Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (Multilateral) [1993] UKTS TS0117 (15 January 1993)

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Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Signature	14-Jan-1993
ALBANIA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
ALBANIA	Ratification	11-May-1994
ALGERIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
ALGERIA	Ratification	14-Aug-1995
Anguilla	Extension	26-Oct-2005
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Accession	29-Aug-2005	28-Sep-2005
Antilles	Extension	28-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
ARGENTINA	Ratification		02-Oct-1995
ARGENTINA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
ARGENTINA	Communication	14-Nov-2005
ARMENIA	Signature	19-Mar-1993
ARMENIA	Ratification	27-Jan-1995
Aruba	Extension	28-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
AUSTRALIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	06-May-1994
AUSTRIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
AUSTRIA	Ratification	17-Aug-1995
AUSTRIA	Declaration	17-Aug-1995
AZERBAIJAN	Signature	13-Jan-1993
AZERBAIJAN	Ratification	29-Feb-2000	30-Mar-2000
BAHAMAS	Signature	02-Mar-1994
BAHAMAS	Ratification	21-Apr-2009	21-May-2009
BAHRAIN	Signature	24-Feb-1993
BAHRAIN	Ratification	28-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
BANGLADESH	Signature	14-Jan-1993
BANGLADESH	Ratification	25-Apr-1997
BARBADOS	Accession	07-Mar-2007	06-Apr-2007
BELARUS	Signature	14-Jan-1993
BELARUS	Ratification	11-Jul-1996
BELGIUM	Signature	13-Jan-1993
BELGIUM	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
BELGIUM	Ratification	27-Jan-1997	29-Apr-1997
BELIZE	Accession	01-Dec-2003	31-Dec-2003
BENIN	Signature	14-Jan-1993
BENIN	Ratification	14-May-1998	13-Jun-1998
Bermuda	Extension	26-Oct-2005
BHUTAN	Signature	24-Apr-1997
BHUTAN	Ratification	18-Aug-2005	17-Sep-2005
BOLIVIA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
BOLIVIA	Ratification	14-Aug-1998	13-Aug-1998
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Signature	16-Jan-1997
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Ratification	25-Feb-1997	29-Apr-1997
BOTSWANA	Accession	31-Aug-1998	30-Sep-1998
BRAZIL	Signature	13-Jan-1993
BRAZIL	Ratification	13-Mar-1996
British Antarctic Territory	Extension	26-Oct-2005
British Indian Ocean Territory	Extension	26-Oct-2005
British Virgin Islands	Extension	26-Oct-2005
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Signature	13-Jan-1993
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Ratification	28-Jul-1997
BULGARIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
BULGARIA	Ratification	10-Aug-1994
BURKINA FASO	Signature	14-Jan-1993
BURKINA FASO	Ratification	08-Jul-1997
BURUNDI	Signature	15-Jan-1993
BURUNDI	Ratification	04-Sep-1998	04-Oct-1998
CAMBODIA	Signature	15-Jan-1993
CAMBODIA	Ratification	19-Jul-2005	18-Aug-2005
CAMEROON	Signature	14-Jan-1993
CAMEROON	Ratification	10-Sep-1996
CANADA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
CANADA	Ratification	26-Sep-1995
CAPE VERDE	Signature	15-Jan-1993
CAPE VERDE	Ratification	10-Oct-2003	09-Nov-2003
Cayman Islands	Extension	26-Oct-2005
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Signature	14-Jan-1993
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	20-Sep-2006	20-Oct-2006
CHAD	Signature	11-Oct-1994
CHILE	Signature	14-Jan-1993
CHILE	Ratification	12-Jul-1996
CHINA P R	Signature	13-Jan-1993
CHINA P R	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
CHINA P R	Declaration	25-Apr-1997
CHINA P R	Ratification	25-Apr-1997
COLOMBIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
COLOMBIA	Ratification	05-Apr-2000	05-May-2000
COMOROS	Ratification	18-Aug-2006	17-Sep-2006
COMOROS ISLANDS	Signature	13-Jan-1993
CONGO	Signature	15-Jan-1993
CONGO	Ratification	04-Dec-2007	03-Jan-2008
Cook Islands	Signature	14-Jan-1993
Cook Islands	Ratification	15-Jul-1994
COSTA RICA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
COSTA RICA	Ratification	31-May-1996
COTE DIVOIRE	Signature	13-Jan-1993
COTE DIVOIRE	Ratification	18-Dec-1995
CROATIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
CROATIA	Ratification	23-May-1995
CUBA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
CUBA	Ratification	29-Apr-1997	29-May-1997
CUBA	Declaration	29-Apr-1997
CYPRUS	Signature	13-Jan-1993
CYPRUS	Ratification	28-Aug-1998	27-Sep-1998
CYPRUS	Communication	28-Aug-1998	27-Sep-1998
CZECH REPUBLIC	Signature	14-Jan-1993
CZECH REPUBLIC	Ratification	06-Mar-1996
DENMARK	Signature	14-Jan-1993
DENMARK	Declaration	14-Jan-1993
DENMARK	Ratification	13-Jul-1995
DJIBOUTI	Signature	28-Sep-1993
DJIBOUTI	Ratification	23-Jan-2006	24-Feb-2006
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Signature	02-Aug-1993
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Ratification	12-Feb-2001	14-Mar-2001
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Signature	13-Jan-1993
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	27-Mar-2009	26-Apr-2009
ECUADOR	Signature	14-Jan-1993
ECUADOR	Ratification	06-Sep-1995
EL SALVADOR	Ratification		30-Oct-1995
EL SALVADOR	Signature	14-Jan-1993
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Ratification	25-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
ERITREA	Accession	14-Feb-2000	15-Feb-2000
ESTONIA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
ESTONIA	Ratification	26-May-1999	25-Jun-1999
ESTONIA	Communication	26-May-1999
ETHIOPIA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
ETHIOPIA	Ratification	13-May-1996
Falkland Islands	Extension	26-Oct-2005
FIJI	Signature	14-Jan-1993
FIJI	Ratification	20-Jan-1993
FINLAND	Signature	14-Jan-1993
FINLAND	Ratification	07-Feb-1995
FRANCE	Signature	13-Jan-1993
FRANCE	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
FRANCE	Ratification	02-Mar-1995
GABON	Signature	13-Jan-1993
GABON	Ratification	08-Sep-2000	08-Sep-2000
GAMBIA THE	Signature	13-Jan-1993
GAMBIA THE	Ratification	19-May-1998	18-Jun-1998
GEORGIA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
GEORGIA	Ratification	27-Nov-1995
GERMANY	Signature	13-Jan-1993
GERMANY	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
GERMANY	Ratification	12-Aug-1994
GERMANY	Declaration	12-Aug-1994
GHANA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
GHANA	Ratification	09-Jul-1997
Gibraltar	Extension	26-Oct-2005
GREECE	Signature	13-Jan-1993
GREECE	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
GREECE	Ratification	22-Dec-1994
GREECE	Declaration	22-Dec-1994
GRENADA	Signature	09-Apr-1997
GRENADA	Ratification	03-Jun-2005	03-Jun-2005
GUATEMALA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
GUATEMALA	Ratification	12-Feb-2003	14-Mar-2003
Guernsey, Bailiwick of	Extension	26-Oct-2005
GUINEA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
GUINEA	Ratification	09-Jun-1997	09-Jul-1997
GUINEA BISSAU	Signature	14-Jan-1993
GUINEA BISSAU	Ratification	20-May-2008	19-Jun-2008
GUYANA	Signature	06-Oct-1993
GUYANA	Ratification	12-Sep-1997
HAITI	Signature	14-Jan-1993
HAITI	Ratification	22-Feb-2006	24-Mar-2006
HOLY SEE	Signature	14-Jan-1993
HOLY SEE	Ratification	12-May-1999	11-Jun-1999
HOLY SEE	Declaration	12-May-1999
HONDURAS	Signature	13-Jan-1993
