HC Deb 16 November 1992 vol 214 c81W
Mr. Cohen

To 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 Hogg

The 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.

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