Cluster Munitions Convention

Ratifications

The Convention entered into force on 1 August 2010. 94 states signed, and four of these ratified the Convention in Oslo on 3-4 December 2008. The Convention is open for accession at the UN Headquarters in New York. This list will be updated with new States Parties as they are recorded.

51 Ratifications (alphabetical order)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Croatia, Denmark, El Salvador, Equador, Fiji, France, Ghana, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, The Holy See, Ireland, Japan, The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Panama, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Zambia.

108 Signatories
(by region)

Africa

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Croatia, Denmark, El Salvador, Equador, Fiji, France, Ghana, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, The Holy See, Ireland, Japan, The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Panama, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Zambia.

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Uruguay.

Asia

Afghanistan, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR and Philippines.

Europe

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, The Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Middle East

Lebanon and Iraq.

Oceania

Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau and Samoa.

States adopting the convention on cluster munitions in 2008 107 states adopted the convention in Dublin on 30 May 2008:

Africa

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Croatia, Denmark, El Salvador, Equador, Fiji, France, Ghana, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, The Holy See, Ireland, Japan, The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Panama, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Zambia.

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Uruguay.

Asia

Afghanistan, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR and Philippines.

Europe

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, The Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Middle East

Lebanon and Iraq.

Oceania

Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau and Samoa.

Text of the Convention