HONDURAS	Ratification	29-Aug-2005	28-Sep-2005
HUNGARY	Signature	13-Jan-1993
HUNGARY	Ratification	31-Oct-1996
ICELAND	Signature	13-Jan-1993
ICELAND	Ratification	28-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
INDIA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
INDIA	Ratification	03-Sep-1996
INDONESIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
INDONESIA	Ratification	12-Nov-1998	12-Dec-1998
IRAN	Signature	13-Jan-1993
IRAQ	Accession	13-Jan-2009	12-Feb-2009
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	14-Jan-1993
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	14-Jan-1993
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	24-Jun-1996
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	24-Jun-1996
Isle Of Man	Extension	26-Oct-2005
ISRAEL	Signature	13-Jan-1993
ITALY	Signature	13-Jan-1993
ITALY	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
ITALY	Ratification	08-Dec-1995
ITALY	Confirmation	08-Dec-1995
JAMAICA	Signature	18-Apr-1997
JAMAICA	Ratification	08-Sep-2000	08-Oct-2000
JAPAN	Signature	13-Jan-1993
JAPAN	Ratification	15-Sep-1995
Jersey, Bailiwick of	Extension	26-Oct-2005
KAZAKHSTAN	Signature	14-Jan-1993
KAZAKHSTAN	Ratification	23-Mar-2000	22-Apr-2000
KENYA	Signature	15-Jan-1993
KENYA	Ratification	25-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
KIRIBATI	Accession	07-Sep-2000	07-Oct-2000
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Signature	14-Jan-1993
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	28-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
KUWAIT	Signature	27-Jan-1993
KUWAIT	Ratification	29-May-1997	28-Jun-1997
KYRGYZSTAN	Signature	22-Feb-1993
KYRGYZSTAN	Ratification	29-Sep-2003	29-Oct-2003
LAOS	Signature	13-May-1993
LAOS	Ratification	25-Feb-1997	29-Apr-1997
LATVIA	Signature	06-May-1993
LATVIA	Ratification	23-Jul-1996
LEBANON	Accession	20-Nov-2008	20-Dec-2008
LEBANON	Acceptance	20-Dec-2008
LESOTHO	Signature	07-Dec-1994
LESOTHO	Ratification	07-Dec-1994
LIBERIA	Signature	15-Jan-1993
LIBERIA	Ratification	23-Feb-2006	25-Mar-2006
LIBYA	Accession	06-Jan-2004	05-Feb-2004
LIECHTENSTEIN	Signature	21-Jul-1993
LIECHTENSTEIN	Ratification	24-Nov-1999	24-Dec-1999
LITHUANIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
LITHUANIA	Ratification	15-Apr-1998
LITHUANIA	Declaration	15-Apr-1998
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	13-Jan-1993
LUXEMBOURG	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	15-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
LUXEMBOURG	Declaration	15-Apr-1997
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Accession	20-Jun-1997	20-Jul-1997
MADAGASCAR	Signature	15-Jan-1993
MADAGASCAR	Ratification	20-Oct-2004	19-Nov-2004
MALAWI	Signature	14-Jan-1993
MALAWI	Ratification	11-Jun-1998	11-Jul-1998
MALAYSIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MALAYSIA	Ratification	20-Apr-2000	20-May-2000
MALDIVES	Signature	04-Oct-1993
MALDIVES	Ratification	31-May-1994
MALI	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MALI	Ratification	28-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
MALTA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MALTA	Ratification	28-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Ratification	19-May-2004	18-Jun-2004
MAURITANIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MAURITANIA	Ratification	09-Feb-1998	11-Mar-1998
MAURITIUS	Signature	14-Jan-1993
MAURITIUS	Ratification	09-Feb-1993
MEXICO	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MEXICO	Ratification	29-Aug-1994
MICRONESIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MICRONESIA	Ratification	21-Jun-1999	21-Jul-1999
