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STATUS OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, STOCKPILING AND USE OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION
The Convention entered into force on 29 April 1997
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SUMMARY as of 11 March 1998
Number of States Parties: 107 Number of Signatory States which have not yet ratified: 61 States Parties: |
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Britain and Northern |
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
1. The text of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction was adopted in Geneva on 3 September 1992 by the Conference on Disarmament, which transmitted it to the United Nations General Assembly at its Forty-Seventh Session. The General Assembly commended the Convention and requested the Secretary-General, as Depositary, to open it for signature in Paris on 13 January 1993. The Convention was open for signature in Paris from 13 to 15 January 1993 and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters, New York, until 29 April 1997. By that date the Convention had received 165 signatures. The Convention entered into force on 29 April 1997. States which did not sign the Convention before entry into force may accede to it at any time.
2. For States which ratify or accede to the Convention after the date of entry into force, the Convention enters into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations as Depositary.
3. This document contains information concerning the dates of signature, ratification and accession received by the Depositary and notified to the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW (up to 11 March 1998). The dates in the column on deposit are those of the receipt by the Depositary of the instrument of ratification or accession.
4. The information is presented in two tables: the first, listing all signatory and acceding States in alphabetical order; and the second, listing signatory States which have not yet ratified the Convention.
Table 1
LIST OF ALL SIGNATORY, RATIFYING AND ACCEDING STATES
as of 11 March 1998
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No. |
State |
Signature |
Deposit |
Entry into force |
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Afghanistan |
14-01-93 |
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Albania |
14-01-93 |
11-05-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Algeria |
13-01-93 |
14-08-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Argentina |
13-01-93 |
02-10-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Armenia |
19-03-93 |
27-01-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Australia |
13-01-93 |
06-05-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Austria |
13-01-93 |
17-08-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Azerbaijan |
13-01-93 |
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Bahamas |
02-03-94 |
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Bahrain |
24-02-93 |
28-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Bangladesh |
14-01-93 |
25-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Belarus |
14-01-93 |
11-07-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Belgium |
13-01-93 |
27-01-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Benin |
14-01-93 |
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Bhutan |
24-04-97 |
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Bolivia |
14-01-93 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
16-01-97 |
25-02-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Brazil |
13-01-93 |
13-03-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Brunei Darussalam |
13-01-93 |
28-07-97 |
27-08-97 |
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Bulgaria |
13-01-93 |
10-08-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Burkina Faso |
14-01-93 |
08-07-97 |
07-08-97 |
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Burundi |
15-01-93 |
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Cambodia |
15-01-93 |
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Cameroon |
14-01-93 |
16-09-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Canada |
13-01-93 |
26-09-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Cape Verde |
15-01-93 |
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Central African Republic |
14-01-93 |
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Chad |
11-10-94 |
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Chile |
14-01-93 |
12-07-96 |
29-04-97 |
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China |
13-01-93 |
25-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Colombia |
13-01-93 |
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Comoros |
13-01-93 |
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Congo |
15-01-93 |
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Cook Islands |
14-01-93 |
15-07-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Costa Rica |
14-01-93 |
31-05-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
13-01-93 |
18-12-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Croatia |
13-01-93 |
23-05-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Cuba |
13-01-93 |
29-04-97 |
29-05-97 |
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Cyprus |
13-01-93 |
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Czech Republic |
14-01-93 |
06-03-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
14-01-93 |
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Denmark |
14-01-93 |
13-07-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Djibouti |
28-09-93 |
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Dominica |
02-08-93 |
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Dominican Republic |
13-01-93 |
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Ecuador |
14-01-93 |
06-09-95 |
29-04-97 |
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El Salvador |
14-01-93 |
30-10-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Equatorial Guinea |
14-01-93 |
25-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Estonia |
14-01-93 |
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Ethiopia |
14-01-93 |
13-05-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Fiji |
14-01-93 |
20-01-93 |
29-04-97 |
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Finland |
14-01-93 |
07-02-95 |
29-04-97 |
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France |
13-01-93 |
02-03-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Gabon |
13-01-93 |
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Gambia |
13-01-93 |
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Georgia |
14-01-93 |
27-11-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Germany |
13-01-93 |
12-08-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Ghana |
14-01-93 |
09-07-97 |
08-08-97 |
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Greece |
13-01-93 |
22-12-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Grenada |
09-04-97 |
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Guatemala |
14-01-93 |
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Guinea |
14-01-93 |
09-06-97 |
09-07-97 |
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Guinea-Bissau |
14-01-93 |
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Guyana |
06-10-93 |
12-09-97 |
12-10-97 |
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Haiti |
14-01-93 |
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Holy See |
14-01-93 |
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Honduras |
13-01-93 |
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Hungary |
13-01-93 |
31-10-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Iceland |
13-01-93 |
28-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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India |
14-01-93 |
03-09-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Indonesia |
13-01-93 |
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
13-01-93 |
03-11-97 |
03-12-97 |
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Ireland |
