(Updated July 22, 1999)
Most recent States to ratify the CWC:
Estonia, Sudan,The Holy See and Nigeria.
The number of States Parties now stands at 126.
In alphabetical order:
1.Albania signed 14-01-93 and ratified 11-05-94
2.Algeria signed 13-01-93 and ratified 14-08-95
3.Armenia signed 19-03-93 and ratified 27-01-95
4.Argentina signed 13-01-93 and ratified 02-10-95
5.Australia signed 13-01-93 and ratified 06-05-94
6.Austria signed 13-01-93 and ratified 17-08-95
7.Bahrain signed 24-02-93 and ratified 28-04-97
8.Bangladesh signed 14-01-93 and ratified 25-04-97
9.Belarus signed 14-01-93 and ratified 11-07-96
10.Belgium signed 13-01-93 and ratified 27-01-97
11.Benin signed 14-01-93 and ratified 14-05-98
12.Bolivia signed 14-01-93 and ratified 14-08-98
13.Bosnia and Herzegovina signed 16-01-97 and ratified
25-02-97
14.Botswana acceded 31-08-98
15.Brazil signed 13-01-93 and ratified 13-03-96
16.Brunei Darussalam signed 13-01-93 and ratified 28-07-97
17.Bulgaria signed 13-01-93 and ratified 10-08-94
18.Burundi signed 15-01-93 and ratified 04-09-98
19.Burkina Faso signed 14-01-93 and and ratified 08-07-97
20.Cameroon signed 14-01-93 and ratified 16-09-96
21.Canada signed 13-01-93 and ratified 26-09-95
22.Chile signed 14-01-93 and ratified 12-07-96
23.China signed 13-01-93 and ratified 25-04-97
24.Cook Islands signed 14-01-93 and ratified 15-07-94
25.Costa Rica signed 14-01-93 and ratified 31-05-96
26.Côte d'Ivoire signed 13-01-93 and ratified 18-12-95
27.Croatia signed 13-01-93 and ratified 23-05-95
28.Cuba signed 13-01-93 and ratified 29-04-97
29.Cyprus signed 13-01-93 and ratified 28-08-98
30.Czech Republic signed 14-01-93 and ratified 06-03-96
31.Denmark signed 14-01-93 and ratified 13-07-95
32.Ecuador signed 14-01-93 and ratified 06-09-95
33.El Salvador signed 14-01-93 and ratified 30-10-95
34.Equatorial Guinea signed 14-01-93 and ratified 25-04-97
35.Estonia signed 14-01-93 and ratified 26-05-99
36.Ethiopia signed 14-01-93 and ratified 13-05-96
37.Fiji signed 14-01-93 and ratified 20-01-93
38.Finland signed 14-01-93 and ratified 07-02-95
39.Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia acceded 20-06-97
40.France signed 13-01-93 and ratified 02-03-95
41.Gambia signed 13-01-93 and ratified 19-05-98
42.Georgia signed 14-01-93 and ratified 27-11-95
43.Germany signed 13-01-93 and ratified 12-08-94
44.Ghana signed 14-01-93 and ratified 09-07-97
45.Greece signed 13-01-93 and ratified 22-12-94
46.Guinea signed 14-01-93 and ratified 09-06-97
47.Guyana signed 06-10-93 and ratified 12-09-97
48.Holy See signed 14-01-93 and ratified 12-05-99
49.Hungary signed 13-01-93 and ratified 31-10-96
50.Iceland signed 13-01-93 and ratified 28-04-97
51.India signed 14-01-93 and ratified 03-09-96
52.Indonesia signed 13-01-93 and ratified 12-11-98
53.Iran (Islamic Republic of) signed 13-01-93 and ratified
03-11-97
54.Ireland signed 14-01-93 and ratified 24-06-96
55.Italy signed 13-01-93 and ratified 8-12-95
56.Japan signed 13-01-93 and ratified 15-09-95
57.Jordan acceded 29-10-97
58.Kenya signed 15-01-93 and ratified 25-04-97
59.Kuwait signed 27-01-93 and ratified 28-05-97
60.Lao People's Democratic Republic signed 13-05-93 and
ratified 25-02-97
61.Latvia signed 06-05-93 and ratified 23-07-96
62.Lesotho signed 07-12-94 and ratified 07-12-94
63.Lithuania signed 13-01-93 and ratified 15-04-98
