Chemical Weapons Convention States Parties and Signatories

The Chemical Weapons Convention bans the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and direct or indirect transfer of Chemical Weapons. It also prohibits the use or preparation for use of CW and the assistance, encouragement, or inducement of anyone else to engage in activities prohibited by the CWC.

The CWC entered into force on April 29, 1997, following ratification by 65 signatories. As of June 3, 2003, 159 countries have either ratified or acceded to the CWC.  Another 25 are signatories (countries listed below in regular type face that are not followed by dates).

TOTAL States Parties = 161

AFGHANISTAN--RATIFIED 9/24/03 ALBANIA--RATIFIED 5/11/94 ALGERIA--RATIFIED 8/14/95 ANDORRA -- ACCEDED 2/27/03 ARGENTINA--RATIFIED 10/2/95 ARMENIA--RATIFIED 1/27/95 AUSTRALIA--RATIFIED 5/6/94 AUSTRIA--RATIFIED 8/17/95 AZERBAIJAN--RATIFIED 2/29/00Bahamas BAHRAIN--RATIFIED 4/28/97 BANGLADESH--RATIFIED 4/25/97 BELARUS--RATIFIED 7/11/96 BELGIUM--RATIFIED 1/27/97 BELIZE--ACCEDED 12/1/03 BENIN--RATIFIED 5/14/98 Bhutan BOLIVIA--RATIFIED 8/14/98 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA--RATIFIED 2/25/97 BOTSWANA--ACCEDED 8/31/98 BRAZIL--RATIFIED 3/13/96 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM--RATIFIED 7/28/97 BULGARIA--RATIFIED 8/10/94 BURKINA FASO--RATIFIED 7/8/97 Burma (Myanmar) BURUNDI--RATIFIED 9/4/98 Cambodia CAMEROON--RATIFIED 9/16/96 CANADA--RATIFIED 9/26/95 CAPE VERDE--RATIFIED 10/10/03 Central African Republic CHAD--RATIFIED 2/13/04 CHILE--RATIFIED 7/12/96 CHINA--RATIFIED 4/25/97 COLOMBIA--RATIFIED 4/5/00 Comoros Congo COOK ISLANDS--RATIFIED 7/15/94 COSTA RICA--RATIFIED 5/31/96 COTE D' IVOIRE--RATIFIED 12/18/95 CROATIA--RATIFIED 5/23/95 CUBA--RATIFIED 4/29/97 CYPRUS--RATIFIED 8/28/98 CZECH REPUBLIC--RATIFIED 3/6/96 Democratic Republic of Congo DENMARK--RATIFIED 7/13/95 Djibouti DOMINICA--RATIFIED 2/12/01 Dominican Republic ECUADOR--RATIFIED 9/6/95 EL SALVADOR--RATIFIED 10/30/95 EQUATORIAL GUINEA--RATIFIED 4/25/97 ERITREA--ACCEDED 2/14/00 ESTONIA--RATIFIED 5/26/99 ETHIOPIA--RATIFIED 5/13/96 FED. REP. OF YUGOSLAVIA--ACCEDED 4/20/00 FIJI--RATIFIED 1/20/93 FINLAND--RATIFIED 2/7/95 FRANCE--RATIFIED 3/2/95 GABON--RATIFIED 9/8/00 GAMBIA--RATIFIED 5/19/98 GEORGIA--RATIFIED 11/27/95

