Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

Adopted at Geneva: 3 September 1992

Opened for signature in Paris: 13 January 1993

Entered into force: 29 April 1997

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

State	Signature	Deposit	Deposit Type
Afghanistan	14 January 1993	24 September 2003	Ratification
Albania	14 January 1993	11 May 1994	Ratification
Algeria	13 January 1993	14 August 1995	Ratification
Andorra		27 February 2003	Accession
Angola		16 September 2015	Accession
Antigua and Barbuda		29 August 2005	Accession
Argentina	13 January 1993	2 October 1995	Ratification
Armenia	19 March 1993	27 January 1995	Ratification
Australia	13 January 1993	6 May 1994	Ratification
Austria	13 January 1993 *	17 August 1995	Ratification
Azerbaijan	13 January 1993	29 February 2000	Ratification
Bahamas	2 March 1994	21 April 2009	Ratification
Bahrain	24 February 1993	28 April 1997	Ratification
Bangladesh	14 January 1993	25 April 1997	Ratification
Barbados		7 March 2007	Accession
Belarus	14 January 1993	11 July 1996	Ratification
Belgium	13 January 1993 *	27 January 1997 *	Ratification
Belize		1 December 2003	Accession
Benin	14 January 1993	14 May 1998	Ratification
Bhutan	24 April 1997	18 August 2005	Ratification
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	14 January 1993	14 August 1998	Ratification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	16 January 1997	25 February 1997	Ratification
Botswana		31 August 1998	Accession
Brazil	13 January 1993	13 March 1996	Ratification
Brunei Darussalam	13 January 1993	28 July 1997	Ratification
Bulgaria	13 January 1993	10 August 1994	Ratification
Burkina Faso	14 January 1993	8 July 1997	Ratification
Burundi	15 January 1993	4 September 1998	Ratification
Cabo Verde	15 January 1993	10 October 2003	Ratification
Cambodia	15 January 1993	19 July 2005	Ratification
Cameroon	14 January 1993	16 September 1996	Ratification
Canada	13 January 1993	26 September 1995	Ratification
Central African Republic	14 January 1993	20 September 2006	Ratification
Chad	11 October 1994	13 February 2004	Ratification
Chile	14 January 1993	12 July 1996	Ratification
China	13 January 1993 *	25 April 1997 *	Ratification
Colombia	13 January 1993	5 April 2000	Ratification
Comoros	13 January 1993	18 August 2006	Ratification
Congo	15 January 1993	4 December 2007	Ratification
Cook Islands	14 January 1993	15 July 1994	Ratification
Costa Rica	14 January 1993	31 May 1996	Ratification
Côte d'Ivoire	13 January 1993	18 December 1995	Ratification
Croatia	13 January 1993	23 May 1995	Ratification
Cuba	13 January 1993	29 April 1997 *	Ratification
Cyprus	13 January 1993	28 August 1998	Ratification
Czech Republic	14 January 1993	6 March 1996	Ratification
Democratic Republic of the Congo	14 January 1993	12 October 2005	Ratification
Denmark	14 January 1993 *	13 July 1995	Ratification
Djibouti	28 September 1993	25 January 2006	Ratification
Dominica	2 August 1993	12 February 2001	Ratification
Dominican Republic	13 January 1993	27 March 2009	Ratification
Ecuador	14 January 1993	6 September 1995	Ratification
El Salvador	14 January 1993	30 October 1995	Ratification
Equatorial Guinea	14 January 1993	25 April 1997	Ratification
Eritrea		14 February 2000	Accession
Estonia	14 January 1993	26 May 1999	Ratification
Eswatini	23 September 1993	20 November 1996	Ratification
Ethiopia	14 January 1993	13 May 1996	Ratification
Fiji	14 January 1993	20 January 1993	Ratification
Finland	14 January 1993	7 February 1995	Ratification
France	13 January 1993 *	2 March 1995	Ratification
Gabon	13 January 1993	8 September 2000	Ratification
