Preparatory Commission for the                                 PC-XIV/INF.2          
Organisation for the Prohibition                               22 July 1996          
of Chemical Weapons                                            ENGLISH only          
                                                                                     

Fourteenth Session

(22 - 26 July 1996)

LIST OF SIGNATURES TO AND RATIFICATIONS OF THE

CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, STOCKPILING AND USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

AS OF 21 JULY 1996

Number of signatory States: Number of            160  
instruments of ratification deposited:            58  

No. State Signature Deposit

  1    Afghanistan                             14-01-93                              
  2    Albania                                 14-01-93            11-05-94          
  3    Algeria                                 13-01-93            14-08-95          
  4    Argentina                               13-01-93            02-10-95          
  5    Armenia                                 19-03-93            27-01-95          
  6    Australia                               13-01-93            06-05-94          
  7    Austria                                 13-01-93            17-08-95          
  8    Azerbaijan                              13-01-93                              
  9    Bahamas                                 02-03-94                              
 10    Bahrain                                 24-02-93                              
 11    Bangladesh                              14-01-93                              
 12    Belarus                                 14-01-93            11-07-96          
 13    Belgium                                 13-01-93                              
 14    Benin                                   14-01-93                              
 15    Bolivia                                 14-01-93                              
 16    Brazil                                  13-01-93            13-03-96          
 17    Brunei Darussalam                       13-01-93                              
 18    Bulgaria                                13-01-93            10-08-94          
 19    Burkina Faso                            14-01-93                              
 20    Burundi                                 15-01-93                              
 21    Cambodia                                15-01-93                              
 22    Cameroon                                14-01-93                              
 23    Canada                                  13-01-93            26-09-95          
 24    Cape Verde                              15-01-93                              
 25    Central African Republic                14-01-93                              
 26    Chad                                    11-10-94                              
 27    Chile                                   14-01-93            12-07-96          
 28    China                                   13-01-93                              
 29    Colombia                                13-01-93                              
 30    Comoros                                 13-01-93                              
 31    Congo                                   15-01-93                              
 32    Cook Islands                            14-01-93            15-07-94          
 33    Costa Rica                              14-01-93            31-05-96          
 34    Côte d'Ivoire                           13-01-93            18-12-95          
 35    Croatia                                 13-01-93            23-05-95          
 36    Cuba                                    13-01-93                              
 37    Cyprus                                  13-01-93                              
 38    Czech Republic                          14-01-93            06-03-96          
 39    Denmark                                 14-01-93            13-07-95          
 40    Djibouti                                28-09-93                              
 41    Dominica                                02-08-93                              
 42    Dominican Republic                      13-01-93                              
 43    Ecuador                                 14-01-93            06-09-95          
 44    El Salvador                             14-01-93            30-10-95          
 45    Equatorial Guinea                       14-01-93                              
 46    Estonia                                 14-01-93                              
 47    Ethiopia                                14-01-93            13-05-96          
 48    Fiji                                    14-01-93            20-01-93          
 49    Finland                                 14-01-93            07-02-95          
 50    France                                  13-01-93            02-03-95          
 51    Gabon                                   13-01-93                              
 52    Gambia                                  13-01-93                              
 53    Georgia                                 14-01-93            27-11-95          
 54    Germany                                 13-01-93            12-08-94          
 55    Ghana                                   14-01-93                              
 56    Greece                                  13-01-93            22-12-94          
 57    Guatemala                               14-01-93                              
 58    Guinea                                  14-01-93                              
 59    Guinea-Bissau                           14-01-93                              
 60    Guyana                                  06-10-93                              
 61    Haiti                                   14-01-93                              
 62    Holy See                                14-01-93                              
 63    Honduras                                13-01-93                              
 64    Hungary                                 13-01-93                              
 65    Iceland                                 13-01-93                              
 66    India                                   14-01-93                              
 67    Indonesia                               13-01-93                              
 68    Iran (Islamic Republic of)              13-01-93                              
 69    Ireland                                 14-01-93            24-06-96          
 70    Israel                                  13-01-93                              
 71    Italy                                   13-01-93            08-12-95          
 72    Japan                                   13-01-93            15-09-95          
 73    Kazakhstan                              14-01-93                              
 74    Kenya                                   15-01-93                              
 75    Kuwait                                  27-01-93                              
 76    Kyrgyzstan                              22-02-93                              
 77    Lao People's Democratic Republic        13-05-93                              
