OPCW Member States

The following table lists, for each State Party, the dates on which it signed the Convention and/or deposited its instrument of ratification, accession, acceptance or succession with the Depositary, and on which the Convention entered or will enter into force for it. See National Authorities for contact details.

No. Member State Signature Ratification, accession or succession Entry into Force
1 Afghanistan 14/01/1993 24/09/2003 24/10/2003
2 Albania 14/01/1993 11/05/1994 29/04/1997
3 Algeria 13/01/1993 14/08/1995 29/04/1997
4 Andorra _ 27/02/2003 29/03/2003
5 Antigua and Barbuda _ 29/08/2005 28/09/2005
6 Argentina 13/01/1993 02/10/1995 29/04/1997
7 Armenia 19/03/1993 27/01/1995 29/04/1997
8 Australia 13/01/1993 06/05/1994 29/04/1997
9 Austria 13/01/1993 17/08/1995 29/04/1997
10 Azerbaijan 13/01/1993 29/02/2000 30/03/2000
11 Bahrain 24/02/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
12 Bangladesh 14/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
13 Barbados _ 07/03/2007 06/04/2007
14 Belarus 14/01/1993 11/07/1996 29/04/1997
15 Belgium 13/01/1993 27/01/1997 29/04/1997
16 Belize _ 01/12/2003 31/12/2003
17 Benin 14/01/1993 14/05/1998 13/06/1998
18 Bhutan 24/04/1997 18/08/2005 17/09/2005
19 Bolivia 14/01/1993 14/08/1998 13/09/1998
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16/01/1997 25/02/1997 29/04/1997
21 Botswana _ 31/08/1998 30/09/1998
22 Brazil 13/01/1993 13/03/1996 29/04/1997
23 Brunei 13/01/1993 28/07/1997 27/08/1997
24 Bulgaria 13/01/1993 10/08/1994 29/04/1997
25 Burkina Faso 14/01/1993 08/07/1997 07/08/1997
26 Burundi 15/01/1993 04/09/1998 04/10/1998
27 Cambodia 15/01/1993 19/07/2005 18/08/2005
28 Cameroon 14/01/1993 16/09/1996 29/04/1997
29 Canada 13/01/1993 26/09/1995 29/04/1997
30 Cape Verde 15/01/1993 10/10/2003 09/11/2003
31 Central African Republic 14/01/1993 20/09/2006 20/10/2006
32 Chad 11/10/1994 13/02/2004 14/03/2004
33 Chile 14/01/1993 12/07/1996 29/04/1997
34 China 13/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
35 Colombia 13/01/1993 05/04/2000 05/05/2000
36 Comoros 13/01/1993 18/08/2006 17/09/2006
37 Congo 14/01/1993 12/10/2005 11/11/2005
38 Congo-Brazzaville 15/01/1993 04/12/2007 03/01/2008
39 Cook Islands 14/01/1993 15/07/1994 29/04/1997
40 Costa Rica 14/01/1993 31/05/1996 29/04/1997
41 Côte d’Ivoire 13/01/1993 18/12/1995 29/04/1997
42 Croatia 13/01/1993 23/05/1995 29/04/1997
43 Cuba 13/01/1993 29/04/1997 29/05/1997
44 Cyprus 13/01/1993 28/08/1998 27/09/1998
45 Czech Republic 14/01/1993 06/03/1996 29/04/1997
46 Denmark 14/01/1993 13/07/1995 29/04/1997
47 Djibouti 28/09/1993 25/01/2006 24/02/2006
48 Dominica 02/08/1993 12/02/2001 14/03/2001
49 Dominican Republic 13/01/1993 27/03/2009 26/04/2009
50 Ecuador 14/01/1993 06/09/1995 29/04/1997
51 El Salvador 14/01/1993 30/10/1995 29/04/1997
52 Equatorial Guinea 14/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
53 Eritrea _ 14/02/2000 15/03/2000
54 Estonia 14/01/1993 26/05/1999 25/06/1999
55 Ethiopia 14/01/1993 13/05/1996 29/04/1997
56 Fiji 14/01/1993 20/01/1993 29/04/1997
