"I find hope in the work of long-established groups such as the Arms Control Association...[and] I find hope in younger anti-nuclear activists and the movement around the world to formally ban the bomb."
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 |