HC Deb 19 July 1991 vol 195 cc309-11W
Mr. Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the signatories to the United Nations nuclear non-proliferation treaty to the most recent practicable date.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

To date, there are 142 states parties to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Taiwan and North Korea, not recognised as states by Her Majesty's Government, have also deposited instruments of ratification and accession to the treaty.

The list of states parties to the non-proliferation treaty is as follows:

States party to the non-proliferation treaty

  • 1. United Kingdom
  • 2. United States of America
  • 3. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • 4. Afghanistan
  • 5. Albania
  • 6. Antigua and Burbuda
  • 7. Australia
  • 8. Austria
  • 9. Bahamas
  • 10. Bahrain
  • 11. Bangladesh
  • 12. Barbados
  • 13. Belgium
  • 14. Belize
  • 15. Benin
  • 16. Bhutan
  • 17. Bolivia
  • 18. Botswana
  • 19. Brunei Darussalam
  • 20. Bulgaria
  • 21. Burkina Faso
  • 22. Burundi
  • 23. Cambodia
  • 24. Cameroon
  • 25. Canada
  • 26. Cape Verde
  • 27. Central African Republic
  • 28. Chad
  • 29. Colombia
  • 30. Congo
  • 31. Costa Rica
  • 32. Cote D'Ivoire
  • 33. Cyprus
  • 34. Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
  • 35. Denmark
  • 36. Dominica
  • 37. Dominican Republic
  • 38. Ecuador
  • 39. Egypt
  • 40. El Salvador
  • 41. Equatorial Guinea
  • 42. Ethiopia
  • 43. Fiji
  • 44. Finland
  • 45. Gabon
  • 46. Gambia
  • 47. Germany, Federal Republic
  • 48. Ghana
  • 49. Greece
  • 50. Grenada
  • 51. Guatemala
  • 52. Guinea
  • 53. Guinea Bissau
  • 54. Haiti
  • 55. Holy See
  • 56. Honduras
  • 57. Hungary
  • 58. Iceland
  • 59. Indonesia
  • 310
  • 60. Iran
  • 61. Iraq
  • 62. Republic of Ireland
  • 63. Italy
  • 64. Jamaica
  • 65. Japan
  • 6. Jordan
  • 67. Kenya
  • 68. Kiribati
  • 69. Korea, Republic of
  • 70. Kuwait
  • 71. Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 72. Lebanon
  • 73. Lesotho
  • 74. Liberia
  • 75. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • 76. Liechtenstein
  • 77. Luxembourg
  • 78. Madagascar
  • 79. Malawi
  • 80. Malaysia
  • 81. Maldives
  • 82. Mali
  • 83. Malta
  • 84. Mauritius
  • 85. Mexico
  • 86. Mongolia
  • 87. Morocco
  • 88. Mozambique
  • 89. Nauru
  • 90. Nepal
  • 91. Netherlands
  • 92. New Zealand
  • 93. Nicaragua
  • 94. Nigeria
  • 95. Norway
  • 96. Panama
  • 97. Papua New Guinea
  • 98. Paraguay
  • 99. Peru
  • 100. Philippines
  • 101. Poland
  • 102. Portugal
  • 103. Qatar
  • 104. Romania
  • 105. Rwanda
  • 106. St. Lucia
  • 107. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • 108. San Marino
  • 109. Sao Tome and Principe
  • 110. Saudi Arabia
  • 111. Senegal
  • 112. Seychelles
  • 113. Sierra Leone
  • 114. Singapore
  • 115. Soloman Islands
  • 116. Somalia
  • 117. South Africa
  • 118. Spain
  • 119. Sri Lanka
  • 120. Sudan
  • 121. Suriname
  • 122. Swaziland
  • 123. Sweden
  • 124. Switzerland
  • 125. Syrian Arab Republic
  • 126. Tanzania
  • 27. Thailand
  • 128. Togo
  • 129. Tonga
  • 130. Trinidad and Tobago
  • 131. Tunisia
  • 132. Turkey
  • 133. Tuvalu
  • 134. Uganda
  • 135. Uruguay
  • 136. Venezuela
  • 137. Vietnam
  • 138. Western Samoa
  • 139. Yemen, Republic of
  • 311
  • 140. Yugoslavia
  • 141. Zaire
  • 142. Zambia

Notes:

  1. 1. Taiwan (not recognised as a State by Her Majesty's Government) signed the Treaty in Washington on 1 July 1968 and deposited an Instrument of Ratification in Washington on 27 January 1970.
  2. 2. North Korea (not recognised as a State by Her Majesty's Government) acceded to the Treaty on 12 December 1985 in Moscow.

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