Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [Washington Version]

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
DISARMAMENT
Signed at
Signed on
1 July 1968
In force on
5 March 1970

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ALBANIA
  3. ALGERIA
  4. ANGOLA
  5. Antigua
  6. Antilles
  7. ARMENIA
  8. Aruba
  9. AUSTRALIA
  10. AUSTRIA
  11. BAHAMAS
  12. Bahrain
  13. BANGLADESH
  14. BARBADOS
  15. BELARUS
  16. BELGIUM
  17. Berlin West
  18. BHUTAN
  19. BOLIVIA
  20. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  21. BOTSWANA
  22. BRAZIL
  23. Brunei
  24. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
  25. BULGARIA
  26. CAMEROON
  27. CANADA
  28. Caribbean part of the Netherlands
  29. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  30. CEYLON
  31. CHILE
  32. CHINA
  33. COLOMBIA
  34. COMOROS
  35. CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  36. CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
  37. COSTA RICA
  38. CROATIA
  39. Curacao
  40. CYPRUS
  41. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  42. CZECH REPUBLIC
  43. DENMARK
  44. DJIBOUTI
  45. Dominica
  46. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  47. ECUADOR
  48. EL SALVADOR
  49. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
  50. ERITREA
  51. ESTONIA
  52. ETHIOPIA
  53. Fiji
  54. FINLAND
  55. FRANCE
  56. GABON
  57. GAMBIA THE
  58. GEORGIA
  59. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  60. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  61. GHANA
  62. GREECE
  63. GRENADA
  64. GRENADA
  65. GUATEMALA
  66. GUYANA
  67. HAITI
  68. HOLY SEE
  69. HONDURAS
  70. HUNGARY
  71. ICELAND
  72. INDONESIA
  73. IRAN
  74. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  75. ITALY
  76. IVORY COAST
  77. JAMAICA
  78. JAPAN
  79. JORDAN
  80. KAZAKHSTAN
  81. KENYA
  82. KHMER REPUBLIC
  83. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
  84. KUWAIT
  85. LAOS
  86. LEBANON
  87. LESOTHO
  88. LIBERIA
  89. LIBYA
  90. LIECHTENSTEIN
  91. LITHUANIA
  92. LUXEMBOURG
  93. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  94. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
  95. MALAWI
  96. MALAYSIA
  97. MALDIVES
  98. MALI
  99. MALTA
  100. MARSHALL ISLANDS
  101. MAURITANIA
  102. MAURITIUS
  103. MEXICO
  104. MICRONESIA
  105. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  106. MONACO
  107. MONTENEGRO
  108. MOROCCO
  109. MOZAMBIQUE
  110. MYANMAR
  111. NAMIBIA
  112. NEPAL
  113. NETHERLANDS THE
  114. NEW ZEALAND
  115. NICARAGUA
  116. NIGER
  117. NIGERIA
  118. NORWAY
  119. OMAN
  120. PALAU
  121. PANAMA
  122. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  123. PARAGUAY
  124. PERU
  125. PHILIPPINES
  126. POLAND
  127. PORTUGAL
  128. Qatar
  129. ROMANIA
  130. RWANDA
  131. SAN MARINO
  132. SAUDI ARABIA
  133. SENEGAL
  134. SEYCHELLES
  135. SIERRA LEONE
  136. SINGAPORE
  137. Sint Maarten
  138. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  139. SLOVENIA
  140. SOLOMON ISLANDS
  141. SOMALIA
  142. SOUTH AFRICA
  143. SOVIET UNION
  144. SPAIN
  145. St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla
  146. ST KITTS AND NEVIS
  147. ST LUCIA
  148. SUDAN
  149. Surinam
  150. SURINAME
  151. SWAZILAND
  152. SWEDEN
  153. SWITZERLAND
  154. TAIWAN
  155. TANZANIA
  156. TIMOR-LESTE
  157. TOGO
  158. TONGA
  159. TONGA
  160. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  161. TUNISIA
  162. TURKEY
  163. TURKMENISTAN
  164. UGANDA
  165. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  166. UNITED KINGDOM
  167. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  168. UPPER VOLTA
  169. URUGUAY
  170. VENEZUELA
  171. VIETNAM
  172. WESTERN SAMOA
  173. YUGOSLAVIA
  174. ZAMBIA
  175. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Signature 1 July 1968