57 Finland 14/01/1993 07/02/1995 29/04/1997
58 France 13/01/1993 02/03/1995 29/04/1997
59 Gabon 13/01/1993 08/09/2000 08/10/2000
60 Gambia 13/01/1993 19/05/1998 18/06/1998
61 Georgia 14/01/1993 27/11/1995 29/04/1997
62 Germany 13/01/1993 12/08/1994 29/04/1997
63 Ghana 14/01/1993 09/07/1997 08/08/1997
64 Greece 13/01/1993 22/12/1994 29/04/1997
65 Grenada 09/04/1997 03/06/2005 03/07/2005
66 Guatemala 14/01/1993 12/02/2003 14/03/2003
67 Guinea 14/01/1993 09/06/1997 09/07/1997
68 Guinea-Bissau 14/01/1993 20/05/2008 19/06/2008
69 Guyana 06/10/1993 12/09/1997 12/10/1997
70 Haiti 14/01/1993 22/02/2006 24/03/2006
71 Honduras 13/01/1993 29/08/2005 28/09/2005
72 Hungary 13/01/1993 31/10/1996 29/04/1997
73 Iceland 13/01/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
74 India 14/01/1993 03/09/1996 29/04/1997
75 Indonesia 13/01/1993 12/11/1998 12/12/1998
76 Iran 13/01/1993 03/11/1997 03/12/1997
77 Iraq _ 13/01/2009 12/02/2009
78 Ireland 14/01/1993 24/06/1996 29/04/1997
79 Italy 13/01/1993 08/12/1995 29/04/1997
80 Jamaica 18/04/1997 08/09/2000 08/10/2000
81 Japan 13/01/1993 15/09/1995 29/04/1997
82 Jordan _ 29/10/1997 28/11/1997
83 Kazakhstan 14/01/1993 23/03/2000 22/04/2000
84 Kenya 15/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
85 Kiribati _ 07/09/2000 07/10/2000
86 Kuwait 27/01/1993 29/05/1997 28/06/1997
87 Kyrgyzstan 22/02/1993 29/09/2003 29/10/2003
88 Laos 13/05/1993 25/02/1997 29/04/1997
89 Latvia 06/05/1993 23/07/1996 29/04/1997
90 Lebanon _ 20/11/2008 20/12/2008
91 Lesotho 07/12/1994 07/12/1994 29/04/1997
92 Liberia 15/01/1993 23/02/2006 25/03/2006
93 Libya _ 06/01/2004 05/02/2004
94 Liechtenstein 21/07/1993 24/11/1999 24/12/1999
95 Lithuania 13/01/1993 15/04/1998 15/05/1998
96 Luxembourg 13/01/1993 15/04/1997 29/04/1997
97 Macedonia _ 20/06/1997 20/07/1997
98 Madagascar 15/01/1993 20/10/2004 19/11/2004
99 Malawi 14/01/1993 11/06/1998 11/07/1998
100 Malaysia 13/01/1993 20/04/2000 20/05/2000
101 Maldives 01/10/1993 31/05/1994 29/04/1997
102 Mali 13/01/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
103 Malta 13/01/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
104 Marshall Islands 13/01/1993 19/05/2004 18/06/2004
105 Mauritania 13/01/1993 09/02/1998 11/03/1998
106 Mauritius 14/01/1993 09/02/1993 29/04/1997
107 Mexico 13/01/1993 29/08/1994 29/04/1997
108 Micronesia 13/01/1993 21/06/1999 21/07/1999
109 Moldova 13/01/1993 08/07/1996 29/04/1997
110 Monaco 13/01/1993 01/06/1995 29/04/1997
111 Mongolia 14/01/1993 17/01/1995 29/04/1997
112 Montenegro _ 23/10/2006 03/06/2006
113 Morocco 13/01/1993 28/12/1995 29/04/1997
114 Mozambique _ 15/08/2000 14/09/2000
115 Namibia 13/01/1993 27/11/1995 29/04/1997
116 Nauru 13/01/1993 12/11/2001 12/12/2001
117 Nepal 19/01/1993 18/11/1997 18/12/1997
118 Netherlands 14/01/1993 30/06/1995 29/04/1997
119 New Zealand 14/01/1993 15/07/1996 29/04/1997
120 Nicaragua 09/03/1993 05/11/1999 05/12/1999
121 Niger 14/01/1993 09/04/1997 29/04/1997
122 Nigeria 13/01/1993 20/05/1999 19/06/1999
123 Niue _ 21/04/2005 21/05/2005
124 Norway 13/01/1993 07/04/1994 29/04/1997