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	08-Jul-1996
MONACO	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MONACO	Ratification	01-Jun-1995
MONGOLIA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
MONGOLIA	Ratification	17-Jan-1995
MONTENEGRO	Succession	23-Oct-2006	03-Jun-2006
Montserrat	Extension	26-Oct-2005
MOROCCO	Signature	13-Jan-1993
MOROCCO	Ratification	28-Dec-1995
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	15-Aug-2000	14-Sep-2000
MYANMAR	Signature	14-Jan-1993
NAMIBIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
NAMIBIA	Ratification	24-Nov-1995
NAURU	Signature	13-Jan-1993
NAURU	Ratification	12-Nov-2001	12-Dec-2001
NEPAL	Signature	19-Jan-1993
NEPAL	Ratification	18-Nov-1997	18-Dec-1997
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	14-Jan-1993
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	14-Jan-1993
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	30-Jun-1995
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	14-Jan-1993
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	15-Jul-1996
NICARAGUA	Signature	09-Mar-1993
NICARAGUA	Ratification	05-Nov-1999	05-Dec-1999
NIGER	Signature	14-Jan-1993
NIGER	Ratification	09-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
NIGERIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
NIUE	Accession	21-Apr-2005	21-May-2005
NORWAY	Signature	13-Jan-1993
NORWAY	Ratification	07-Apr-1994
OMAN	Signature	02-Feb-1993
OMAN	Ratification	08-Feb-1995
PAKISTAN	Signature	13-Jan-1993
PANAMA	Signature	16-Jun-1993
PANAMA	Ratification	07-Oct-1998	06-Nov-1998
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Ratification	17-Apr-1996
PARAGUAY	Signature	14-Jan-1993
PARAGUAY	Ratification	01-Dec-1994
PERU	Signature	14-Jan-1993
PERU	Ratification	20-Jul-1995
PHILIPPINES	Signature	13-Jan-1993
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	11-Dec-1996	29-Apr-1997
Pitcairn,Henderson,Ducie & Oeno Islands	Extension	26-Oct-2005
POLAND	Signature	13-Jan-1993
POLAND	Ratification	23-Aug-1995
PORTUGAL	Signature	13-Jan-1993
PORTUGAL	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
PORTUGAL	Ratification	10-Sep-1996
PORTUGAL	Declaration	10-Sep-1996
ROMANIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
ROMANIA	Ratification	15-Feb-1995
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Signature	13-Jan-1993
RWANDA	Signature	17-May-1993
SAINT LUCIA	Signature	29-Mar-1993
SAINT LUCIA	Ratification	09-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
SAMOA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
SAMOA	Ratification	27-Sep-2002	27-Oct-2002
SAN MARINO	Signature	13-Jan-1993
SAN MARINO	Ratification	10-Dec-1999	09-Jan-2000
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Acceptance	09-Sep-2003	09-Oct-2003
SAUDI ARABIA	Signature	20-Jan-1993
SAUDI ARABIA	Ratification	09-Aug-1996
SENEGAL	Signature	13-Jan-1993
SEYCHELLES	Signature	15-Jan-1993
SEYCHELLES	Ratification	07-Apr-1993
SIERRA LEONE	Signature	15-Jan-1993
SIERRA LEONE	Ratification	30-Sep-2004	30-Oct-2004
SINGAPORE	Signature	14-Jan-1993
SINGAPORE	Ratification	21-May-1997	20-Jun-1997
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Ratification		27-Oct-1995
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Signature	14-Jan-1993
SLOVENIA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
SLOVENIA	Ratification	11-Jun-1997	11-Jul-1997
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Accession	23-Sep-2004	23-Oct-2004
SOMALIA	Accession	29-May-2013	28-Jun-2013
SOUTH AFRICA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
