The Biological Weapons Convention currently has 170 States Parties and 10 signatories. There are 16 states which have neither signed nor ratified the Convention.

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Lists of States Parties, Signatories and States not Members

States Parties

1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. Antigua and Barbuda
5. Argentina
6. Armenia
7. Australia
8. Austria
9. Azerbaijan
10. Bahamas
11. Bahrain
12. Bangladesh
13. Barbados
14. Belarus
15. Belgium
16. Belize
17. Benin
18. Bhutan
19. Bolivia
20. Bosnia-Herzegovina
21. Botswana
22. Brazil
23. Brunei Darussalam
24. Bulgaria
25. Burkina Faso
26. Burundi
27. Cambodia
28. Cameroon
29. Canada
30. Cape Verde
31. Chile
32. China
33. Colombia
34. Congo
35. Cook Islands
36. Costa Rica
37. Croatia
38. Cuba
39. Cyprus
40. Czech Republic
41. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
42. Democratic Republic of the Congo
43. Denmark
44. Dominica
45. Dominican Republic
46. Ecuador
47. El Salvador
48. Equatorial Guinea
49. Estonia
50. Ethiopia
51. Fiji
52. Finland
53. France
54. Gabon
55. Gambia
56. Georgia
57. Germany
58. Ghana
59. Greece
60. Grenada
61. Guatemala
62. Guinea-Bissau
63. Guyana
64. Holy See
65. Honduras
66. Hungary
67. Iceland
68. India
69. Indonesia
70. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
71. Iraq
72. Ireland
73. Italy
74. Jamaica
75. Japan
76. Jordan
77. Kazakhstan
78. Kenya
79. Kuwait
80. Kyrgyzstan
81. Lao People’s Democratic Republic
82. Latvia
83. Lebanon
84. Lesotho
85. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
86. Liechtenstein
87. Lithuania
88. Luxembourg
89. Madagascar
90. Malawi
91. Malaysia
92. Maldives
93. Mali
94. Malta
95. Marshall Islands (Republic of)
96. Mauritius
97. Mexico
98. Monaco
99. Mongolia
100. Montenegro
101. Morocco
102. Mozambique
103. Nauru
104. Netherlands
105. New Zealand
106. Nicaragua
107. Niger
108. Nigeria
109. Norway
110. Oman
111. Palau
112. Pakistan
113. Panama
114. Papua New Guinea
115. Paraguay
116. Peru
117. Philippines
118. Poland
119. Portugal
120. Qatar
121. Republic of Moldova
122. Republic of Korea
123. Romania
124. Russian Federation
125. Rwanda
126. Saint Kitts and Nevis
127. Saint Lucia
128. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
129. San Marino
130. Sao Tome and Principe
131. Saudi Arabia
132. Senegal
133. Serbia
134. Seychelles
135. Sierra Leone
136. Singapore
137. Slovakia
138. Slovenia
139. Solomon Islands
140. South Africa
141. Spain
142. Sri Lanka
143. Sudan
144. Suriname
145. Swaziland
146. Sweden
147. Switzerland
148. Tajikistan
149. Thailand
150. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
151. Timor Leste
152. Togo
153. Tonga
154. Trinidad and Tobago
155. Tunisia
156. Turkey
157. Turkmenistan
158. Uganda
159. Ukraine
160. United Arab Emirates
161. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
162. United States of America
163. Uruguay
164. Uzbekistan
165. Vanuatu
166. Venezuela
167. Viet Nam
168. Yemen
169. Zambia
170. Zimbabwe