64.Luxembourg signed 13-01-93 and ratified 15-04-97
65.Malawi signed 14-01-93 and ratified 11-06-98
66.Maldives signed 01-10-93 and ratified 31-05-94
67.Mali signed 13-01-93 and ratified 28-04-97
68.Malta signed 13-01-93 and ratified 28-04-97
69.Mauritania signed 13-01-93 and ratified 09-02-98
70.Mauritius signed 14-01-93 and ratified 09-02-93
71.Mexico signed 13-01-93 and ratified 29-08-94
72.Micronesia (Federated States of) signed 13-01-93 and
ratified 21-06-99
73.Monaco signed 13-01-93 and ratified 01-06-95
74.Mongolia signed 14-01-93 and ratified 17-01-95
75.Morocco signed 13-01-93 and ratified 28-12-95
76.Namibia signed 13-01-93 and ratified 27-11-95
77.Nepal signed 19-01-93 and ratified 18-11-97
78.Netherlands signed 14-01-93 and ratified 30-06-95
79.New Zealand signed 14-01-93 and ratified 15-07-96
80.Niger signed 14-01-93 and ratified 9-04-97
81.Nigeria signed 13-01-93 and ratified 20-05-99
82.Norway signed 13-01-93 and ratified 07-04-94
83.Oman signed 02-02-93 and ratified 08-02-95
84.Pakistan signed 13-01-93 and ratified 28-10-97
85.Panama signed 16-06-93 and ratified 07-10-98
86.Paraguay signed 14-01-93 and ratified 01-12-94
87.Papua New Guinea signed 14-01-93 and ratified 17-04-96
88.Peru signed 14-01-93 and ratified 20-07-95
89.Philippines signed 13-01-93 and ratified 11-12-96
90.Poland signed 13-01-93 and ratified 23-08-95
91.Portugal signed 13-01-93 and ratified 10-09-96
92.Qatar signed 01-02-93 and ratified 03-09-97
93.Republic of Korea signed 14-01-93 and ratified 28-04-97
94.Republic of Moldova signed 13-01-93 and ratified 08-07-96
95.Romania signed 13-01-93 ratified 15-02-95
96.Russian Federation signed 13-01-93 and ratified 05-11-97
97.Saint Lucia signed 29-03-93 and ratified 9-04-97
98.Saudi Arabia signed 20-01-93 and ratified 09-08-96
99.Senegal signed 13-01-93 and ratified 20-07-98
100.Seychelles
signed 15-01-93 and ratified 07-04-93
101.Singapore
signed 14-01-93 and ratified 21-05-97
102.Slovak
Republic signed 14-01-1993 and ratified 27-10-1995
103.Slovenia
signed 14-01-93 and ratified 11-06-97
104.South
Africa signed 14-01-93 and ratified 13-09-95
105.Spain
signed 13-01-93 and ratified 03-08-94
106.Sri
Lanka signed 14-01-93 and ratified 19-08-94
107.Sudan
signed 24-05-99 and ratified 24-05-99
108.Suriname
signed 28-04-97 and ratified 28-04-97
109.Swaziland
signed 23-09-93 and ratified 20-11-96
110.Sweden
signed 13-01-93 and ratified 17-06-93
111.Switzerland
signed 14-01-93 and ratified 10-03-95
112.Tajikistan
signed 14-01-93 and ratified 11-01-95
113.Togo
signed 13-01-93 and ratified 23-04-97
114.Trinidad
and Tobago acceded 24-06-97
115.Tunisia
signed 14-01-93 and ratified 15-04-97
116.Turkey
signed 14-01-93, andratified 12-05-97
117.Turkmenistan
signed 12-10-93 and ratified 29-09-94
118.Ukraine
signed 13-01-93 and ratified 16-10-98
119.United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
signed 13-01-93 and ratified 13-05-96
120.United
Republic of Tanzania signed 25-02-94 and ratified
25-06-98
121.United
States of America signed 13-01-93 and ratified
25-04-97
122.Uruguay
signed 15-01-93 and ratified 06-10-94
123.Uzbekistan
signed 24-11-95 and ratified 23-07-96
124.Venezuela
signed 14-01-93 and ratified 03-12-97
125.Viet
Nam signed 13-01-93 and ratified 30-09-98
126.Zimbabwe
signed 13-01-93 and ratified 25-04-97
