ANNEX IV
Convention on the prohibition of the development,
production and stockpiling of
bacteriological (biological) and toxin
weapons and on their destruction
(Data provided by the FCO in January 2000. An
updated list of States Parties to the Convention is available
at: http://projects.sipri.se/cbw/docs/bw-btwc-mainpage.html).
| State | Date of Signature
| Date of deposit of Instrument of Ratification
|
| United Kingdom* | 10 April 1972
| 26 March 19751,6
|
| Russian Federation (formerly Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
| 10 April 1972 | 26 March 1975
|
| United States of America | 10 April 1972
| 26 March 1975 |
| Afghanistan | 10 April 1972
| 26 March 1975 |
| Australia* | 10 April 1972
| 5 October 1977 |
| Austria | 10 April 1972
| 10 August 1973 |
| Belgium | 10 April 1972
| 15 March 1979 |
| Brazil | 10 April 1972
| 27 February 1973 |
| Bulgaria | 10 April 1972
| 2 August 1972 |
| Burma | 10 April 1972
| |
| Canada | 10 April 1972
| 18 September 1972 |
| Chile | 10 April 1972
| 22 April 1980 |
| Cyprus | 10 April 1972
| 6 November 1973 |
| Czechoslovakia2 | 10 April 1972
| 30 April 1973 |
| Denmark | 10 April 1972
| 1 March 1973 |
| Egypt, Arab Republic of | 10 April 1972
| |
| Ethiopia | 10 April 1972
| 26 May 1975 |
| Finland | 10 April 1972
| 4 February 1974 |
| Gabon | 10 April 1972
| |
| Germany, Federal Republic of | 10 April 1972
| 7 April 1983 |
| Greece | 10 April 1972
| |
| Hungary | 10 April 1972
| 27 December 1972 |
| Iceland | 10 April 1972
| 15 February 1973 |
| Ireland* | 10 April 1972
| 27 October 1972 |
| Italy | 10 April 1972
| 30 May 1975 |
| Japan | 10 April 1972
| 18 June 1982 |
| Korea* | 10 April 1972
| 25 June 1987 |
| Laos | 10 April 1972
| 25 April 1973 |
| Lebanon | 10 April 1972
| 26 March 1975 |
| Luxembourg | 10 April 1972
| 23 March 1976 |
| Malaysia* | 10 April 1972
| 6 September 1991 |
| Mexico* | 10 April 1972
| 8 April 1974 |
| Mongolia | 10 April 1972
| 14 September 1972 |
| Nepal | 10 April 1972
| |
| Netherlands | 10 April 1972
| 22 June 19813 |
| New Zealand | 10 April 1972
| 18 December 1972 |
| Nicaragua | 10 April 1972
| |
| Norway | 10 April 1972
| 1 August 1973 |
| Pakistan | 10 April 1972
| 3 October 1974 |
| Peru | 10 April 1972
| 5 June 1985 |
| Philippines | 10 April 1972
| |
| Poland | 10 April 1972
| 25 January 1973 |
| Romania | 10 April 1972
| 26 July 1979 |
| Spain | 10 April 1972
| 20 June 1979 |
| Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) | 10 April 1972
| 18 November 1986 |
| Switzerland* | 10 April 1972
| 4 May 1976 |
| Tunisia | 10 April 1972
| 6 June 1973 |
| Turkey | 10 April 1972
| 4 November 1974 |
| Yugoslavia | 10 April 1972
| 25 October 1973 |
| Liberia | 14 April 1972
| |
| Jordan | 17 April 1972
| 27 June 1975 |
| Kuwait* | 27 April 1972
| 26 July 1972 |
| Morocco | 2 May 1972
| |
| Yemen Arab Republic | 10 May 1972
| |
| Singapore | 19 June 1972
| 2 December 1975 |
| Indonesia | 21 June 1972
| 19 February 1992 |
| Nigeria | 10 July 1972
| 9 July 1973 |
| Argentine Republic | 3 August 1972
| 5 December 1979 |
| The Gambia | 8 August 1972
| 7 May 1997 |
| Tanzania | 16 August 1972
| |
| Malta | 11 September 1972
| 7 April 1975 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28 September 1972
| |
| Madagascar | 13 October 1972
| |
| Qatar | 14 November 1972
| 17 April 1975 |
| Iran | 16 November 1972
| 22 August 1973 |
| Sierra Leone | 24 November 1972
| 29 June 1976 |
| India* | 15 January 1973
| 15 July 1974 |
| Mauritius | [Note No.4]
| 11 January 1973 |
| Fiji | 22 February 1973
| 1 October 1973 |
| San Marino | 21 March 1973
| 11 March 1975 |
| Sweden | 27 February 1975
| 5 February 1976 |
| Portugal | [Note No.4]
| 15 May 1975 |
| Rwanda | [Note No.4/5]
| 20 May 1975 |
| Ghana | [Note No.4/5]
| 6 June 1975 |
| Zaire | [Note No.4/5]
| 16 September 1975 |
| Lesotho | [Note No.4]
| 6 September 1977 |
| Venezuela | [Note No.4]
| 18 October 1978 |
| ACCESSIONS
|
| State | Date of deposit of Instrument of Accession
|
| Jamaica | 13 August 1975
|
| Kenya | 7 January 1976
|
| Tonga | 28 September 1976
|
| Seychelles | 11 October 1979
|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 October 1980
|
| France | 27 September 1984
|
| China, People's Republic of*6 |
15 November 1984 |
| Bangladesh | 13 March 1985
|
| Grenada | 22 October 1986
|
| Bahamas | 26 November 1986
|
| Bahrain* | 28 October 1988
|
| Zimbabwe | 5 November 1990
|
| Brunei | 31 January 1991
|
| St Kitts and Nevis | 2 April 1991
|
| Liechtenstein | 6 June 1991
|
| Swaziland | 18 June1991
|
| Albania | 11 August 1992
|
| Suriname | 6 January 1993
|
| Georgia | 22 May 1996
|
| Latvia | 6 February 1997
|
| Lithuania | 10 February 1998
|
| Monaco | 30 April 1999
|
| SUCCESSIONS
|
| State | Date of deposit of Instrument of Succession
|
| Solomon Islands | 17 June 1981
|
| Belize | 20 October 1986
|
| Saint Lucia | 26 November 1986
|
| Slovenia | 7 April 1992
|
| Czech Republic* | 5 April 1993
|
| Slovakia* | 17 May 1993
|
| Macedonia, Republic of | 14 March 1997
|
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 13 May 1999
|
Notes:
| * | See Declarations and Reservations
|
| 1 | The United Kingdom ratification was in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dominica and Territories under the territorial sovereignty of the United Kingdom, as well as the State of Brunei, the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and, within the limits of United Kingdom jurisdiction therein, the Condominium of the New Hebrides
|
| 2 | See now separate entries for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
|
| 3 | Applied separately to Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on 22 June 1981
|
| 4 | Signed at Washington
|
| 5 | Signed at Moscow
|
| 6 | Ceased to apply to Hong Kong wef 1 July 1997. Applies to Hong Kong (SAR) wef 1 July 1997.
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