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Title
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Participant(s)
Submitter
ex officio
Places/dates of conclusion
Place
Date
New York
10/09/1996
EIF information
Authentic texts
Spanish
Russian
French
English
Chinese
Arabic
Attachments
with annexes
and protocol
ICJ information
See article VI (2) for provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice
Depositary
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Registration Date
Subject terms
Nuclear matters
Environment
Energy
Disarmament
Arms
Agreement type
Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number
Publication format
Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s)
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
Participant
Action
Date of Notification/Deposit
Date of Effect
Afghanistan
Signature
24/09/2003
Afghanistan
Ratification
24/09/2003
Albania
Ratification
23/04/2003
Albania
Signature
27/09/1996
Algeria
Signature
15/10/1996
Algeria
Ratification
11/07/2003
Andorra
Ratification
12/07/2006
Andorra
Signature
24/09/1996
Angola
Signature
27/09/1996
Angola
Ratification
20/03/2015
Antigua and Barbuda
Ratification
11/01/2006
Antigua and Barbuda
Signature
16/04/1997
Argentina
Ratification
04/12/1998
Argentina
Signature
24/09/1996
Armenia
Ratification
12/07/2006
Armenia
Signature
01/10/1996
Australia
Signature
24/09/1996
Australia
Ratification
09/07/1998
Austria
Ratification
13/03/1998
Austria
Signature
24/09/1996
Azerbaijan
Signature
28/07/1997
Azerbaijan
Ratification
02/02/1999
Bahamas
Signature
04/02/2005
Bahamas
Ratification
30/11/2007
Bahrain
Ratification
12/04/2004
Bahrain
Signature
24/09/1996
Bangladesh
Signature
24/10/1996
Bangladesh
Ratification
08/03/2000
Barbados
Ratification
14/01/2008
Barbados
Signature
14/01/2008
Belarus
Signature
24/09/1996
Belarus
Ratification
13/09/2000
Belgium
Ratification
29/06/1999
Belgium
Signature
24/09/1996
Belize
Ratification
26/03/2004
Belize
Signature
14/11/2001
Benin
Ratification
06/03/2001
Benin
Signature
27/09/1996
Bolivia
Ratification
04/10/1999
Bolivia
Signature
24/09/1996
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Signature
24/09/1996
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ratification
26/10/2006
Botswana
Ratification
28/10/2002
Botswana
Signature
16/09/2002
Brazil
Ratification
24/07/1998
Brazil
Signature
24/09/1996
Brunei Darussalam
Signature
22/01/1997
Brunei Darussalam
Ratification
10/01/2013
Bulgaria
Ratification
29/09/1999
Bulgaria
Signature
24/09/1996
Burkina Faso
Signature
27/09/1996
Burkina Faso
Ratification
17/04/2002
Burundi
Ratification
24/09/2008
Burundi
Signature
24/09/1996
Cambodia
Signature
26/09/1996
Cambodia
Ratification
10/11/2000
Cameroon
Ratification
06/02/2006
Cameroon
Signature
16/11/2001
Canada
Ratification
18/12/1998
Canada
Signature
24/09/1996
Cape Verde
Signature
01/10/1996
Cape Verde
Ratification
01/03/2006
Central African Republic
Signature
19/12/2001
Central African Republic
Ratification
26/05/2010
Chad
Ratification
08/02/2013
Chad
Signature
08/10/1996
Chile
Signature
24/09/1996
Chile
Ratification
12/07/2000
China
Signature
24/09/1996
Colombia
Signature
24/09/1996
Colombia
Ratification
29/01/2008
Comoros
Ratification
19/02/2021
Comoros
Signature
12/12/1996
Congo
Signature
11/02/1997
Congo
Ratification
02/09/2014
Cook Islands
Ratification
06/09/2005
Cook Islands