AFGHANISTAN Ratification 4 February 1970
ALBANIA Accession 28 September 1990
ALGERIA Accession 12 January 1995
ANGOLA Accession 14 October 1996
Antigua Extension 27 November 1968
Antilles Extension 2 May 1975
Antilles Notification 1 January 1986
ARMENIA Succession 3 August 1993 15 July 1993
Aruba Notification 1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA Signature 27 February 1970
AUSTRALIA Ratification 23 January 1973
AUSTRIA Signature 1 July 1968
AUSTRIA Ratification 27 June 1969
BAHAMAS Succession 13 August 1976
Bahrain Accession 3 November 1988
Bahrain Declaration 3 November 1988
BANGLADESH Accession 27 September 1979
BARBADOS Signature 1 July 1968
BARBADOS Ratification 21 February 1980
BELARUS Succession 3 August 1993 22 July 1993
BELGIUM Signature 20 August 1968
BELGIUM Ratification 2 May 1975
Berlin West Extension 2 May 1975
BHUTAN Accession 23 May 1985
BOLIVIA Signature 1 July 1968
BOLIVIA Ratification 26 May 1970
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Succession 15 August 1994
BOTSWANA Signature 1 July 1968
BRAZIL Accession 18 September 1998 18 September 1998
Brunei Extension 27 November 1968
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Accession 26 March 1985
BULGARIA Signature 1 July 1968
BULGARIA Ratification 5 September 1969
CAMEROON Signature 17 July 1968
CAMEROON Ratification 8 January 1969
CAMEROON Objection 24 April 1969
CANADA Signature 23 July 1968
CANADA Ratification 8 January 1969
Caribbean part of the Netherlands Extension 10 October 2010
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Accession 25 October 1970
CEYLON Signature 1 July 1968
CEYLON Ratification 5 March 1979
CHILE Accession 25 May 1995
CHILE Notification 25 May 1995
CHINA Signature 1 July 1968
CHINA Ratification 27 January 1970
CHINA Statement 1 January 1979
CHINA Accession 17 March 1992
CHINA Statement 17 March 1992
COLOMBIA Signature 1 July 1968
COLOMBIA Ratification 8 April 1986
COMOROS Accession 4 October 1995
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Signature 22 July 1968
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Ratification 4 August 1970
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF Accession 23 October 1978
COSTA RICA Signature 1 July 1968
COSTA RICA Ratification 3 March 1970
CROATIA Succession 29 June 1992
Curacao Extension 10 October 2010
CYPRUS Signature 1 July 1968
CYPRUS Ratification 16 February 1970
CZECH REPUBLIC Succession 1 January 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Signature 1 July 1968
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Ratification 22 July 1969
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Notification 24 July 1975
DENMARK Signature 1 July 1968
DENMARK Ratification 3 January 1969
DJIBOUTI Accession 16 October 1996
Dominica Extension 27 November 1968
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Signature 1 July 1968
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ratification 24 July 1971
ECUADOR Signature 9 July 1968
ECUADOR Ratification 7 March 1969
EL SALVADOR Signature 1 July 1968
EL SALVADOR Ratification 11 July 1972
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Accession 1 November 1984
ERITREA Accession 16 March 1995
ESTONIA Accession 31 January 1992
ETHIOPIA Signature 5 September 1968
ETHIOPIA Ratification 5 March 1970
Fiji Succession 21 July 1972
FINLAND Signature 1 July 1968
FINLAND Ratification 5 February 1969
FRANCE Statement 1 January 1905
FRANCE Accession 3 August 1992
GABON Accession 19 February 1974
GAMBIA THE Signature 20 September 1968
GAMBIA THE Ratification 12 May 1975
GEORGIA Accession 7 March 1994
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Objection 25 November 1975
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Signature 28 November 1969
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Ratification 2 May 1975
GHANA Signature 1 July 1968
GHANA Ratification 5 May 1970
GREECE Signature 1 July 1968
