High Contracting Parties and Signatories CCW

(updated on 18 March 2025)

CCW	Amend Art.1	ProtocolI	ProtocolII	Amend ProtII	ProtocolIII	ProtocolIV	ProtocolV
HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES: 128	88	121	96	107	117	111	99
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	√	√		√	√	√	√
Singapore		√			√	√
Slovakia	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Slovenia	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
South Africa	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Spain	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Sri Lanka	√	√	√	√	√	√
St. Vincent and the Grenadines		√		√	√	√	√
State of Palestine		√			√		√
Sweden	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Switzerland	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Tajikistan		√	√	√	√	√	√
Togo		√	√		√
Trinidad and Tobago	√	√		√	√	√	√
Tunisia	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Türkiye	√	√		√		√
Turkmenistan		√	√	√			√
Uganda		√	√		√
Ukraine	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
United Arab Emirates		√			√		√
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
United States of America	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Uruguay	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Uzbekistan		√	√		√	√
Venezuela		√	√	√	√
Zambia	√	√	√	√	√		√

For more information on the depositary notifications, certified true copies, the status of relevant treaties, all other relevant documents and depositary-related information, please consult the United Nations Treaty Collection.

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

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	Tuvalu
Azerbaijan	Ghana	Palau	United Republic of Tanzania
Bahamas	Guinea	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu
Barbados	Guyana	Rwanda	Yemen
Belize	Haiti	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Zimbabwe
Bhutan	Indonesia	Saint Lucia
Botswana	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Samoa
Brunei Darussalam	Kenya	San Marino
Central African Republic	Kiribati	Sao Tome and Principe
Chad	Kyrgyzstan
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

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.

On the basis of the information available in the national annual reports submitted by High Contracting Parties to the CCW, the CCW ISU compiled a list of national focal points on domestic implementation. The list is available there.