THE AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY (THE

THE AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY (THE

LIST OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SIGNED, RATIFIED/ACCEDED TO THE
THE AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY (THE TREATY OF PELINDABA)
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LISTE DES PAYS QUI ONT SIGNE, RATIFIE/ADHERE
TRAITE FAISANT DE L'AFRIQUE UNE ZONE EXEMPTE D'ARMES NUCLEAIRES (TRAITE DE PELINDABA)
01/04/2016
No
COUNTRY/PAYS
DATE OF/DE
SIGNATURE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Rep.
Cape Verde
Chad
Côte d’Ivoire
Comoros
Congo
Djibouti
Democratic Rep. of Congo
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Kenya
Libya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Malawi
Mozambique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Namibia
Nigeria
Niger
Rwanda
South Africa
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sao Tome & Principe
Sudan
Swaziland
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
09/06/1998
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
27/01/1997
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
09/07/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
20/06/2006
11/04/1996
09/07/1996
11/04/1996
23/02/2006
09/07/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
DATE OF/DE
RATIFICATION/
ACCESSION
23/12/1997
08/05/2014
17/07/2007
04/02/1999
12/05/1998
22/06/2009
11/06/2009
18/10/2011
20/05/1999
12/07/2012
18/08/2013
20/12/2002
18/02/2008
18/05/2007
03/09/1996
11/05/2011
23/12/2011
26/05/1999
15/11/2000
12/02/2005
06/03/2002
12/12/2003
27/05/1999
06/03/2009
29/07/2008
10/01/1998
19/04/1996
06/02/2012
20/04/2000
23/01/2007
13/03/1998
27/11/2013
20/09/2006
22/04/2014
13/11/1996
DATE DEPOSITED/
DATE DE DEPOT
11/02/1998
20/06/2014
04/09/2007
16/06/1999
27/08/1998
15/07/2009
28/09/2010
18/01/2012
28/07/1999
24/07/2012
26/11/2013
19/02/2003
13/03/2008
12/06/2007
16/10/1996
27/06/2011
04/01/2012
21/01/2000
09/01/2001
11/05/2005
14/03/2002
23/12/2003
22/07/1999
23/04/2009
28/08/2008
24/02/1998
24/04/1996
01/03/2012
18/06/2001
01/02/2007
27/03/1998
27/01/2014
25/10/2006
23/05/2014
17/07/2000
01/04/2016
No
COUNTRY/PAYS
DATE OF/DE
SIGNATURE
49
50
51
52
53
54
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Total countries : 54
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
11/04/1996
of signature : 51
DATE OF/DE
RATIFICATION/
ACCESSION
27/05/1998
28/06/2000
14/09/2009
28/06/2010
09/02/1998
of ratification : 40
DATE DEPOSITED/
DATE DE DEPOT
19/06/1998
18/07/2000
07/10/2009
18/08/2010
06/04/1998
of deposit : 40
Note
- Adopted in Cairo, Egypt, on 11 April 1996.
- Entered in to force on 15 July 2009.
ADDITIONALLY
Protocols I, II and III of the Treaty of Pelindaba were also signed the same day, 11 April, 1996,
by France, while the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, China, and the
United States of America signed only Protocols I and II. The Russian Federation signed
Protocols I and II on 5 November 1996.
• France has ratified Protocols I, II and III.
• China, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation have ratified Protocols I and II.
• Spain has neither signed nor ratified Protocol III of the Treaty.