Gambia	13 January 1993	19 May 1998	Ratification
Georgia	14 January 1993	27 November 1995	Ratification
Germany	13 January 1993 *	12 August 1994 *	Ratification
Ghana	14 January 1993	9 July 1997	Ratification
Greece	13 January 1993 *	22 December 1994 *	Ratification
Grenada	9 April 1997	3 June 2005	Ratification
Guatemala	14 January 1993	12 February 2003	Ratification
Guinea	14 January 1993	9 June 1997	Ratification
Guinea-Bissau	14 January 1993	20 May 2008	Ratification
Guyana	6 October 1993	12 September 1997	Ratification
Haiti	14 January 1993	22 February 2006	Ratification
Holy See	14 January 1993	12 May 1999 *	Ratification
Honduras	13 January 1993	29 August 2005	Ratification
Hungary	13 January 1993	31 October 1996	Ratification
Iceland	13 January 1993	28 April 1997	Ratification
India	14 January 1993	3 September 1996	Ratification
Indonesia	13 January 1993	12 November 1998	Ratification
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	13 January 1993	3 November 1997 *	Ratification
Iraq		13 January 2009	Accession
Ireland	14 January 1993	24 June 1996 *	Ratification
Israel	13 January 1993
Italy	13 January 1993 *	8 December 1995 *	Ratification
Jamaica	18 April 1997	8 September 2000	Ratification
Japan	13 January 1993	15 September 1995	Ratification
Jordan		29 October 1997	Accession
Kazakhstan	14 January 1993	23 March 2000	Ratification
Kenya	15 January 1993	25 April 1997	Ratification
Kiribati		7 September 2000	Accession
Kuwait	27 January 1993	29 May 1997	Ratification
Kyrgyzstan	22 February 1993	29 September 2003	Ratification
Lao People's Democratic Republic	13 May 1993	25 February 1997	Ratification
Latvia	6 May 1993	23 July 1996	Ratification
Lebanon		20 November 2008	Accession
Lesotho	7 December 1994	7 December 1994	Ratification
Liberia	15 January 1993	23 February 2006	Ratification
Libya		6 January 2004	Accession
Liechtenstein	21 July 1993	24 November 1999	Ratification
Lithuania	13 January 1993	15 April 1998	Ratification
Luxembourg	13 January 1993 *	15 April 1997 *	Ratification
Madagascar	15 January 1993	20 October 2004	Ratification
Malawi	14 January 1993	11 June 1998	Ratification
Malaysia	13 January 1993	20 April 2000	Ratification
Maldives	4 October 1993	31 May 1994	Ratification
Mali	13 January 1993	28 April 1997	Ratification
Malta	13 January 1993	28 April 1997	Ratification
Marshall Islands	13 January 1993	19 May 2004	Ratification
Mauritania	13 January 1993	9 February 1998	Ratification
Mauritius	14 January 1993	9 February 1993 *	Ratification
Mexico	13 January 1993	29 August 1994	Ratification
Micronesia (Federated States of)	13 January 1993	21 June 1999	Ratification
Monaco	13 January 1993	1 June 1995	Ratification
Mongolia	14 January 1993	17 January 1995	Ratification
Montenegro		23 October 2006 *	Succession
Morocco	13 January 1993	28 December 1995	Ratification
Mozambique		15 August 2000	Accession
Myanmar	14 January 1993	8 July 2015	Ratification
Namibia	13 January 1993	24 November 1995	Ratification
Nauru	13 January 1993	12 November 2001	Ratification
Nepal	19 January 1993	18 November 1997	Ratification
Netherlands	14 January 1993	30 June 1995 *	Ratification
New Zealand	14 January 1993	15 July 1996	Ratification
Nicaragua	9 March 1993	5 November 1999	Ratification
Niger	14 January 1993	9 April 1997	Ratification
Nigeria	13 January 1993	20 May 1999	Ratification
Niue		21 April 2005	Accession
North Macedonia		20 June 1997	Accession
Norway	13 January 1993	7 April 1994	Ratification
Oman	2 February 1993	8 February 1995	Ratification
Pakistan	13 January 1993	28 October 1997 *	Ratification
Palau		3 February 2003	Accession
Panama	16 June 1993	7 October 1998	Ratification