GERMANY--RATIFIED 8/12/94 GHANA--RATIFIED 7/9/97 GREECE--RATIFIED 12/22/94 Grenada GUATEMALA--RATIFIED 2/12/03 GUINEA--RATIFIED 6/9/97 Guinea-Bissau GUYANA--RATIFIED 9/12/97 Haiti HOLY SEE--RATIFIED 5/12/99 Honduras HUNGARY--RATIFIED 10/31/96 ICELAND--RATIFIED 4/28/97 INDIA--RATIFIED 9/3/96 INDONESIA--RATIFIED 11/12/98 IRAN--RATIFIED 11/3/97 IRELAND--RATIFIED 6/24/96 Israel ITALY--RATIFIED 12/8/95 JAMAICA--RATIFIED 9/8/00 JAPAN--RATIFIED 9/15/95 JORDAN--ACCEDED 10/29/97 KAZAKHSTAN--RATIFIED 3/23/00 KENYA--RATIFIED 4/25/97 KIRIBATI--ACCEDED 9/7/00 KOREA (Rep of)--RATIFIED 4/28/97 KUWAIT--RATIFIED 5/29/97 Kyrgyzstan LAOS (P.D.R.)--RATIFIED 2/25/97 LATVIA--RATIFIED 7/23/96 LESOTHO--RATIFIED 12/7/94 Liberia LIBYA--ACCEDED 1/6/04 LIECHTENSTEIN--RATIFIED 11/24/99 LITHUANIA--RATIFIED 4/15/98 LUXEMBOURG--RATIFIED 4/15/97 MACEDONIA--ACCEDED 6/20/97 Madagascar MALAWI--RATIFIED 6/11/98 MALAYSIA--RATIFIED 4/20/00 MALDIVES--RATIFIED 5/31/94 MALI--RATIFIED 4/28/97 MALTA--RATIFIED 4/28/97 Marshall Islands MAURITANIA--RATIFIED 2/9/98 MAURITIUS--RATIFIED 2/9/93 MEXICO--RATIFIED 8/29/94 MICRONESIA (FED STATES)--RATIFIED 6/21/99 MOLDOVA (Rep of)--RATIFIED 7/8/96 MONACO--RATIFIED 6/1/95 MONGOLIA--RATIFIED 1/17/95 MOROCCO--RATIFIED 12/28/95 MOZAMBIQUE--ACCEDED 8/15/00 NAMIBIA--RATIFIED 11/27/95 NAURU (Rep of)--RATIFIED 11/12/01 NEPAL--RATIFIED 11/18/97 NETHERLANDS--RATIFIED 6/30/95 NEW ZEALAND--RATIFIED 7/15/96 NICARAGUA--RATIFIED 11/5/99 NIGER--RATIFIED 4/9/97 NIGERIA--RATIFIED 5/19/99 NORWAY--RATIFIED 4/7/94

OMAN--RATIFIED 2/8/95 PAKISTAN--RATIFIED 10/28/97 PALAU--ACCEDED 2/3/03 PANAMA--RATIFIED 10/7/98  PAPUA NEW GUINEA--RATIFIED 4/17/96 PARAGUAY--RATIFIED 12/1/94 PERU--RATIFIED 7/20/95 PHILIPPINES--RATIFIED 12/11/96 POLAND--RATIFIED 8/23/95 PORTUGAL--RATIFIED 9/10/96 QATAR--RATIFIED 9/3/97 ROMANIA--RATIFIED 2/15/95 RUSSIAN FEDERATION--RATIFIED 11/5/97 Rwanda SAMOA--RATIFIED 9/27/02 St. Kitts & Nevis ST. LUCIA--RATIFIED 4/9/97 ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES--RATIFIED 9/18/02 SAN MARINO--RATIFIED 12/10/99 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE--ACCEDED 9/9/03 SAUDI ARABIA--RATIFIED 8/9/96 SENEGAL--RATIFIED 7/20/98 SEYCHELLES--RATIFIED 4/7/93 Sierra Leone SINGAPORE--RATIFIED 5/21/97 SLOVAKIA--RATIFIED 10/27/95 SLOVENIA--RATIFIED-6/11/97 SOUTH AFRICA--RATIFIED 9/13/95 SPAIN--RATIFIED 8/3/94 SRI LANKA--RATIFIED 8/19/94 SUDAN--ACCEDED 5/24/99 SURINAM--RATIFIED 4/28/97 SWAZILAND--RATIFIED 11/20/96 SWEDEN--RATIFIED 6/17/93 SWITZERLAND--RATIFIED 3/10/95 TAJIKISTAN--RATIFIED 1/11/95 TANZANIA--RATIFIED 6/25/98 THAILAND--RATIFIED 12/10/02 TIMOR LESTE--ACCEDED 5/7/03 TOGO--RATIFIED 4/23/97 TONGA--ACCEDED 6/23/03 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO--ACCEDED 6/24/97 TUNISIA--RATIFIED 4/15/97 TURKEY--RATIFIED 5/12/97 TURKMENISTAN--RATIFIED 9/29/94 TUVALU--ACCEDED 1/19/04 UGANDA--RATIFIED 11/30/01 UKRAINE--RATIFIED 10/16/98 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES--RATIFIED 11/28/00 UNITED KINGDOM--RATIFIED 5/13/96 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA--RATIFIED 4/25/97 URUGUAY--RATIFIED 10/6/94 UZBEKISTAN--RATIFIED 7/23/96 VENEZUELA--RATIFIED 12/3/97 VIET NAM--RATIFIED 9/30/98 YEMEN--RATIFIED 10/2/00 Zaire ZAMBIA--RATIFIED 2/9/01 ZIMBABWE--RATIFIED 4/25/97