High Contracting Parties and Signatories CCW

The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons currently has a total of 126 States Parties and 4 signatories.

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High Contracting Parties

(updated on 27 September 2022)

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HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES: 126 87 119 96 106 115 109 97
Afghanistan

Albania
Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Côte D’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau  
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Lao PDR
Lebanon
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar  
Maldives
Malawi        
Mali
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Nauru  
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger      
North Macedonia
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines
State of Palestine
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Togo

Tunisia

Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Zambia

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Signatories to the CCW

In accordance with its Article 3, the Convention was opened for signature “… by all States at United Nations Headquarters in New York for a period of twelve months from 10 April 1981.” Fifty States have signed the Convention within the timeframe established therein. Five of them have not yet acceded to it.

The Convention is now closed for signature. In accordance with Article 4, Paragraph 1, a State, which has not signed the Convention, may accede to it. Pursuant to Article 10, the instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations who is the Depositary.

States Signatories to CCW

State Date of signature
Egypt 10 April 1981
Nigeria 26 January 1982
Sudan 10 April 1981
Viet Nam 10 April 1981
States not parties to the CCW

States not parties

UN Member States which are not parties to the CCW
Andorra Ethiopia Namibia Timor-Leste
Angola Fiji Nepal Tonga
Armenia Gambia Oman Trinidad and Tobago
Azerbaijan Ghana Palau Tuvalu
Bahamas Guinea Papua New Guinea United Republic of Tanzania
Barbados Guyana Rwanda Vanuatu
Belize Haiti Saint Kitts and Nevis Yemen
Bhutan Indonesia Saint Lucia Zimbabwe
Botswana Iran, Islamic Republic of Samoa  
Brunei Darussalam Kenya San Marino
Central African Republic Kiribati Sao Tome and Principe
Chad Kyrgyzstan Singapore
Comoros Libya Solomon Islands
Congo Malaysia Somalia
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Marshall Islands South Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo Mauritania Suriname
Dominica Micronesia, Federated States of Swaziland
Equatorial Guinea Mozambique Syrian Arab Republic  
Eritrea Myanmar Thailand
Regional Groups

The High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons have organized themselves into a number of groups to facilitate their representation in the CCW meetings, as well as their preparations and discussions. The membership of these groups differs from those found in other forums, despite the similar names. Each group has a coordinator who may speak on behalf of the group and is responsible for organizing and chair meetings of that group.