 78    Latvia                                  06-05-93                              
 79    Lesotho                                 07-12-94            07-12-94          
 80    Liberia                                 15-01-93                              
 81    Liechtenstein                           21-07-93                              
 82    Lithuania                               13-01-93                              
 83    Luxembourg                              13-01-93                              
 84    Madagascar                              15-01-93                              
 85    Malawi                                  14-01-93                              
 86    Malaysia                                13-01-93                              
 87    Maldives                                01-10-93            31-05-94          
 88    Mali                                    13-01-93                              
 89    Malta                                   13-01-93                              
 90    Marshall Islands                        13-01-93                              
 91    Mauritania                              13-01-93                              
 92    Mauritius                               14-01-93            09-02-93          
 93    Mexico                                  13-01-93            29-08-94          
 94    Micronesia (Federated States of)        13-01-93                              
 95    Monaco                                  13-01-93            01-06-95          
 96    Mongolia                                14-01-93            17-01-95          
 97    Morocco                                 13-01-93            28-12-95          
 98    Myanmar                                 14-01-93                              
 99    Namibia                                 13-01-93            27-11-95          
 100   Nauru                                   13-01-93                              
101    Nepal                                   19-01-93                              
102    Netherlands                             14-01-93            30-06-95          
103    New Zealand                             14-01-93            15-07-96          
104    Nicaragua                               09-03-93                              
105    Niger                                   14-01-93                              
106    Nigeria                                 13-01-93                              
107    Norway                                  13-01-93            07-04-94          
108    Oman                                    02-02-93            08-02-95          
109    Pakistan                                13-01-93                              
110    Panama                                  16-06-93                              
111    Papua New Guinea                        14-01-93            17-04-96          
112    Paraguay                                14-01-93            01-12-94          
113    Peru                                    14-01-93            20-07-95          
114    Philippines                             13-01-93                              
115    Poland                                  13-01-93            23-08-95          
116    Portugal                                13-01-93                              
117    Qatar                                   01-02-93                              
118    Republic of Korea                       14-01-93                              
119    Republic of Moldova                     13-01-93            08-07-96          
120    Romania                                 13-01-93            15-02-95          
121    Russian Federation                      13-01-93                              
122    Rwanda                                  17-05-93                              
123    Saint Kitts and Nevis                   16-03-94                              
124    Saint Lucia                             29-03-93                              
125    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines        20-09-93                              
126    Samoa                                   14-01-93                              
127    San Marino                              13-01-93                              
128    Saudi Arabia                            20-01-93                              
129    Senegal                                 13-01-93                              
130    Seychelles                              15-01-93            07-04-93          
131    Sierra Leone                            15-01-93                              
132    Singapore                               14-01-93                              
133    Slovak Republic                         14-01-93            27-10-95          
134    Slovenia                                14-01-93                              
135    South Africa                            14-01-93            13-09-95          
136    Spain                                   13-01-93            03-08-94          
137    Sri Lanka                               14-01-93            19-08-94          
138    Swaziland                               23-09-93                              
139    Sweden                                  13-01-93            17-06-93          
140    Switzerland                             14-01-93            10-03-95          
141    Tajikistan                              14-01-93            11-01-95          
142    Thailand                                14-01-93                              
143    Togo                                    13-01-93                              
144    Tunisia                                 13-01-93                              
145    Turkey                                  14-01-93                              
146    Turkmenistan                            12-10-93            29-09-94          
147    Uganda                                  14-01-93                              
148    Ukraine                                 13-01-93                              
149    United Arab Emirates                    02-02-93                              
150    United Kingdom of Great Britain                                               
          and Northern Ireland                 13-01-93            13-05-96          
151    United Republic of Tanzania             25-02-94                              
152    United States of America                13-01-93                              
153    Uruguay                                 15-01-93            06-10-94          
154    Uzbekistan                              24-11-95                              
155    Venezuela                               14-01-93                              
156    Viet Nam                                13-01-93                              
157    Yemen                                   08-02-93                              
158    Zaire                                   14-01-93                              
159    Zambia                                  13-01-93                              
160    Zimbabwe                                13-01-93                              

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