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STATUS OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
The Convention entered into force on 29 April 1997
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SUMMARY as of 22 July 1999
Number of States Parties: 126 Number of Signatory States which have not yet ratified: 44 States Parties: |
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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 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 22 July 1999). 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 22 July 1999
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No. |
State |
Signature6 |
Deposit7 |
Entry into force |
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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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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 |
14-05-98 |
13-06-98 |
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Bolivia |
14-01-93 |
14-08-98 |
13-09-98 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
16-01-97 |
25-02-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Botswana |
31-08-98[a] |
30-09-98 |
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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 |
04-09-98 |
04-10-98 |
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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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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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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 |
28-08-98 |
27-09-98 |
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Czech Republic |
14-01-93 |
06-03-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Denmark |
14-01-93 |
13-07-95 |
29-04-97 |
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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 |
26-05-99 |
25-06-99 |
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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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Gambia |
13-01-93 |
19-05-98 |
18-06-98 |
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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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Guinea |
14-01-93 |
09-06-97 |
09-07-97 |
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Guyana |
06-10-93 |
12-09-97 |
12-10-97 |
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Holy See |
14-01-93 |
12-05-99 |
11-06-99 |
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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 |
12-11-98 |
12-12-98 |
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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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Italy |
13-01-93 |
08-12-95 |
29-04-97 |
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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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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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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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Lithuania |
13-01-93 |
15-04-98 |
15-05-98 |
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Luxembourg |
13-01-93 |
15-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Malawi |
14-01-93 |
11-06-98 |
11-07-98 |
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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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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 |
21-06-99 |
21-07-99 |
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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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Namibia |
13-01-93 |
27-11-95 |
29-04-97 |
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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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Niger |
14-01-93 |
09-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Nigeria |
13-01-93 |
20-05-99 |
19-06-99 |
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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 |
07-10-98 |
06-11-98 |
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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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Saint Lucia |
29-03-93 |
09-04-97 |
29-04-97 |
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Saudi Arabia |
20-01-93 |
09-08-96 |
29-04-97 |
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Senegal |
13-01-93 |
20-07-98 |
19-08-98 |
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Seychelles |
15-01-93 |
07-04-93 |
29-04-97 |
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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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Sudan |
24-05-99 [a] |
23-06-99 |
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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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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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Ukraine |
13-01-93 |
16-10-98 |
15-11-98 |
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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 |
25-06-98 |
25-07-98 |
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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 |
30-09-98 |
30-10-98 |
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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 22 July 1999
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No. |
State |
Signature |
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Afghanistan |
14-01-93 |
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Azerbaijan |
13-01-93 |
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Bahamas |
02-03-94 |
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Bhutan |
24-04-97 |
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Cambodia |
15-01-93 |
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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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Colombia |
13-01-93 |
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Comoros |
13-01-93 |
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Congo |
15-01-93 |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
14-01-93 |
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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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Gabon |
13-01-93 |
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Grenada |
09-04-97 |
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Guatemala |
14-01-93 |
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Guinea-Bissau |
14-01-93 |
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Haiti |
14-01-93 |
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Honduras |
13-01-93 |
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Israel |
13-01-93 |
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Jamaica |
18-04-97 |
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Kazakhstan |
14-01-93 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
22-02-93 |
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Liberia |
15-01-93 |
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Liechtenstein |
21-07-93 |
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Madagascar |
15-01-93 |
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Malaysia |
13-01-93 |
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Marshall Islands |
13-01-93 |
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Myanmar |
14-01-93 |
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Nauru |
13-01-93 |
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Nicaragua |
09-03-93 |
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Rwanda |
17-05-93 |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
16-03-94 |
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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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