Central African Republic Joins Chemical Treaty

The Central African Republic has acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention, depositing its instrument of ratification on Sept. 20.  Under treaty rules the nation’s membership formally takes effect on Oct. 20, when it will become the 180th treaty party (see GSN, Sept. 5).

Forty-eight out of 53 African nations have now joined the pact (see GSN, July 27).  Worldwide, nine nations have not signed the treaty and six have signed but not yet ratified, according to the treaty’s Hague-based implementing institution, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW release, Sept. 25).

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