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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

StateDate 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 America10 April, 1972 26 March, 1975
Afghanistan10 April, 1972 26 March, 1975
Australia*10 April, 1972 5 October, 1977
Austria10 April, 1972 10 August, 1973
Belgium10 April, 1972 15 March, 1979
Brazil10 April, 1972 27 February, 1973
Bulgaria10 April, 1972 2 August, 1972
Burma10 April, 1972
Canada10 April, 1972 18 September, 1972
Chile10 April, 1972 22 April, 1980
Cyprus10 April, 1972 6 November, 1973
Czechoslovakia210 April, 1972 30 April, 1973
Denmark10 April, 1972 1 March, 1973
Egypt, Arab Republic of10 April, 1972
Ethiopia10 April, 1972 26 May, 1975
Finland10 April, 1972 4 February, 1974
Gabon10 April, 1972
Germany, Federal Republic of10 April, 1972 7 April, 1983
Greece10 April, 1972
Hungary10 April, 1972 27 December, 1972
Iceland10 April, 1972 15 February, 1973
Ireland*10 April, 1972 27 October, 1972
Italy10 April, 1972 30 May, 1975
Japan10 April, 1972 18 June, 1982
Korea*10 April, 1972 25 June, 1987
Laos10 April, 197225 April, 1973
Lebanon10 April, 1972 26 March, 1975
Luxembourg10 April, 1972 23 March, 1976
Malaysia*10 April, 1972 6 September, 1991
Mexico10 April, 1972 8 April, 1974
Mongolia10 April, 1972 14 September, 1972
Nepal10 April, 1972
Netherlands10 April, 1972 22 June, 19813
New Zealand10 April, 1972 18 December, 1972
Nicaragua10 April, 1972
Norway10 April, 1972 1 August, 1973
Pakistan10 April, 1972 3 October, 1974
Peru10 April, 19725 June, 1985
Philippines10 April, 1972
Poland10 April, 1972 25 January, 1973
Romania10 April, 1972 26 July, 1979
Spain10 April, 1972 20 June, 1979
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)10 April, 1972 18 November, 1986
Switzerland*10 April, 1972 4 May, 1976
Tunisia10 April, 1972 6 June, 1973
Turkey10 April, 1972 4 November, 1974
Yugoslavia10 April, 1972 25 October, 1973
Liberia14 April, 1972
Jordan17 April, 1972 27 June, 1975
Kuwait*27 April, 1972 26 July, 1972
Morocco2 May, 1972
Yemen Arab Republic10 May, 1972
Singapore19 June, 1972 2 December, 1975
Indonesia21 June, 1972 19 February, 1992
Nigeria10 July, 1972 9 July, 1973
Argentine Republic3 August 1972 5 December, 1979
The Gambia8 August, 1972 7 May, 1997
Tanzania16 August, 1972
Malta11 September, 1972 7 April, 1975
United Arab Emirates28 September, 1972
Madagascar13 October, 1972
Qatar14 November, 1972 17 April, 1975
Iran16 November, 1972 22 August, 1973
Sierra Leone24 November, 1972 29 June, 1976
India*15 January, 1973 15 July, 1974
Mauritius(Note No 4) 11 January, 1973
Fiji22 February, 1973 1 October, 1973
San Marino21 March, 1973 11 March, 1975
Sweden27 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
StateDate of deposit of Instrument of Accession
Jamaica13 August, 1975
Kenya7 January, 1976
Tonga28 September, 1976
Seychelles11 October, 1979
Papua New Guinea27 October, 1980
France27 September, 1984
China, People's Republic of*6 15 November, 1984
Bangladesh13 March, 1985
Grenada22 October, 1986
Bahamas26 November, 1986
Bahrain*28 October, 1988
Zimbabwe5 November, 1990
Brunei31 January, 1991
St Kitts and Nevis2 April, 1991
Liechtenstein6 June, 1991
Swaziland18 June, 1991
Albania11 August, 1992
Suriname6 January, 1993
Georgia22 May, 1996
Latvia6 February, 1997
Lithuania10 February, 1998
Monaco30 April, 1999
SUCCESSION
StateDate of deposit of Instrument of Succession
Solomon Islands17 June, 1981
Belize20 October, 1986
Saint Lucia26 November, 1986
Slovenia7 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.

Prepared 10 July 2000



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