
Poland | 1/13/93 | 8/23/95 |
Portugal | 1/13/93 | 9/10/96 |
Qatar | 2/1/93 | 9/3/97 |
Romania | 1/13/93 | 2/15/95 |
Russia | 1/13/93 | 11/5/97 |
Rwanda | 5/17/93 | |
St. Kitts & Nevis | 3/16/94 | |
St. Lucia | 3/29/93 | 4/9/97 |
St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 9/20/93 | |
Somoa | 1/14/93 | |
San Marino | 1/13/93 | 12/10/99 |
Saudi Arabia | 1/20/93 | 8/9/96 |
Senegal | 1/13/93 | 7/20/98 |
Seychelles | 1/15/93 | 4/7/93 |
Sierra Leone | 1/15/93 | |
Singapore | 1/14/93 | 5/21/97 |
Slovak Republic | 1/14/93 | 10/27/95 |
Slovenia | 1/14/93 | 6/11/97 |
South Africa | 1/14/93 | 9/13/95 |
South Korea | 1/14/93 | 4/28/97 |
Spain | 1/13/93 | 8/3/94 |
Sri Lanka | 1/14/93 | 8/19/94 |
Sudan | N/A | 5/24/99 |
Suriname | 4/28/97 | 4/28/97 |
Swaziland | 9/23/93 | 11/20/96 |
Sweden | 1/13/93 | 6/17/93 |
Switzerland | 1/14/93 | 3/10/95 |
Tajikistan | 1/14/93 | 1/11/95 |
Tanzania | 2/25/94 | 6/25/98 |
Thailand | 1/14/93 | |
Togo | 1/13/93 | 4/23/97 |
Trinidad & Tobago | N/A | 6/24/97 |
Tunisia | 1/13/93 | 4/15/97 |
Turkey | 1/14/93 | 5/12/97 |
Turkmenistan | 10/12/93 | 9/29/94 |
Uganda | 1/14/93 | |
Ukraine | 1/13/93 | 10/16/98 |
United Arab Emirates | 2/2/93 | 11/28/00 |
United Kingdom | 1/13/93 | 5/13/96 |
United States | 1/13/93 | 4/25/97 |
Uruguay | 1/15/93 | 10/6/94 |
Uzbekistan | 11/24/95 | 7/23/96 |
Venezuala | 1/14/93 | 12/3/97 |
Vietnam | 1/13/93 | 9/30/98 |
Yemen | 2/8/93 | 10/2/00 |
Yugoslavia | N/A | 4/20/00 |
Zambia | 1/13/93 | 2/9/01 |
Zimbabwe | 1/13/93 | 4/25/97 |