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Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories and States-Parties
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Last Reviewed: 
June 2018

Contact: Daryl KimballExecutive Director, (202) 463-8270 x107

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) entered into force on April 29, 1997, and currently has 193 states-parties. One state has signed but not ratified (Israel). Three states have neither signed nor ratified (Egypt, North Korea, and South Sudan).

For a guide to the convention, see The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) at a Glance.

Country Signature Ratification/Accession
Afghanistan 1/14/93 9/24/03
Albania 1/14/93 5/11/94
Algeria 1/13/93 8/14/95
Andorra 2/27/03
Angola 9/16/15
Antigua & Barbuda 8/29/05
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 4/21/09
Bahrain 2/24/93 4/28/97
Bangladesh 1/14/93 4/25/97
Barbados 3/7/07
Belarus 1/14/93 7/11/96
Belgium 1/13/93 1/27/97
Belize 12/1/03
Benin 1/14/93 5/14/98
Bhutan 4/23/97 8/18/05
Bolivia 1/14/93 8/14/98
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1/16/97 2/25/97
Botswana 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 7/19/05
Cameroon 1/14/93 9/16/96
Canada 1/13/93 9/26/95
Cape Verde 1/15/93 10/10/03
Central African Republic 1/14/93 9/20/06
Chad 10/11/94 2/13/04
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 9/17/06
Congo 1/15/93 12/4/07
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 1/13/93 5/23/95
Cuba 1/13/93 4/29/97
Cyprus 1/13/93 8/28/98
Czech Republic 1/14/93 3/6/96
Democratic Republic of Congo 1/14/93 10/12/05
Denmark 1/14/93 7/13/95
Djibouti 9/28/93 1/25/06
Dominica 8/2/93 2/12/01
Dominican Republic 1/13/93 3/26/09
Ecuador 1/14/93 9/6/95
El Salvador 1/14/93 10/30/95
Egypt    
Equatorial Guinea 1/14/93 4/25/97
Eritrea 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 6/3/05
Guatemala 1/14/93 2/12/03
Guinea 1/14/93 6/9/97
Guinea-Bissau 1/14/93 6/19/08
Guyana 10/6/93 9/12/97
Haiti 1/14/93 2/22/06
Holy See 1/14/93 5/12/99
Honduras 1/13/93 8/29/05
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
Iraq 1/13/09
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 10/29/97
Kazakhstan 1/14/93 3/23/00
Kenya 1/15/93 4/25/97
Kiribati 9/7/00
Kuwait 1/27/93 5/28/97
Kyrgyzstan 2/22/93 9/29/03
Laos 5/13/93 2/25/97
Latvia 5/6/93 7/23/96
Lebanon 11/20/08
Lesotho 12/7/94 12/7/94
Liberia 1/15/93 3/25/06
Libya 1/6/04
Liechtenstein 7/21/93 11/24/99
Lithuania 1/13/93 4/15/98
Luxembourg 1/13/93 4/15/97
Macedonia 6/20/97
Madagascar 1/15/93 10/20/04
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 5/19/04
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
Montenegro 10/23/06
Morocco 1/13/93 12/28/95
Mozambique 8/15/00
Myanmar 1/14/93 08/07/15
Namibia 1/13/93 11/27/95
Nauru 1/13/93 11/12/01
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
Niue 4/21/05
North Korea    
Norway 1/13/93 4/7/94
Oman 2/2/93 2/8/95
Pakistan 1/13/93 10/28/97
Palau 2/3/03
Palestine 5/17/18
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 3/31/04
St. Kitts & Nevis 3/16/94 5/21/04
St. Lucia 3/29/93 4/9/97
St. Vincent & the Grenadines 9/20/93 9/18/02
Samoa 1/14/93 9/27/02
San Marino 1/13/93 12/10/99
Sao Tome and Principe 9/9/03
Saudi Arabia 1/20/93 8/9/96
Senegal 1/13/93 7/20/98
Serbia 4/20/00
Seychelles 1/15/93 4/7/93
Sierra Leone 1/15/93 9/30/04
Singapore 1/14/93 5/21/97
Slovak Republic 1/14/93 10/27/95
Slovenia 1/14/93 6/11/97
Solomon Islands 9/23/04
Somalia 5/29/13
South Africa 1/14/93 9/13/95
South Korea 1/14/93 4/28/97
South Sudan    
Spain 1/13/93 8/3/94
Sri Lanka 1/14/93 8/19/94
Sudan 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
Syria   9/12/13*
Tajikistan 1/14/93 1/11/95
Tanzania 2/25/94 6/25/98
Thailand 1/14/93 12/10/02
Timor Leste 5/7/03
Togo 1/13/93 4/23/97
Tonga 5/29/03
Trinidad & Tobago 6/24/97
Tunisia 1/13/93 4/15/97
Turkey 1/14/93 5/12/97
Turkmenistan 10/12/93 9/29/94
Tuvalu 1/19/04
Uganda 1/14/93 11/30/01
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
Vanuatu 9/16/05
Venezuela 1/14/93 12/3/97
Vietnam 1/13/93 9/30/98
Yemen 2/8/93 10/2/00
Zambia 1/13/93 2/9/01
Zimbabwe 1/13/93 4/25/97

*Syria sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General which said that Assad signed a legislative decree providing the accession of Syria to the Chemical Weapons Convention. In the letter, Assad said Syria would observe its CWC obligations immediately, as opposed to 30 days from the date of accession, as stipulated in the treaty.

    Source: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons