List of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
- List of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
Participation in the Biological Weapons Convention
The list of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention encompasses the states who have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement outlawing biological weapons.
On 10 April 1972, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), also known as the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) was opened for signature. The Netherlands became the first state to deposit the treaty that same day. The treaty came into force and closed for signature on 26 March 1975 with the deposit of ratification by 22 states. Since then, states that did not sign the treaty can now only accede to it.
A total of 195 states may become members of the Chemical Weapons Convention, including all 192 United Nations member states, the Cook Islands, Holy See and Niue. As of July 2008, 162 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, most recently the United Arab Emirates on 19 June 2008. The Republic of China (Taiwan) has also ratified the treaty, but is now unrecognized by the United Nations and is a party to the treaty only unofficially.
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*Ratified or Acceded: 162 states and the Republic of China
*Signed only: 13 states
*Non-signatories: 20 states
Ratified or acceded states
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