§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those states that have ratified or acceded to the inhumane weapons convention; and when he expects Her Majesty's Government to ratify the convention.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe following states have ratified, accepted or acceded to the convention: Australia, Austria, Benin, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine and Yugoslavia.
We are currently considering ratification of the convention by the United Kingdom, and expect to reach a decision soon.