Signature
05/12/1997
Costa Rica
Signature
24/09/1996
Costa Rica
Ratification
25/09/2001
Côte d'Ivoire
Signature
25/09/1996
Côte d'Ivoire
Ratification
11/03/2003
Croatia
Ratification
02/03/2001
Croatia
Signature
24/09/1996
Cuba
Ratification
04/02/2021
Cuba
Signature
04/02/2021
Cyprus
Signature
24/09/1996
Cyprus
Ratification
18/07/2003
Czech Republic
Ratification
11/09/1997
Czech Republic
Signature
12/11/1996
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Signature
04/10/1996
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ratification
28/09/2004
Denmark
Ratification
21/12/1998
Denmark
Signature
24/09/1996
Djibouti
Signature
21/10/1996
Djibouti
Ratification
15/07/2005
Dominica
Ratification
30/06/2022
Dominica
Signature
25/05/2022
Dominican Republic
Signature
03/10/1996
Dominican Republic
Ratification
04/09/2007
Ecuador
Ratification
12/11/2001
Ecuador
Signature
24/09/1996
Egypt
Signature
14/10/1996
El Salvador
Signature
24/09/1996
El Salvador
Ratification
11/09/1998
Equatorial Guinea
Ratification
21/09/2022
Equatorial Guinea
Signature
09/10/1996
Eritrea
Signature
11/11/2003
Eritrea
Ratification
11/11/2003
Estonia
Ratification
13/08/1999
Estonia
Signature
20/11/1996
Ethiopia
Signature
25/09/1996
Ethiopia
Ratification
08/08/2006
Fiji
Ratification
10/10/1996
Fiji
Signature
24/09/1996
Finland
Signature
24/09/1996
Finland
Ratification
15/01/1999
France
Ratification
06/04/1998
France
Signature
24/09/1996
Gabon
Signature
07/10/1996
Gabon
Ratification
20/09/2000
Gambia
Signature
09/04/2003
Gambia
Ratification
24/03/2022
Georgia
Signature
24/09/1996
Georgia
Ratification
27/09/2002
Germany
Ratification
20/08/1998
Germany
Signature
24/09/1996
Ghana
Ratification
14/06/2011
Ghana
Signature
03/10/1996
Greece
Signature
24/09/1996
Greece
Ratification
21/04/1999
Grenada
Ratification
19/08/1998
Grenada
Signature
10/10/1996
Guatemala
Ratification
12/01/2012
Guatemala
Signature
20/09/1999
Guinea
Ratification
22/09/2011
Guinea
Signature
03/10/1996
Guinea-Bissau
Signature
11/04/1997
Guinea-Bissau
Ratification
24/09/2013
Guyana
Signature
07/09/2000
Guyana
Ratification
07/03/2001
Haiti
Ratification
01/12/2005
Haiti
Signature
24/09/1996
Holy See
Ratification
18/07/2001
Holy See
Signature
24/09/1996
Honduras
Signature
25/09/1996
Honduras
Ratification
30/10/2003
Hungary
Signature
25/09/1996
Hungary
Ratification
13/07/1999
Iceland
Ratification
26/06/2000
Iceland
Signature
24/09/1996
Indonesia
Signature
24/09/1996
Indonesia
Ratification
06/02/2012
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Signature
24/09/1996
Iraq
Signature
19/08/2008
Iraq
Ratification
26/09/2013
Ireland
Ratification
15/07/1999
Ireland
Signature
24/09/1996
Israel
Signature
25/09/1996
Italy
Signature
24/09/1996
Italy
Ratification
01/02/1999
Jamaica
Ratification
13/11/2001
Jamaica
Signature
11/11/1996
Japan
Signature
24/09/1996
Japan
Ratification
08/07/1997
Jordan
Ratification
25/08/1998
Jordan
Signature
26/09/1996
Kazakhstan
Signature
30/09/1996
Kazakhstan
Ratification
14/05/2002
Kenya
Ratification
30/11/2000
Kenya
Signature
14/11/1996
Kiribati
Ratification
07/09/2000
Kiribati
Signature
07/09/2000
Kuwait
Ratification
06/05/2003
Kuwait
Signature
24/09/1996
Kyrgyzstan
Signature
08/10/1996
Kyrgyzstan
Ratification
02/10/2003
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Ratification
05/10/2000
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Signature