GREECE Ratification 11 March 1970
GRENADA Extension 27 November 1968
GRENADA Succession 3 December 1975
GUATEMALA Signature 26 July 1968
GUATEMALA Ratification 22 September 1970
GUYANA Accession 19 October 1993
HAITI Signature 1 July 1968
HAITI Ratification 2 June 1970
HOLY SEE Accession 25 February 1971
HONDURAS Signature 1 July 1968
HONDURAS Ratification 16 May 1973
HUNGARY Signature 1 July 1968
HUNGARY Ratification 27 May 1969
ICELAND Signature 1 July 1968
ICELAND Ratification 18 July 1969
INDONESIA Signature 2 March 1970
INDONESIA Ratification 12 July 1979
INDONESIA Declaration 12 July 1979
IRAN Signature 1 July 1968
IRAN Ratification 2 February 1970
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Signature 1 July 1968
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Ratification 1 July 1968
ITALY Signature 28 January 1969
ITALY Ratification 2 May 1975
IVORY COAST Signature 1 July 1968
IVORY COAST Ratification 6 March 1973
JAMAICA Signature 14 April 1969
JAMAICA Ratification 5 March 1970
JAPAN Signature 3 February 1970
JAPAN Ratification 8 June 1976
JORDAN Signature 10 July 1968
JORDAN Ratification 11 February 1970
KAZAKHSTAN Accession 14 February 1994
KENYA Signature 1 July 1968
KHMER REPUBLIC Accession 2 June 1972
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Signature 1 July 1968
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Ratification 23 April 1975
KUWAIT Signature 15 August 1968
KUWAIT Ratification 17 November 1989
LAOS Signature 1 July 1968
LAOS Ratification 5 March 1970
LEBANON Signature 1 July 1968
LEBANON Ratification 20 November 1970
LESOTHO Signature 9 July 1968
LESOTHO Ratification 20 May 1970
LIBERIA Signature 1 July 1968
LIBERIA Ratification 5 March 1970
LIBYA Signature 19 July 1968
LIBYA Ratification 26 May 1975
LIECHTENSTEIN Accession 20 April 1978
LIECHTENSTEIN Declaration 20 April 1978
LITHUANIA Accession 23 September 1991
LUXEMBOURG Signature 14 August 1968
LUXEMBOURG Ratification 2 May 1975
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Succession 12 April 1995
MALAGASY REPUBLIC Signature 22 August 1968
MALAGASY REPUBLIC Ratification 8 October 1970
MALAWI Accession 19 February 1986
MALAYSIA Signature 1 July 1968
MALAYSIA Ratification 5 March 1970
MALDIVES Signature 11 September 1968
MALDIVES Ratification 7 April 1970
MALI Signature 14 July 1969
MALI Ratification 5 March 1970
MALTA Signature 17 April 1969
MALTA Ratification 6 February 1970
MARSHALL ISLANDS Succession 30 January 1995
MAURITANIA Accession 26 October 1993
MAURITIUS Signature 1 July 1968
MAURITIUS Ratification 8 April 1969
MEXICO Signature 26 July 1968
MEXICO Ratification 21 January 1969
MICRONESIA Accession 14 April 1995
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Accession 11 October 1994
MONACO Accession 13 March 1995
MONTENEGRO Succession 3 June 2006
MOROCCO Signature 1 July 1968
MOROCCO Ratification 16 December 1970
MOZAMBIQUE Accession 12 September 1990
MYANMAR Accession 2 December 1992
NAMIBIA Accession 7 October 1992
NEPAL Signature 1 July 1968
NEPAL Ratification 5 January 1970
NETHERLANDS THE Signature 20 August 1968
NETHERLANDS THE Ratification 2 May 1975
NEW ZEALAND Signature 1 July 1968
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 10 September 1969
NICARAGUA Signature 1 July 1968
NICARAGUA Ratification 6 March 1973
NIGER Accession 9 October 1992
NIGERIA Signature 1 July 1968
NIGERIA Ratification 7 October 1968
NORWAY Signature 1 July 1968
NORWAY Ratification 5 February 1969
OMAN Accession 23 January 1997
PALAU Accession 14 April 1995
PANAMA Signature 1 July 1968
PANAMA Ratification 13 January 1977
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Accession 25 January 1982
PARAGUAY Signature 1 July 1968
PARAGUAY Ratification 4 February 1970
PERU Signature 1 July 1968
PERU Ratification 3 March 1970
PHILIPPINES Signature 1 July 1968
PHILIPPINES Ratification 5 October 1972
POLAND Signature 1 July 1968
