The Biological Weapons Convention currently has 168 States Parties and 12 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. Holy See
64. Honduras
65. Hungary
66. Iceland
67. India
68. Indonesia
69. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
70. Iraq
71. Ireland
72. Italy
73. Jamaica
74. Japan
75. Jordan
76. Kazakhstan
77. Kenya
78. Kuwait
79. Kyrgyzstan
80. Lao People’s Democratic Republic
81. Latvia
82. Lebanon
83. Lesotho
84. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
85. Liechtenstein
86. Lithuania
87. Luxembourg
88. Madagascar
89. Malaysia
90. Maldives
91. Mali
92. Malta
93. Marshall Islands (Republic of)
94. Mauritius
95. Mexico
96. Monaco
97. Mongolia
98. Montenegro
99. Morocco
100. Mozambique
101. Nauru
102. Netherlands
103. New Zealand
104. Nicaragua
105. Niger
106. Nigeria
107. Norway
108. Oman
109. Palau
110. Pakistan
111. Panama
112. Papua New Guinea
113. Paraguay
114. Peru
115. Philippines
116. Poland
117. Portugal
118. Qatar
119. Republic of Moldova
120. Republic of Korea
121. Romania
122. Russian Federation
123. Rwanda
124. Saint Kitts and Nevis
125. Saint Lucia
126. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
127. San Marino
128. Sao Tome and Principe
129. Saudi Arabia
130. Senegal
131. Serbia
132. Seychelles
133. Sierra Leone
134. Singapore
135. Slovakia
136. Slovenia
137. Solomon Islands
138. South Africa
139. Spain
140. Sri Lanka
141. Sudan
142. Suriname
143. Swaziland
144. Sweden
145. Switzerland
146. Tajikistan
147. Thailand
148. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
149. Timor Leste
150. Togo
151. Tonga
152. Trinidad and Tobago
153. Tunisia
154. Turkey
155. Turkmenistan
156. Uganda
157. Ukraine
158. United Arab Emirates
159. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
160. United States of America
161. Uruguay
162. Uzbekistan
163. Vanuatu
164. Venezuela
165. Viet Nam
166. Yemen
167. Zambia
168. Zimbabwe

1. Central African Republic
2. Côte d'Ivoire
3. Egypt
4. Guyana
5. Haiti
6. Liberia
7. Malawi
8. Myanmar
9. Nepal
10. Somalia
11. Syrian Arab Republic
12. United Republic of Tanzania