Membership of the OPCW

The Asian Group

An unofficial list

The Asian Group has 48 Members as at 25 January 2006. In addition, 2 Signatory States of this region have not yet deposited their instruments of ratification.

The Group designates nine members of the Executive Council and, together with the Latin American and Caribbean Group a further member. From 12 May 2005 to 11 May 2006, the following are the Member States of the Asian Group to the Executive Council: China, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka.

States Parties of the Asian Group:

Afghanistan signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 24-10-2003
Bahrain signed 24-02-1993 and ratified 28-04-1997
Bangladesh signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 25-04-1997
Bhutan signed 23-04-1997 and ratified 18-08-2005
Brunei Darussalam signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 28-07-1997
Cambodia signed 15-01-1993 and ratified 19-07-2005
China signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 25-04-1997
Cook Island signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 15-07-1994
Fiji signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 20-01-1993
India signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 03-09-1996
Indonesia signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 12-11-1998
Iran (Islamic Republic of) signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 03-11-1997
Japan signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 15-09-1995
Jordan acceded 29-10-1997
Kiribati acceded 07-09-2000
Kuwait signed 27-01-1993 and ratified 28-05-1997
Lao People's Democratic Republic signed 13-05-93 and ratified 25-02-1997
Malaysia signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 20-04-2000
Maldives signed 01-10-1993 and ratified 31-05-1994
Marshall Islands 13-01-1993 and ratified 19-05-2004
Micronesia (Federated States of) signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 21-06-1999
Mongolia signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 17-01-1995
Nauru signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 12-11-2001
Nepal signed 19-01-1993 and ratified 18-11-1997
Niue acceded on 21-04-2005
Oman signed 02-02-1993 and ratified 08-02-1995
Pakistan signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 28-10-1997
Palau acceded on 03-02-2003
Papua New Guinea signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 17-04-1996
Philippines signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 11-12-1996
Qatar signed 01-02-1993 and ratified 03-09-1997
Republic of Korea signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 28-04-1997
Samoa signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 27-09-2002
Saudi Arabia signed 20-01-1993 and ratified 09-08-1996
Singapore signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 21-05-1997
Solomon Islands acceded on 23-09-2004
Sri Lanka signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 19-08-1994
Tajikistan signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 11-01-1995
Thailand signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 09-01-2003
Timor Leste aceeded 07-05-2003
Tonga acceded 28-06-2003
Turkmenistan signed 12-10-1993 and ratified 29-09-1994
Tuvalu acceded 19-01-2004
United Arab Emirates signed 02-02-1993 and ratified 28-11-2000
Uzbekistan signed 24-11-1995 and ratified 23-07-1996
Vanuatu acceded 16-09-2005
Viet Nam signed 13-01-1993 and ratified 30-09-1998
Yemen signed 08-02-1993 and ratified 02-10-2000

Signatory States which have not yet deposited their instruments of ratification:

Israel signed 13-01-93
Myanmar signed 14-01-93

* This grouping is unofficial and is based on the listing in the United Nations Handbook 1995 which takes into account UN General Assembly Resolutions 1991 (XVIII) of 1963 and 33/138 of 1978. The groupings are under review and will be updated based on the situation prevailing on the ground in the context of the OPCW in the near future but will remain unofficial till a decision is reached on this issue at the United Nations in New York. The OPCW does not take any responsibility for errors or omissions in this regard.