12 November 2001

Fact Sheet: Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories, Ratifiers

The following fact sheet, issued by the State Department's Bureau of Arms Control, lists those nations that have become signatories to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and those that have ratified it or acceded to it, with accompanying dates of ratification:

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 November 12, 2001, 144 countries have either ratified or acceded to the CWC. Another 34 are signatories.

Afghanistan

Albania (Ratified 5/11/94)

Algeria (Ratified 8/14/95)

Argentina (Ratified 10/2/95)

Armenia (Ratified 1/27/95)

Australia (Ratified 5/6/94)

Austria (Ratified 8/17/95)

Azerbaijan (Ratified 2/29/00)

Bahamas

Bahrain (Ratified 4/28/97)

Bangladesh (Ratified 4/25/97)

Belarus (Ratified 7/11/96)

Belgium (Ratified 1/27/97)

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

Central African Rep.

Chad

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)

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)

Federal Republic 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, The (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

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

Liechtenstein (Ratified 11/24/99)

Lithuania (Ratified 4/15/98)

Luxembourg (Ratified 4/15/97)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of (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 (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)

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

San Marino (Ratified 12/10/99)

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)

St. Kitts & Nevis

St. Lucia (Ratified 4/9/97)

St. Vincent and The Grenadines

Sudan (Acceded 5/24/99)

Suriname (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

Togo (Ratified 4/23/97)

Trinidad and Tobago (Acceded 6/24/97)

Tunisia (Ratified 4/15/97)

Turkey (Ratified 5/12/97)

Turkmenistan (Ratified 9/29/94)

Uganda

Ukraine (Ratified 10/16/98)

United Arab Emirates (Ratified 11/28/00)

United Kingdom (Ratified 5/13/96)

United States (Ratified 4/25/97)

Uruguay (Ratified 10/6/94)

Uzbekistan (Ratified 7/23/96)

Venezuela (Ratified 12/3/97)

Vietnam (Ratified 9/30/98)

Yemen (Ratified 10/2/00)

Zaire

Zambia (Ratified 2/9/01)

Zimbabwe (Ratified 4/25/97)