OPCW

Technical Secretariat
 

Office of the Legal Adviser

 

S/82/98

 

4 November 1998

 

ENGLISH only

 

STATUS OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

 

The Convention entered into force on 29 April 1997

 

SUMMARY as of 1 November 1998

Number of States Parties: 118

Number of States which have deposited an instrument

of accession or ratification and for which the

Convention has not yet entered into force 2 Number of Signatory States which have not yet ratified: 49

States Parties:

  1. Albania

  1. El Salvador

  1. Malta

  1. Slovakia

  1. Algeria

  1. Equatorial Guinea

  1. Mauritania

  1. Slovenia

  1. Argentina

  1. Ethiopia

  1. Mauritius

  1. South Africa

  1. Armenia

  1. Fiji

  1. Mexico

  1. Spain

  1. Australia

  1. Finland

  1. Monaco

  1. Sri Lanka

  1. Austria

  1. France

  1. Mongolia

  1. Suriname

  1. Bahrain

  1. Gambia

  1. Morocco

  1. Swaziland

  1. Bangladesh

  1. Georgia

  1. Namibia

  1. Sweden

  1. Belarus

  1. Germany

  1. Nepal

  1. Switzerland

  1. Belgium

  1. Ghana

  1. Netherlands

  1. Tajikistan

  1. Benin

  1. Greece

  1. New Zealand

  1. The former Yugoslav

  1. Bolivia

  1. Guinea

  1. Niger

Republic of Macedonia[a]

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina

  1. Guyana

  1. Norway

  1. Togo

  1. Botswana [a]

  1. Hungary

  1. Oman

  1. Trinidad and Tobago [a]

  1. Brazil

  1. Iceland

  1. Pakistan

  1. Tunisia

  1. Brunei Darussalam

  1. India

  1. Papua New Guinea

  1. Turkey

  1. Bulgaria

  1. Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  1. Paraguay

  1. Turkmenistan

  1. Burkina Faso

  1. Ireland

  1. Peru

  1. United Kingdom of Great

  1. Burundi

  1. Italy

  1. Philippines

Britain and Northern

  1. Cameroon

  1. Japan

  1. Poland

Ireland

  1. Canada

  1. Jordan [a]

  1. Portugal

  1. United Republic of

  1. Chile

  1. Kenya

  1. Qatar

Tanzania

  1. China

  1. Kuwait

  1. Republic of Korea

  1. United States of America

  1. Cook Islands

  1. Lao People's Democratic

  1. Republic of Moldova

  1. Uruguay

  1. Costa Rica

Republic

  1. Romania

  1. Uzbekista

  1. Côte d'Ivoire

  1. Latvia

  1. Russian Federation

  1. Venezuela

  1. Croatia

  1. Lesotho

  1. Saint Lucia

  1. Viet Nam (EIF 30-10-98)

  1. Cuba

  1. Lithuania

  1. Saudi Arabia

  1. Zimbabwe

  1. Cyprus

  1. Luxembourg

  1. Senegal
 

  1. Czech Republic

  1. Malawi

  1. Seychelles

Entry into force pending:

  1. Denmark

  1. Maldives

  1. Singapore

  1. Panama (EIF 06-11-98)

  1. Ecuador

  1. Mali
 

  1. Ukraine (EIF 15-11-98)

 

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 United Nations 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 29 April 1997, the Convention enters into force for that State 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 Secretariat of the OPCW
(by 1 November 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 parties to the Convention in alphabetical order; and the second, listing signatory States which have not yet ratified the Convention.

 

Table 1

 

PARTIES TO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

as of 1 November 1998

 

No.

State

Signature6

Deposit7

Entry into force

 

Albania

14-01-93

11-05-94

29-04-97

 

Algeria

13-01-93

14-08-95

29-04-97

 

Argentina

13-01-93

02-10-95

29-04-97

 

Armenia

19-03-93

27-01-95

29-04-97

 

Australia

13-01-93

06-05-94

29-04-97

 

Austria

13-01-93

17-08-95

29-04-97

 

Bahrain

24-02-93

28-04-97

29-04-97

 

Bangladesh

14-01-93

25-04-97

29-04-97

 

Belarus

14-01-93

11-07-96

29-04-97

 

Belgium

13 -01-93

27-01-97

29-04-97

 

Benin

14-01-93

14-05-98

13-06-98

 

Bolivia

14-01-93

14-08-98

13-09-98

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

16-01-97

25-02-97

29-04-97

 

