NPT Parties and Signatories Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

December 3, 1998

SIGNATORIES AND PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON
THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Country

 

 Date of
Signature

 

 Date of
Deposit of
Ratification

 

 Date of Deposit
of Accession (A)
or Succession (S)

 

Afghanistan* 07/01/68 02/04/70
Albania** 09/12/90(A)
Algeria 01/12/95(A)
Antigua and Barbuda 06/17/85(S)
Andorra 06/07/96(A)
Angola 10/14/96(A)
Argentina 02/10/95(A)
Armenia 07/15/93(A)
Australia* 02/27/70 01/23/73
Austria* 07/01/68 06/27/69
Azerbaijan 09/22/92(A)
Bahamas, The 08/11/76(S)
Bahrain 11/03/88(A)
Bangladesh* 08/31/79(A)
Barbados 07/01/68 02/21/80
Belarus 07/22/93(A)
Belgium* 08/20/68 05/02/75
Belize 08/09/85(S)
Benin 07/01/68 10/31/72
Bhutan* 05/23/85(A)
Bolivia 07/01/68 05/26/70
Bosnia & Herzegovina 08/15/94(S)
Botswana 07/01/68 04/28/69
Brazil 09/18/98(A)
Brunei* 03/26/85(A)
Bulgaria* 07/01/68 09/05/69
Burkina Faso 11/25/68 03/03/70
Burundi 03/19/71(A)
Cambodia 06/02/72(A)
Cameroon 07/17/68 01/08/69
Canada* 07/23/68 01/08/69
Cape Verde 10/24/79(A)
Central African Republic 10/25/70(A)
Chad 07/01/68 03/10/71
Chile 05/25/95(A)
China 03/09/92(A)
Colombia** 07/01/68 04/08/86
Comoros 10/04/95(A)
Congo 10/23/78(A)
Costa Rica* 07/01/68 03/03/70
Cote d'Ivoire* 07/01/68 03/06/73
Croatia 06/29/92(S)
Cyprus* 07/01/68 02/10/70
Czech Republic* 01/01/93(S)
Denmark* 07/01/68 01/03/69
Djibouti 10/16/96(A)
Dominica 08/10/84(S)
Dominican Republic* 07/01/68 07/24/71
Ecuador* 07/09/68 03/07/69
Egypt* 07/01/68 02/26/811
El Salvador* 07/01/68 07/11/72
Equatorial Guinea 11/01/84(A)
Eritrea 03/03/95(A)
Estonia 01/07/92(A)
Ethiopia* 09/05/68 02/05/70
Fiji* 07/14/72(S)
Finland* 07/01/68 02/05/69
Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
 04/12/95(A)
France 08/03/92(A)
Gabon 02/19/74(A)
Gambia*, The 09/04/68 05/12/75
Georgia 03/07/94(A)
Germany*, Fed.
Republic of
 11/28/69 05/02/75 1,2
Ghana* 07/01/68 05/04/70
Greece* 07/01/68 03/11/70
Grenada 09/02/75(S)
Guatemala* 07/26/68 09/22/70
Guinea 04/29/85(A)
Guinea-Bissau 08/20/76(S)
Guyana 10/19/93(A)
Haiti 07/01/68 06/02/70
Holy See* 02/25/71(A)1
Honduras* 07/01/68 05/16/73
Hungary*, Rep of 07/01/68 05/27/69
Iceland* 07/01/68 07/18/69
Indonesia* 03/02/70 07/12/79 1
Iran* 07/01/68 02/02/70
Iraq* 07/01/68 10/29/69
Ireland* 07/01/68 07/01/68
Italy* 01/28/69 05/02/75 1
Jamaica* 04/14/69 03/05/70
Japan* 02/03/70 06/08/76 1
Jordan* 07/10/68 02/11/70
Kazakhstan 02/14/94(A)
Kenya 07/01/68 06/11/70
Kiribati* 04/18/85(S)
Korea, Democratic
People's Republic of
 12/12/85(A)
Korea*, Republic of 07/01/68 04/23/75
Kuwait 08/15/68 11/17/89
Kyrgyzstan 07/05/94(A)
Laos 07/01/68 02/20/70
Latvia 01/31/92(A)
Lebanon* 07/01/68 07/15/70
Lesotho* 07/09/68 05/20/70
Liberia 07/01/68 03/05/70
Libya* 07/18/68 05/26/75
Liechtenstein* 04/20/78(A) 1
Lithuania 09/23/91(A)
Luxembourg* 08/14/68 05/02/75

