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46. Revelation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on the Destruction of such weapons
According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Accession instruments to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (BGBl. III No 38/1997 idF BGBl. III. No 63/2007, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III No 33/2003):
States: |
Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Certificate of Accession: |
Afghanistan |
24 September 2003 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
29 August 2005 |
Bahamas |
21 April 2009 |
Barbados |
7 March 2007 |
Belize |
1 December 2003 |
Bhutan |
18. August 2005 |
China 1 |
25 April 1997 |
Dominican Republic |
27 March 2009 |
Estonia |
26 May 1999 |
Grenada |
3 June 2005 |
Guinea-Bissau |
20 May 2008 |
Haiti |
22 February 2006 |
Holy See 1 |
12 May 1999 |
Honduras |
29 August 2005 |
Iraq |
13. January 2009 |
Iran 1 |
3 November 1997 |
Cambodia |
19 July 2005 |
Cape Verde |
10 October 2003 |
Kyrgyzstan |
29 September 2003 |
Comoros |
18. August 2006 |
Congo, Democratic Republic |
12 October 2005 |
Congo |
4 December 2007 |
Cuba 1 |
29 April 1997 |
Lebanon |
20 November 2008 |
Liberia |
23 February 2006 |
Libya |
6. January 2004 |
Lithuania |
15 April 1998 |
Madagascar |
20 October 2004 |
Marshal Islands |
19 May 2004 |
Montenegro |
23 October 2006 |
Nigeria |
20 May 1999 |
Niue |
21 April 2005 |
Pakistan 1 |
28 October 1997 |
Rwanda |
31 March 2004 |
Solomon Islands |
23 September 2004 |
Samoa |
27 September 2002 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
9 September 2003 |
Sierra Leone |
30 September 2004 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
21 May 2004 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
18 September 2002 |
Sudan |
24 May 1999 |
Timor-Leste |
7 May 2003 |
Tonga |
29 May 2003 |
Chad |
13 February 2004 |
Tuvalu |
19. January 2004 |
Vanuatu |
16 September 2005 |
United States |
25 April 1997 |
Central African Republic |
20 September 2006 |
According to a further note by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the United Kingdom is 26. The following statement was made in October 2005:
Ratification by the United Kingdom covers the following territories for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible: Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Anguilla, Bermuda, British territory in the United Kingdom. Antarctica, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St. Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Souveräne Support points Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Faymann