SOUTH AFRICA	Ratification	13-Sep-1995
South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands	Extension	26-Oct-2005
Sovereign Base Areas	Extension	26-Oct-2005
SPAIN	Signature	13-Jan-1993
SPAIN	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
SPAIN	Ratification	03-Aug-1994
SPAIN	Declaration	03-Aug-1994
SPAIN	Communication	29-Dec-2005
SRI LANKA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
SRI LANKA	Ratification	19-Aug-1994
St Helena And Dependencies	Extension	26-Oct-2005
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Signature	16-Mar-1994
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Ratification	21-May-2004	20-Jun-2004
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Signature	20-Sep-1993
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Ratification	18-Sep-2002	18-Oct-2002
SUDAN	Accession	24-May-1999	23-Jun-1999
SUDAN	Declaration	24-May-1999
SURINAME	Signature	28-Apr-1997
SURINAME	Ratification	28-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
SWAZILAND	Signature	23-Sep-1993
SWAZILAND	Ratification	20-Nov-1996	29-Apr-1997
SWEDEN	Signature	13-Jan-1993
SWEDEN	Ratification	17-Jun-1993
SWITZERLAND	Signature	14-Jan-1993
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	10-Mar-1995
SYRIA	Accession	14-Sep-2013	14-Oct-2013
TAJIKISTAN	Signature	14-Jan-1993
TAJIKISTAN	Ratification	11-Jan-1995
TANZANIA	Signature	25-Feb-1994
TANZANIA	Ratification	25-Jun-1998	25-Jul-1998
THAILAND	Signature	14-Jan-1993
THAILAND	Notification	14-Mar-2000
THAILAND	Ratification	10-Dec-2002	09-Jan-2003
TIMOR-LESTE	Accession	07-May-2003	06-Jun-2003
TOGO	Signature	13-Jan-1993
TOGO	Ratification	23-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
TONGA	Accession	29-May-2003	28-Jun-2003
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Accession	24-Jun-1997	24-Jul-1997
TUNISIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
TUNISIA	Ratification	15-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
TURKEY	Signature	14-Jan-1993
TURKEY	Ratification	12-May-1997	11-Jun-1997
TURKMENISTAN	Signature	12-Oct-1993
TURKMENISTAN	Ratification	29-Sep-1994
Turks And Caicos Islands	Extension	26-Oct-2005
TUVALU	Accession	19-Jan-2004	18-Feb-2004
UGANDA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
UGANDA	Ratification	30-Nov-2001	30-Dec-2001
UKRAINE	Signature	13-Jan-1993
UKRAINE	Ratification	16-Oct-1998	15-Nov-1998
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Signature	02-Feb-1993
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Ratification	28-Nov-2000	28-Dec-2000
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	13-Jan-1993
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	13-Jan-1993
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	13-May-1996	29-Apr-1997
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	27-Apr-2006
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	25-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Statement	25-Apr-1997
URUGUAY	Signature	15-Jan-1993
URUGUAY	Ratification	06-Oct-1994
UZBEKISTAN	Signature	24-Nov-1995
UZBEKISTAN	Ratification	23-Jul-1996
VANUATU	Accession	16-Sep-2005	16-Oct-2005
VENEZUELA	Signature	14-Jan-1993
VENEZUELA	Ratification	03-Dec-1997	02-Jan-1998
VIETNAM	Signature	13-Jan-1993
VIETNAM	Ratification	30-Sep-1998	30-Oct-1998
YEMEN	Signature	08-Feb-1993
YEMEN	Ratification	02-Oct-2000	01-Nov-2000
YUGOSLAVIA	Accession	20-Apr-2000	20-May-2000
ZAIRE	Signature	14-Jan-1993
ZAMBIA	Signature	13-Jan-1993
ZIMBABWE	Signature	13-Jan-1993
ZIMBABWE	Ratification	25-Apr-1997	29-Apr-1997

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