Papua New Guinea	14 January 1993	17 April 1996	Ratification
Paraguay	14 January 1993	1 December 1994	Ratification
Peru	14 January 1993	20 July 1995	Ratification
Philippines	13 January 1993	11 December 1996	Ratification
Poland	13 January 1993	23 August 1995	Ratification
Portugal	13 January 1993 *	10 September 1996 *	Ratification
Qatar	1 February 1993	3 September 1997	Ratification
Republic of Korea	14 January 1993	28 April 1997	Ratification
Republic of Moldova	13 January 1993	8 July 1996	Ratification
Romania	13 January 1993	15 February 1995	Ratification
Russian Federation	13 January 1993	5 November 1997	Ratification
Rwanda	17 May 1993	31 March 2004	Ratification
Saint Kitts and Nevis	16 March 1994	21 May 2004	Ratification
Saint Lucia	29 March 1993	9 April 1997	Ratification
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20 September 1993	18 September 2002	Ratification
Samoa	14 January 1993	27 September 2002	Ratification
San Marino	13 January 1993	10 December 1999	Ratification
Sao Tome and Principe		9 September 2003	Acceptance
Saudi Arabia	20 January 1993	9 August 1996	Ratification
Senegal	13 January 1993	20 July 1998	Ratification
Serbia		20 April 2000 *	Accession
Seychelles	15 January 1993	7 April 1993	Ratification
Sierra Leone	15 January 1993	30 September 2004	Ratification
Singapore	14 January 1993	21 May 1997	Ratification
Slovakia	14 January 1993	27 October 1995	Ratification
Slovenia	14 January 1993	11 June 1997	Ratification
Solomon Islands		23 September 2004	Accession
Somalia		29 May 2013	Accession
South Africa	14 January 1993	13 September 1995	Ratification
Spain	13 January 1993 *	3 August 1994 *	Ratification
Sri Lanka	14 January 1993	19 August 1994	Ratification
State of Palestine		17 May 2018	Accession
Sudan		24 May 1999 *	Accession
Suriname	28 April 1997	28 April 1997	Ratification
Sweden	13 January 1993	17 June 1993	Ratification
Switzerland	14 January 1993	10 March 1995	Ratification
Syrian Arab Republic		14 September 2013 *	Accession
Tajikistan	14 January 1993	11 January 1995	Ratification
Thailand	14 January 1993	10 December 2002	Ratification
Timor-Leste		7 May 2003	Accession
Togo	13 January 1993	23 April 1997	Ratification
Tonga		29 May 2003	Accession
Trinidad and Tobago		24 June 1997	Accession
Tunisia	13 January 1993	15 April 1997	Ratification
Turkey	14 January 1993	12 May 1997	Ratification
Turkmenistan	12 October 1993	29 September 1994	Ratification
Tuvalu		19 January 2004	Accession
Uganda	14 January 1993	30 November 2001	Ratification
Ukraine	13 January 1993	16 October 1998	Ratification
United Arab Emirates	2 February 1993	28 November 2000	Ratification
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	13 January 1993 *	13 May 1996 *	Ratification
United Republic of Tanzania	25 February 1994	25 June 1998	Ratification
United States of America	13 January 1993	25 April 1997 *	Ratification
Uruguay	15 January 1993	6 October 1994	Ratification
Uzbekistan	24 November 1995	23 July 1996	Ratification
Vanuatu		16 September 2005	Accession
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	14 January 1993	3 December 1997	Ratification
Viet Nam	13 January 1993	30 September 1998	Ratification
Yemen	8 February 1993	2 October 2000	Ratification
Zambia	13 January 1993	9 February 2001	Ratification
Zimbabwe	13 January 1993	25 April 1997	Ratification

* A note, statement, declaration, or reservation, is attached to the signature or depository action. Click on the action date to view the details.

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Number of Signatory States:	165
Number of States Parties:	193

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