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OPCW Member States
- Flags lobby inside the OPCW headquarters building.
The OPCW Member States represent about 98% of the global population and landmass, as well as 98% of the worldwide chemical industry.
Select a Member State below to know the dates on which it signed the Convention and/or deposited its instruments of ratification, accession, acceptance or succession with the Depositary, and on which the Convention entered or will enter into force for it. In addition, it appears its Permanent Representation to the OPCW.
A: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan
B: Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi
C: Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo-Brazzaville Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic
D: Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic
E: Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia
F: Fiji Finland Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia France
G: Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana
H: Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary
I: Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Italy
K: Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan
L: Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
M: Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique
N: Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway
O: Oman
P: Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal
Q: Qatar
R: Republic of Korea Romania Russia Rwanda
S: Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé e Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria
T: Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu
U: Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan
Y: Yemen
Participation
OPCW is the fastest growing international disarmament organisation in history. The United Nations has called upon all States to join the CWC and to rid the world of the threat chemical weapons pose to international security.
See the evolution of the Status of Participation in the Convention.