POLAND Ratification 12 June 1969
PORTUGAL Accession 15 December 1977
Qatar Accession 13 June 1989
ROMANIA Signature 1 July 1968
ROMANIA Ratification 4 February 1970
RWANDA Accession 20 May 1975
SAN MARINO Signature 1 July 1968
SAN MARINO Ratification 31 August 1970
SAUDI ARABIA Accession 3 October 1988
SENEGAL Signature 1 July 1968
SENEGAL Ratification 22 December 1970
SEYCHELLES Accession 8 April 1985
SIERRA LEONE Accession 26 February 1975
SINGAPORE Signature 5 February 1970
SINGAPORE Ratification 10 March 1976
Sint Maarten Extension 10 October 2010
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Notification 1 January 1905
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Succession 1 January 1993
SLOVENIA Succession 20 August 1992
SOLOMON ISLANDS Extension 27 November 1968
SOMALIA Signature 1 July 1968
SOMALIA Ratification 12 November 1970
SOUTH AFRICA Accession 10 July 1991
SOVIET UNION Objection 1 January 1905
SOVIET UNION Statement 1 January 1905
SOVIET UNION Signature 1 July 1968
SOVIET UNION Ratification 5 March 1970
SPAIN Accession 5 November 1987
St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla Extension 27 November 1968
ST KITTS AND NEVIS Accession 22 March 1993
ST LUCIA Extension 27 November 1968
SUDAN Signature 24 December 1968
SUDAN Ratification 31 October 1973
Surinam Extension 2 May 1975
SURINAME Succession 30 June 1976 25 November 1975
SWAZILAND Signature 24 June 1969
SWAZILAND Ratification 16 December 1969
SWEDEN Signature 19 August 1968
SWEDEN Ratification 9 January 1970
SWITZERLAND Signature 27 November 1969
SWITZERLAND Ratification 9 March 1977
TAIWAN Statement 1 January 1979
TANZANIA Accession 7 June 1991
TIMOR-LESTE Accession 5 May 2003 1 January 1900
TOGO Signature 1 July 1968
TOGO Ratification 26 February 1970
TONGA Extension 27 November 1968
TONGA Succession 15 July 1971
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Signature 20 August 1968
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Ratification 30 October 1986
TUNISIA Signature 1 July 1968
TUNISIA Ratification 26 February 1970
TURKEY Signature 28 January 1969
TURKEY Ratification 17 April 1980
TURKMENISTAN Accession 29 September 1994
UGANDA Accession 20 October 1982
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Accession 25 September 1995
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 1 July 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 27 November 1968 1 January 1900
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 27 November 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Statement 1 January 1975 1 January 1900
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 1 July 1968
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 5 March 1970
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Statement 1 January 1975
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Statement 15 January 1976
UPPER VOLTA Signature 25 November 1968
UPPER VOLTA Ratification 3 March 1970
URUGUAY Signature 1 July 1968
URUGUAY Ratification 31 August 1970
VENEZUELA Signature 1 July 1968
VENEZUELA Ratification 26 September 1975
VIETNAM Signature 1 July 1968
VIETNAM Ratification 10 September 1971
VIETNAM Letter 1 August 1979
WESTERN SAMOA Accession 18 March 1975
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 10 July 1968
YUGOSLAVIA Ratification 4 March 1970
ZAMBIA Accession 15 May 1991
ZIMBABWE Accession 4 October 1991

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/837 A,B,C/0: 0
  2. UN Registration UK, US/0: 880 384
  3. Treaty Series 088/1970: Cmnd 4474||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1970-TS0088.pdf
  4. Miscellaneous Series 012/1968: Cmnd 3683
  5. Treaty Series 027/2007: Cm 7258||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0027.pdf
Metadata

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UUID: 67a731e1-7c85-4ecb-9d95-32c5fa002d04
Treaty ID: 2572
Record ID: 70839