30/07/1997
Latvia
Ratification
20/11/2001
Latvia
Signature
24/09/1996
Lebanon
Declaration
03/10/2005
Lebanon
Signature
16/09/2005
Lebanon
Ratification
21/11/2008
Lesotho
Signature
30/09/1996
Lesotho
Ratification
14/09/1999
Liberia
Ratification
17/08/2009
Liberia
Signature
01/10/1996
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Signature
13/11/2001
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Ratification
06/01/2004
Liechtenstein
Ratification
21/09/2004
Liechtenstein
Signature
27/09/1996
Lithuania
Signature
07/10/1996
Lithuania
Ratification
07/02/2000
Luxembourg
Signature
24/09/1996
Luxembourg
Ratification
26/05/1999
Madagascar
Signature
09/10/1996
Madagascar
Ratification
15/09/2005
Malawi
Ratification
21/11/2008
Malawi
Signature
09/10/1996
Malaysia
Signature
23/07/1998
Malaysia
Ratification
17/01/2008
Maldives
Signature
01/10/1997
Maldives
Ratification
07/09/2000
Mali
Ratification
04/08/1999
Mali
Signature
18/02/1997
Malta
Signature
24/09/1996
Malta
Ratification
23/07/2001
Marshall Islands
Signature
24/09/1996
Marshall Islands
Ratification
28/10/2009
Mauritania
Signature
24/09/1996
Mauritania
Ratification
30/04/2003
Mexico
Ratification
05/10/1999
Mexico
Signature
24/09/1996
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Signature
24/09/1996
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Ratification
25/07/1997
Moldova
Ratification
16/01/2007
Monaco
Signature
01/10/1996
Monaco
Ratification
18/12/1998
Mongolia
Ratification
08/08/1997
Mongolia
Signature
01/10/1996
Montenegro
Succession
23/10/2006
Montenegro
Succession to signature
23/10/2006
Morocco
Signature
24/09/1996
Morocco
Ratification
17/04/2000
Mozambique
Ratification
04/11/2008
Mozambique
Signature
26/09/1996
Myanmar
Ratification
21/09/2016
Myanmar
Signature
25/11/1996
Namibia
Signature
24/09/1996
Namibia
Ratification
29/06/2001
Nauru
Ratification
12/11/2001
Nauru
Signature
08/09/2000
Nepal
Signature
08/10/1996
Netherlands
Signature
24/09/1996
Netherlands
Ratification
23/03/1999
New Zealand
Ratification
19/03/1999
New Zealand
Signature
27/09/1996
Nicaragua
Signature
24/09/1996
Nicaragua
Ratification
05/12/2000
Niger
Ratification
09/09/2002
Niger
Signature
03/10/1996
Nigeria
Signature
08/09/2000
Nigeria
Ratification
27/09/2001
Niue
Ratification
04/03/2014
Niue
Signature
09/04/2012
None
Signature
25/11/1996
None
Signature
30/09/1996
Norway
Signature
24/09/1996
Norway
Ratification
15/07/1999
Oman
Ratification
13/06/2003
Oman
Signature
23/09/1999
Palau
Ratification
01/08/2007
Palau
Signature
12/08/2003
Panama
Signature
24/09/1996
Panama
Ratification
23/03/1999
Papua New Guinea
Signature
25/09/1996
Papua New Guinea
Ratification
13/03/2024
Paraguay
Signature
25/09/1996
Paraguay
Ratification
04/10/2001
Peru
Ratification
12/11/1997
Peru
Signature
25/09/1996
Philippines
Signature
24/09/1996
Philippines
Ratification
23/02/2001
Poland
Ratification
25/05/1999
Poland
Signature
24/09/1996
Portugal
Signature
24/09/1996
Portugal
Ratification
26/06/2000
Qatar
Signature
24/09/1996
Qatar
Ratification
03/03/1997
Republic of Korea
Ratification
24/09/1999
Republic of Korea
Signature
24/09/1996
Republic of Moldova
Signature
24/09/1997
Romania
Signature
24/09/1996
Romania
Ratification
05/10/1999
Russian Federation
Signature
24/09/1996
Rwanda
Signature
30/11/2004
Rwanda
Ratification
30/11/2004
Samoa
Ratification
27/09/2002
Samoa
Signature
