HC Deb 27 February 1969 vol 778 cc342-3W
Mr. Will Owen

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT those countries which have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to date.

Mr. Mulley

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was opened for signature in London, Moscow and Washington on 1st July, 1968. According to information received up to 24th February, 1969, the following countries have signed the Treaty in one or more of the depositary capitals:

Afghanistan. Liberia.
Austria. Libya.
Barbados. Luxembourg.
Belgium. Malagasy Republic
Bolivia. Malaysia.
Botswana. Maldives.
Bulgaria. Mauritius.
Cameroon. Mexico.
Canada. Mongolia,
Ceylon. Morocco.
Chad. Nepal.
Columbia Netherlands.
Congo (Khinshasa). New Zealand.
Costa Rica. Nicaragua.
Cyprus. Nigeria.
Czechoslovakia. Norway.
Dahomey. Panama.
Denmark. Paraguay.
Dominican Republic. Peru.
Ecuador. Philippines.
El Salvador. Poland.
Ethiopia. Rumania.
Finland. San Marino.
The Gambia. Senegal.
Ghana. Somali Republic.
Greece. Southern Yemen.
Guatemala. Sudan.
Haiti. Sweden.
Honduras. Syria.
Hungary. Togo.
Iceland. Trinidad and Tobago.
Iran. Tunisia.
Iraq. Turkey.
Irish Republic. U.S.S.R.
Italy. United Arab Republic.
Ivory Coast. United Kingdom.
Jordan. U.S.A.
Kenya. Upper Volta.
Republic of Korea. Uruguay.
Kuwait. Venzuela.
Laos. Republic of Vietnam.
Lebanon. Yemen.
Lesotho. Yugoslavia.

In addition, signatures have been appended in Washington on behalf of the Nationalist Chinese authorities, and in Moscow on behalf of the East German authorities.

Up to 24th February 1969, nine countries had ratified the Treaty. They are Cameroon, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Irish Republic, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, and the United Kingdom