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S/150/99 |
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29 November 1999 |
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ENGLISH only |
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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 29 November 1999 Number of States Parties: 126 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: 42 States Parties: |
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Tanzania |
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Nicaragua (EIF 05-12-99) |
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Liechtenstein (EIF 24-12-99)
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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 29 November 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 29 November 1999
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No. |
State |
Signature |
Deposit |
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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Liechtenstein |
21-07-93 |
24-11-99 |
24-12-99 |
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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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Nicaragua |
09-03-93 |
05-11-99 |
05-12-99 |
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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 29 November 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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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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Rwanda |
17-05-93 |
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