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List of parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
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The list of parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons encompasses the states who have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement prohibiting or restricting the use of certain conventional weapons which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or have indiscriminate effects.

Signed and ratified
Acceded or succeeded |
Accepted
Only signed
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On April 10, 1981, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCWC) was opened for signature. Mexico became the first state to deposit the treaty on February 11, 1982. The treaty came into force on December 2, 1983. Since April 10, 1982, states that did not sign the treaty can now only accede to it. The instrument of ratification, accession, or succession is deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
As of September 2023, 127 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, the most recent being Singapore on September 21, 2023.[1] Four states have signed but not ratified the treaty.
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Ratified or acceded states
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Signatory states
The following four states have signed but not ratified the Convention.
Non-signatory states
Andorra
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bhutan
Botswana
Brunei
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Indonesia
Iran
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Libya
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Federated States of Micronesia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
North Korea
Oman
Palau
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zimbabwe
See also
- List of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
- List of parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
- List of parties to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
- List of parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- List of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- List of parties to the Ottawa Treaty
- List of parties to the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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References
Further reading
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