Botswana

 

31-08-98[a]

30-09-98

 

Brazil

13-01-93

13-03-96

29-04-97

 

Brunei Darussalam

13-01-93

28-07-97

27-08-97

 

Bulgaria

13-01-93

10-08-94

29-04-97

 

Burkina Faso

14-01-93

08-07-97

07-08-97

 

Burundi

15-01-93

04-09-98

04-10-98

 

Cameroon

14-01-93

16-09-96

29-04-97

 

Canada

13-01-93

26-09-95

29-04-97

 

Chile

14-01-93

12-07-96

29-04-97

 

China

13-01-93

25-04-97

29-04-97

 

Cook Islands

14-01-93

15-07-94

29-04-97

 

Costa Rica

14-01-93

31-05-96

29-04-97

 

Côte d'Ivoire

13-01-93

18-12-95

29-04-97

 

Croatia

13-01-93

23-05-95

29-04-97

 

Cuba

13-01-93

29-04-97

29-05-97

 

Cyprus

13-01-93

28-08-98

27-09-98

 

Czech Republic

14-01-93

06-03-96

29-04-97

 

Denmark

14-01-93

13-07-95

29-04-97

 

Ecuador

14-01-93

06-09-95

29-04-97

 

El Salvador

14-01-93

30-10-95

29-04-97

 

Equatorial Guinea

14-01-93

25-04-97

29-04-97

 

Ethiopia

14-01-93

13-05-96

29-04-97

 

Fiji

14-01-93

20-01-93

29-04-97

 

Finland

14-01-93

07-02-95

29-04-97

 

France

13-01-93

02-03-95

29-04-97

 

Gambia

13-01-93

19-05-98

18-06-98

 

Georgia

14-01-93

27-11-95

29-04-97

 

Germany

13-01-93

12-08-94

29-04-97

 

Ghana

14-01-93

09-07-97

08-08-97

 

Greece

13-01-93

22-12-94

29-04-97

 

Guinea

14-01-93

09-06-97

09-07-97

 

Guyana

06-10-93

12-09-97

12-10-97

 

Hungary

13-01-93

31-10-96

29-04-97

 

Iceland

13-01-93

28-04-97

29-04-97

 

India

14-01-93

03-09-96

29-04-97

 

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

13-01-93

03-11-97

03-12-97

 

Ireland

14-01-93

24-06-96

29-04-97

 

Italy

13-01-93

08-12-95

29-04-97

 

Japan

13-01-93

15-09-95

29-04-97

 

Jordan

 

29-10-97 [a]

28-11-97

 

Kenya

15-01-93

25-04-97

29-04-97

 

Kuwait

27-01-93

29-05-97

28-06-97

 

Lao People's Democratic Republic

13-05-93

25-02-97

29-04-97

 

Latvia

06-05-93

23-07-96

29-04-97

 

Lesotho

07-12-94

07-12-94

29-04-97

 

Lithuania

13-01-93

15-04-98

15-05-98

 

Luxembourg

13-01-93

15-04-97

29-04-97

 

Malawi

14-01-93

11-06-98

11-07-98

 

Maldives

01-10-93

31-05-94

29-04-97

 

Mali

13-01-93

28-04-97

29-04-97

 

Malta

13-01-93

28-04-97

29-04-97

 

Mauritania

13-01-93

09-02-98

11-03-98

 

Mauritius

14-01-93

09-02-93

29-04-97

 

Mexico

13-01-93

29-08-94

29-04-97

 

Monaco

13-01-93

01-06-95

29-04-97

 

Mongolia

14-01-93

17-01-95

29-04-97

 

Morocco

13-01-93

28-12-95

29-04-97

 

Namibia

13-01-93

27-11-95

29-04-97

 

Nepal

19-01-93

18-11-97

18-12-97

 

Netherlands

14-01-93

30-06-95

29-04-97

 

New Zealand

14-01-93

15-07-96

29-04-97

 

Niger

14-01-93

09-04-97

29-04-97

 

Norway

13-01-93

07-04-94

29-04-97

 

Oman

02-02-93

08-02-95

29-04-97

 

Pakistan

13-01-93

28-10-97

27-11-97

 

Papua New Guinea

14-01-93

17-04-96

29-04-97

 

Paraguay

14-01-93

01-12-94

29-04-97

 

Peru

14-01-93

20-07-95

29-04-97

 

Philippines

13-01-93

11-12-96

29-04-97

 