125 Oman 02/02/1993 08/02/1995 29/04/1997
126 Pakistan 13/01/1993 28/10/1997 27/11/1997
127 Palau _ 03/02/2003 05/03/2003
128 Panama 16/06/1993 07/10/1998 06/11/1998
129 Papua New Guinea 14/01/1993 17/04/1996 29/04/1997
130 Paraguay 14/01/1993 01/12/1994 29/04/1997
131 Peru 14/01/1993 20/07/1995 29/04/1997
132 Philippines 13/01/1993 11/12/1996 29/04/1997
133 Poland 13/01/1993 23/08/1995 29/04/1997
134 Portugal 13/01/1993 10/09/1996 29/04/1997
135 Qatar 01/02/1993 03/09/1997 03/10/1997
136 Romania 13/01/1993 15/02/1995 29/04/1997
137 Russia 13/01/1993 05/11/1997 05/12/1997
138 Rwanda 17/05/1993 31/03/2004 30/04/2004
139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16/03/1994 21/05/2004 20/06/2004
140 Saint Lucia 29/03/1993 09/04/1997 29/04/1997
141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20/09/1993 18/09/2002 18/10/2002
142 Samoa 14/01/1993 27/09/2002 27/10/2002
143 San Marino 13/01/1993 10/12/1999 09/01/2000
144 São Tomé e Príncipe _ 09/09/2003 09/10/2003
145 Saudi Arabia 20/01/1993 09/08/1996 29/04/1997
146 Senegal 13/01/1993 20/07/1998 19/08/1998
147 Serbia _ 20/04/2000 20/05/2000
148 Seychelles 15/01/1993 07/04/1993 29/04/1997
149 Sierra Leone 15/01/1993 30/09/2004 30/10/2004
150 Singapore 14/01/1993 21/05/1997 20/06/1997
151 Slovakia 14/01/1993 27/10/1995 29/04/1997
152 Slovenia 14/01/1993 11/06/1997 11/07/1997
153 Solomon Islands _ 23/09/2004 23/10/2004
154 South Africa 14/01/1993 13/09/1995 29/04/1997
155 South Korea 14/01/1993 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
156 Spain 13/01/1993 03/08/1994 29/04/1997
157 Sri Lanka 14/01/1993 19/08/1994 29/04/1997
158 Sudan _ 24/05/1999 23/06/1999
159 Suriname 28/04/1997 28/04/1997 29/04/1997
160 Swaziland 23/09/1993 20/11/1996 29/04/1997
161 Sweden 13/01/1993 17/06/1993 29/04/1997
162 Switzerland 14/01/1993 10/03/1995 29/04/1997
163 Tajikistan 14/01/1993 11/01/1995 29/04/1997
164 Tanzania 25/02/1994 25/06/1998 25/07/1998
165 Thailand 14/01/1993 10/12/2002 09/01/2003
166 The Bahamas 02/03/1994 21/04/2009 21/05/2009
167 Timor-Leste _ 07/05/2003 06/06/2003
168 Togo 13/01/1993 23/04/1997 29/04/1997
169 Tonga _ 29/05/2003 28/06/2003
170 Trinidad and Tobago _ 24/06/1997 24/07/1997
171 Tunisia 13/01/1993 15/04/1997 29/04/1997
172 Turkey 14/01/1993 12/05/1997 11/06/1997
173 Turkmenistan 12/10/1993 29/09/1994 29/04/1997
174 Tuvalu _ 19/01/2004 18/02/2004
175 Uganda 14/01/1993 30/11/2001 30/12/2001
176 Ukraine 13/01/1993 16/10/1998 15/11/1998
177 United Arab Emirates 02/02/1993 28/11/2000 28/12/2000
178 United Kingdom 13/01/1993 13/05/1996 29/04/1997
179 United States 13/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997
180 Uruguay 15/01/1993 06/10/1994 29/04/1997
181 Uzbekistan 24/11/1995 23/07/1996 29/04/1997
182 Vanuatu _ 16/09/2005 16/10/2005
183 Vatican City 14/01/1993 12/05/1999 11/06/1999
184 Venezuela 14/01/1993 03/12/1997 02/01/1998
185 Vietnam 02/01/1998 30/09/1998 30/10/1998
186 Yemen 08/02/1993 02/10/2000 01/11/2000
187 Zambia 13/01/1993 09/02/2001 11/03/2001
188 Zimbabwe 13/01/1993 25/04/1997 29/04/1997