CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT,
PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND
TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION
LONDON, MOSCOW,
WASHINGTON 10 APRIL
1972 (ENTERED INTO
FORCE ON
26 MARCH, 1975)
States which have signed, ratified or acceded
at London
| 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 June, 1991
|
| Albania | | 11 August, 1992
|
| Suriname | | 6 January, 1993
|
| Georgia | | 22 May, 1996
|
| Latvia | | 6 February, 1997
|
| Lithuania | | 10 February, 1998
|
| Monaco | | 30 April, 1999
|
| | |
| SUCCESSION |
|
| 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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