Poland

13-01-93

23-08-95

29-04-97

 

Portugal

13-01-93

10-09-96

29-04-97

 

Qatar

01-02-93

03-09-97

03-10-97

 

Republic of Korea

14-01-93

28-04-97

29-04-97

 

Republic of Moldova

13-01-93

08-07-96

29-04-97

 

Romania

13-01-93

15-02-95

29-04-97

 

Russian Federation

13-01-93

05-11-97

05-12-97

 

Saint Lucia

29-03-93

09-04-97

29-04-97

 

Saudi Arabia

20-01-93

09-08-96

29-04-97

 

Senegal

13-01-93

20-07-98

19-08-98

 

Seychelles

15-01-93

07-04-93

29-04-97

 

Singapore

14-01-93

21-05-97

20-06-97

 

Slovakia

14-01-93

27-10-95

29-04-97

 

Slovenia

14-01-93

11-06-97

11-07-97

 

South Africa

14-01-93

13-09-95

29-04-97

 

Spain

13-01-93

03-08-94

29-04-97

 

Sri Lanka

14-01-93

19-08-94

29-04-97

 

Suriname

28-04-97

28-04-97

29-04-97

 

Swaziland

23-09-93

20-11-96

29-04-97

 

Sweden

13-01-93

17-06-93

29-04-97

 

Switzerland

14-01-93

10-03-95

29-04-97

 

Tajikistan

14-01-93

11-01-95

29-04-97

 

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

 

20-06-97 [a]

20-07-97

 

Togo

13-01-93

23-04-97

29-04-97

 

Trinidad and Tobago

 

24-06-97 [a]

24-07-97

 

Tunisia

13-01-93

15-04-97

29-04-97

 

Turkey

14-01-93

12-05-97

11-06-97

 

Turkmenistan

12-10-93

29-09-94

29-04-97

 

United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland

13-01-93

13-05-96

29-04-97

 

United Republic of Tanzania

25-02-94

25-06-98

25-07-98

 

United States of America

13-01-93

25-04-97

29-04-97

 

Uruguay

15-01-93

06-10-94

29-04-97

 

Uzbekistan

24-11-95

23-07-96

29-04-97

 

Venezuela

14-01-93

03-12-97

02-01-98

 

Viet Nam

13-01-93

30-09-98

30-10-98

 

Zimbabwe

13-01-93

25-04-97

29-04-97

 

 

Entry into force pending:

 

Panama

16-06-93

07-10-98

06-11-98

 

Ukraine

13-01-93

16-10-98

15-11-98

 

 

Table 2

SIGNATORY STATES WHICH HAVE NOT YET RATIFIED

THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION as of 1 November 1998

No.

State

Signature

 

Afghanistan

14-01-93

 

Azerbaijan

13-01-93

 

Bahamas

02-03-94

 

Bhutan

24-04-97

 

Cambodia

15-01-93

 

Cape Verde

15-01-93

 

Central African Republic

14-01-93

 

Chad

11-10-94

 

Colombia

13-01-93

 

Comoros

13-01-93

 

Congo

15-01-93

 

Democratic Republic of the Congo

14-01-93

 

Djibouti

28-09-93

 

Dominica

02-08-93

 

Dominican Republic

13-01-93

 

Estonia

14-01-93

 

Gabon

13-01-93

 

Grenada

09-04-97

 

Guatemala

14-01-93

 

Guinea-Bissau

14-01-93

 

Haiti

14-01-93

 

Holy See

14-01-93

 

Honduras

13-01-93

 

Indonesia

13-01-93

 

Israel

13-01-93

 

Jamaica

18-04-97

 

Kazakhstan

14-01-93

 

Kyrgyzstan

22-02-93

 

Liberia

15-01-93

 

Liechtenstein

21-07-93

 

Madagascar

15-01-93

 

Malaysia

13-01-93

 

Marshall Islands

13-01-93

 

Micronesia (Federated States of)

13-01-93

 

Myanmar

14-01-93

 

Nauru

13-01-93

 

Nicaragua

09-03-93

 

Nigeria

13-01-93

 

Rwanda

17-05-93

 

Saint Kitts and Nevis

16-03-94

 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

20-09-93

 

Samoa

14-01-93

 

San Marino

13-01-93

 

Sierra Leone

15-01-93

 

Thailand

14-01-93

 

Uganda

14-01-93

 

United Arab Emirates

02-02-93

 

Yemen

08-02-93

 

Zambia

13-01-93

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