14-01-93 |
24-06-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Israel |
13-01-93 |
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Italy |
13-01-93 |
08-12-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Jamaica |
18-04-97 |
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Japan |
13-01-93 |
15-09-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Jordan |
29-10-97 [a] |
28-11-97 |
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Kazakstan |
14-01-93 |
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Kenya |
15-01-93 |
25-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Kuwait |
27-01-93 |
29-05-97 |
28-06-97 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
22-02-93 |
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Lao People's Democratic Republic |
13-05-93 |
25-02-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Latvia |
06-05-93 |
23-07-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Lesotho |
07-12-94 |
07-12-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Liberia |
15-01-93 |
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Liechtenstein |
21-07-93 |
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Lithuania |
13-01-93 |
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Luxembourg |
13-01-93 |
15-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Madagascar |
15-01-93 |
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Malawi |
14-01-93 |
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Malaysia |
13-01-93 |
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Maldives |
01-10-93 |
31-05-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Mali |
13-01-93 |
28-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Malta |
13-01-93 |
28-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Marshall Islands |
13-01-93 |
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Mauritania |
13-01-93 |
09-02-98 |
11-03-98 |
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Mauritius |
14-01-93 |
09-02-93 |
29-04-97 |
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Mexico |
13-01-93 |
29-08-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Micronesia (Federated States of) |
13-01-93 |
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Monaco |
13-01-93 |
01-06-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Mongolia |
14-01-93 |
17-01-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Morocco |
13-01-93 |
28-12-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Myanmar |
14-01-93 |
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Namibia |
13-01-93 |
27-11-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Nauru |
13-01-93 |
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Nepal |
19-01-93 |
18-11-97 |
18-12-97 |
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Netherlands |
14-01-93 |
30-06-95 |
29-04-97 |
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New Zealand |
14-01-93 |
15-07-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Nicaragua |
09-03-93 |
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Niger |
14-01-93 |
09-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Nigeria |
13-01-93 |
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Norway |
13-01-93 |
07-04-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Oman |
02-02-93 |
08-02-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Pakistan |
13-01-93 |
28-10-97 |
27-11-97 |
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Panama |
16-06-93 |
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Papua New Guinea |
14-01-93 |
17-04-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Paraguay |
14-01-93 |
01-12-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Peru |
14-01-93 |
20-07-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Philippines |
13-01-93 |
11-12-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Poland |
13-01-93 |
23-08-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Portugal |
13-01-93 |
10-09-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Qatar |
01-02-93 |
03-09-97 |
03-10-97 |
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Republic of Korea |
14-01-93 |
28-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Republic of Moldova |
13-01-93 |
08-07-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Romania |
13-01-93 |
15-02-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Russian Federation |
13-01-93 |
05-11-97 |
05-12-97 |
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Rwanda |
17-05-93 |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
16-03-94 |
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Saint Lucia |
29-03-93 |
09-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
20-09-93 |
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Samoa |
14-01-93 |
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San Marino |
13-01-93 |
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Saudi Arabia |
20-01-93 |
09-08-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Senegal |
13-01-93 |
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Seychelles |
15-01-93 |
07-04-93 |
29-04-97 |
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Sierra Leone |
15-01-93 |
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Singapore |
14-01-93 |
21-05-97 |
20-06-97 |
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Slovakia |
14-01-93 |
27-10-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Slovenia |
14-01-93 |
11-06-97 |
11-07-97 |
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South Africa |
14-01-93 |
13-09-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Spain |
13-01-93 |
03-08-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Sri Lanka |
14-01-93 |
19-08-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Suriname |
28-04-97 |
28-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Swaziland |
23-09-93 |
20-11-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Sweden |
13-01-93 |
17-06-93 |
29-04-97 |
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Switzerland |
14-01-93 |
10-03-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Tajikistan |
14-01-93 |
11-01-95 |
29-04-97 |
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Thailand |
14-01-93 |
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The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
20-06-97 [a] |
20-07-97 |
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Togo |
13-01-93 |
23-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
24-06-97 [a] |
24-07-97 |
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Tunisia |
13-01-93 |
15-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Turkey |
14-01-93 |
12-05-97 |
11-06-97 |
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Turkmenistan |
12-10-93 |
29-09-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Uganda |
14-01-93 |
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Ukraine |
13-01-93 |
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United Arab Emirates |
02-02-93 |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
13-01-93 |
13-05-96 |
29-04-97 |
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United Republic of Tanzania |
25-02-94 |
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United States of America |
13-01-93 |
25-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Uruguay |
15-01-93 |
06-10-94 |
29-04-97 |
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Uzbekistan |
24-11-95 |
23-07-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Venezuela |
14-01-93 |
03-12-97 |
02-01-98 |
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Viet Nam |
13-01-93 |
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Yemen |
08-02-93 |
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Zambia |
13-01-93 |
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Zimbabwe |
13-01-93 |
25-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
Table 2
SIGNATORY STATES WHICH HAVE NOT YET RATIFIED THE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
as of 11 March 1998
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