Madagascar* 08/22/68 10/08/70
Malawi* 02/18/86(S)
Malaysia* 07/01/68 03/05/70
Maldive Islands* 09/11/68 04/07/70
Mali 07/14/69 02/10/70
Malta* 04/17/69 02/06/70
Marshall Islands 01/30/95(A)
Mauritania 10/26/93(A)
Mauritius* 07/01/68 04/08/69
Mexico* 07/26/68 01/21/69 1
Micronesia 04/14/95(A)
Moldova 10/11/94(A)
Monaco 03/13/95(A)
Mongolia* 07/01/68 05/14/69
Morocco* 07/01/68 11/27/70
Mozambique 09/04/90(A)
Myanmar (Burma) 12/02/92(A)
Namibia 10/02/92(A)
Nauru* 06/07/82(A)
Nepal* 07/01/68 01/05/70
Netherlands* 08/20/68 05/02/75 3
New Zealand* 07/01/68 09/10/69
Nicaragua* 07/01/68 03/06/73
Niger 10/09/92(A)
Nigeria* 07/01/68 09/27/68
Norway* 07/01/68 02/05/69

Oman 01/23/97(A)

Palau 04/12/95(A)
Panama 07/01/68 01/13/77
Papua New Guinea* 01/13/82(A)
Paraguay* 07/01/68 02/04/70
Peru* 07/01/68 03/03/70
Philippines* 07/01/68 10/05/72
Poland* 07/01/68 06/12/69
Portugal* 12/15/77(A)

Qatar 04/03/89(A)

Romania* 07/01/68 02/04/70
Russia 5 07/01/68 03/05/70
Rwanda 05/20/75(A)

St. Kitts and Nevis 03/22/93(A)
St. Lucia* 12/28/79(S)
St. Vincent & the
Grenadines
 11/06/84(S)
San Marino 07/01/68 08/10/70
Sao Tome & Principe 07/20/83(A)
Saudi Arabia 10/03/88(A)
Senegal* 07/01/68 12/17/70
Seychelles 03/12/85(A)
Sierra Leone 02/26/75(A)
Singapore* 02/05/70 03/10/76
Slovakia 01/01/93(S)
Slovenia 04/07/92(A)
Solomon Islands 06/17/81(S)
Somalia 07/01/68 03/05/70
South Africa* 07/10/91(A)
Spain* 11/05/87(A)
Sri Lanka* 07/01/68 03/05/79
Sudan* 12/24/68 10/31/73
Suriname* 06/30/76(S)(b)
Swaziland* 06/24/69 12/11/69
Sweden* 08/19/68 01/09/70
Switzerland* 11/27/69 03/09/77 1
Syrian Arab Republic 07/01/68 09/24/69

Taiwan 7 07/01/68 01/27/70
Tajikistan 01/17/95(A)
Tanzania 05/31/91(A)
Thailand* 12/02/72(A)
Togo 07/01/68 02/26/70
Tonga 07/07/71(S)
Trinidad & Tobago 08/20/68 10/30/86
Tunisia* 07/01/68 02/26/70
Turkey* 01/28/69 04/17/80 1
Tuvalu* 01/19/79(S)
Turkmenistan 09/29/94(A)

Uganda 10/20/82(A)
Ukraine 12/05/94(A)
United Arab Emirates 09/26/95(A)
United Kingdom 07/01/68 11/27/68 4
United States 07/01/68 03/05/70
Uruguay* 07/01/68 08/31/70
Uzbekistan* 05/02/92
Vanuatu 08/26/95(A)
Venezuela* 07/01/68 09/25/75
Vietnam*, Socialist
Republic of
 06/14/82(A)

Western Samoa* 03/17/75(A)

Yemen 6 11/14/68 06/01/79
Yugoslavia, Socialist
Federal Republic of
 07/10/68 03/04/70

Zaire* 07/22/68 08/04/70
Zambia 05/15/91(A)
Zimbabwe 09/26/91(A)

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TOTAL: 185 (Total does not include Taiwan or SFR Yugoslavia, which has dissolved.)

NOTES:

a - Dates given are the earliest dates on which a country signed the Treaty or deposited its instrument of ratification or accession.

-- whether in Washington, London, or Moscow. In the case of a country that was a dependent territory which became a party through succession, the date given is the date on which the country gave notice that it would continue to be bound by the terms of the Treaty.

b - Effective 11/25/75.

1 With Statement.

2 The former German Democratic Republic, which united with the Federal Republic of Germany on 10/3/90, had signed the NPT on 7/1/68 and deposited its instrument of ratification on 10/31/69.

3 Extended to Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

4 Extended to Aguilla and territories under the territorial sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

5 Russia has given notice that it would continue to exercise the rights and fulfill the obligations of the former Soviet Union arising from the NPT.

6 The Republic of Yemen resulted from the union of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. The table indicates the date of signature and ratification by the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen; the first of these two states to become a party to the NPT. The Yemen Arab Republic signed the NPT on 9/23/68 and deposited its instrument of ratification on 5/14/86.

7 On 1/27/70, an instrument of ratification was deposited in the name of the Republic of China. Effective 1/1/79, the United States recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China. The authorities on Taiwan state that they will continue to abide by the provisions of the Treaty and the United States regards them as bound by the obligations imposed by the Treaty.

* Entries with asterisk have NPT safeguards agreements that have entered into force as of 10/31/92.

** Non-NPT, full-scope safeguards agreement in force.

CNSThis material is produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright © 2003 by MIIS.

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