09/10/1996
San Marino
Signature
07/10/1996
San Marino
Ratification
12/03/2002
Sao Tome and Principe
Signature
26/09/1996
Sao Tome and Principe
Ratification
22/09/2022
Senegal
Ratification
09/06/1999
Senegal
Signature
26/09/1996
Serbia and Montenegro
Ratification
19/05/2004
Seychelles
Signature
24/09/1996
Seychelles
Ratification
13/04/2004
Sierra Leone
Ratification
17/09/2001
Sierra Leone
Signature
08/09/2000
Singapore
Signature
14/01/1999
Singapore
Ratification
10/11/2001
Slovakia
Signature
30/09/1996
Slovakia
Ratification
03/03/1998
Slovenia
Ratification
31/08/1999
Slovenia
Signature
24/09/1996
Solomon Islands
Ratification
20/01/2023
Solomon Islands
Signature
03/10/1996
Somalia
Signature
08/09/2023
South Africa
Signature
24/09/1996
South Africa
Ratification
30/03/1999
Spain
Ratification
31/07/1998
Spain
Signature
24/09/1996
Sri Lanka
Signature
24/10/1996
Sri Lanka
Ratification
25/07/2023
St. Kitts and Nevis
Signature
23/03/2004
St. Kitts and Nevis
Ratification
27/04/2005
St. Lucia
Ratification
05/04/2001
St. Lucia
Signature
04/10/1996
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Ratification
23/09/2009
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Signature
02/07/2009
Sudan
Signature
10/06/2004
Sudan
Ratification
10/06/2004
Suriname
Ratification
07/02/2006
Suriname
Signature
14/01/1997
Swaziland
Signature
24/09/1996
Swaziland
Ratification
21/09/2016
Sweden
Signature
24/09/1996
Sweden
Ratification
02/12/1998
Switzerland
Ratification
01/10/1999
Switzerland
Signature
24/09/1996
Tajikistan
Signature
07/10/1996
Tajikistan
Ratification
10/06/1998
Thailand
Signature
12/11/1996
Thailand
Ratification
25/09/2018
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Ratification
14/03/2000
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Signature
29/10/1998
Timor-Leste
Signature
26/09/2008
Timor-Leste
Ratification
01/08/2022
Togo
Signature
02/10/1996
Togo
Ratification
02/07/2004
Trinidad and Tobago
Ratification
26/05/2010
Trinidad and Tobago
Signature
08/10/2009
Tunisia
Signature
16/10/1996
Tunisia
Ratification
23/09/2004
Turkey
Ratification
16/02/2000
Turkey
Signature
24/09/1996
Turkmenistan
Signature
24/09/1996
Turkmenistan
Ratification
20/02/1998
Tuvalu
Ratification
31/03/2022
Tuvalu
Signature
25/09/2018
Uganda
Signature
07/11/1996
Uganda
Ratification
14/03/2001
Ukraine
Ratification
23/02/2001
Ukraine
Signature
27/09/1996
United Arab Emirates
Signature
25/09/1996
United Arab Emirates
Ratification
18/09/2000
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ratification
06/04/1998
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Signature
24/09/1996
United Republic of Tanzania
Signature
30/09/2004
United Republic of Tanzania
Ratification
30/09/2004
United States of America
Signature
24/09/1996
Uruguay
Signature
24/09/1996
Uruguay
Ratification
21/09/2001
Uzbekistan
Ratification
29/05/1997
Uzbekistan
Signature
03/10/1996
Vanuatu
Signature
24/09/1996
Vanuatu
Ratification
16/09/2005
Venezuela
Ratification
13/05/2002
Venezuela
Signature
03/10/1996
Viet Nam
Signature
24/09/1996
Viet Nam
Ratification
10/03/2006
Yemen Arab Republic
Signature
30/09/1996
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)
Signature
08/06/2001
Zambia
Signature
03/12/1996
Zambia
Ratification
23/02/2006
Zimbabwe
Signature
13/10/1999
Zimbabwe
Ratification
13/02/2019
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