SEABED ARMS CONTROL TREATY
Date of Date of
Date 1 of Deposit 1 of Deposit 1 of
Country Signature Ratification Accession
Afghanistan 02/11/71 04/22/71
Algeria 01/27/92
Antigua & Barbuda 03/21/83 11/16/88
Argentina 09/03/71
Australia 02/11/71 01/23/73
Austria 02/11/71 08/10/72
Bahamas, The 06/07/89
Belgium 02/11/71 11/20/72
Benin 03/18/71 07/02/86
Bolivia 02/11/71
Botswana 02/11/71 11/10/72
Brazil 09/03/71 05/10/88
Bulgaria 02/11/71 04/16/71
Burma 02/11/71
Burundi 02/11/71
Byelorussian S.S.R.2 03/03/71 09/14/71
Cameroon 11/11/71
Canada 02/11/71 05/17/72
Cape Verde 10/24/79
Central African
Republic 02/11/71 07/09/81
China, People's
Republic of 02/28/91
China (Taiwan) 4 02/11/71 02/22/72
Colombia 02/11/71
Congo, People's
Republic of
(Brazzaville) 10/23/78
Costa Rica 02/11/71
Cote d'Ivoire 01/14/72
Croatia* 10/08/91
Cyprus 02/11/71 11/17/71
Cuba 06/03/77
Czechoslovakia 02/11/71 01/11/72
Denmark 02/11/71 06/15/71
Dominican Republic 02/11/71 02/11/72
Equatorial Guinea 06/04/71
Ethiopia 02/11/71 07/14/77
Finland 02/11/71 06/08/71
Gambia, The 05/18/71
German Democratic
Republic 02/11/71 07/27/71
Germany, Federal
Republic of 06/08/71 11/18/75
Ghana 02/11/71 08/09/72
Greece 02/11/71 05/28/85
Guatemala 02/11/71
Guinea 02/11/71
Guinea-Bissau 08/20/76
Honduras 02/11/71
Hungary 02/11/71 08/13/71
Iceland 02/11/71 05/30/72
India 07/20/73
Iran 02/11/71 08/26/71
Iraq 02/22/71 09/13/72
Ireland 02/11/71 08/19/71
Italy 02/11/71 09/03/74
Jamaica 10/11/71 07/30/86
Japan 02/11/71 06/21/71
Jordan 02/11/71 08/17/71
Kampuchea 02/11/71
Korea, Republic of 02/11/71 06/25/86
Laos 02/11/71 10/19/71
Latvia 08/18/92
Lebanon 02/11/71
Lesotho 09/08/71 04/03/73
Liberia 02/11/71
Liechtenstein 05/30/91
Luxembourg 02/11/71 11/11/82
Madagascar 09/14/71
Malaysia 05/20/71 06/21/72
Mali 02/11/71
Malta 02/11/71 05/04/71
Mauritius 02/11/71 04/23/71
Mexico 3/23/84
Mongolia 02/11/71 10/08/71
Morocco 02/11/71 07/26/71
Nepal 02/11/71 07/06/71
Netherlands 02/11/71 01/14/76
New Zealand 02/11/71 02/24/72
Nicaragua 02/11/71 02/07/73
Niger 02/11/71 08/09/71
Norway 02/11/71 06/28/71
Panama 02/11/71 03/20/74
Paraguay 02/23/71
Philippines 11/05/92
Poland 02/11/71 11/15/71
Portugal 06/24/75
Qatar 11/12/74
Romania 02/11/71 07/10/72
Rwanda 02/11/71 05/20/75
St. Christopher-Nevis 09/19/83 1
St. Lucia 02/22/79 1
St. Vincent and the
Grenadines 10/27/79 1
Sao Tome and Principe 08/24/79
Saudi Arabia 01/07/72 06/23/72
Senegal 03/17/71
Seychelles 03/12/85 1
Sierra Leone 02/11/71
Singapore 05/05/71 09/10/76
Slovenia* 04/13/92
Slovak Republic* 10/08/91
Solomon Islands 07/07/78 1
South Africa 02/11/71 11/14/73
Spain 07/15/87
Sudan 02/11/71
Swaziland 02/11/71 08/09/71
Sweden 02/11/71 04/28/72
Switzerland 02/11/71 05/04/76
Tanzania 02/11/71
Togo 04/02/71 06/28/71
Tunisia 02/11/71 10/22/71
Turkey 02/25/71 10/19/72
Ukrainian S.S.R.2 03/03/71 09/03/71
Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics02/11/71 05/18/72
United Kingdom 02/11/71 05/18/72
United States 02/11/71 05/18/72
Uruguay 02/11/71
Vietnam 06/20/80
Yemen Arab
Republic (Sanaa) 02/23/71
Yemen, People's
Democratic Rep.
of (Aden) 02/23/71 06/01/79
Yugoslavia 03/02/71 10/25/73
Zambia 10/09/72
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Total 3 89 66 28
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* notification of succession
1 Dates given are the earliest dates on which countries signed the agreements or deposited
their ratifications or accessions -- whether in Washington, London, Moscow, or New York.
In the case of a country that was a dependent territory which became a party through
succession, the date given is the date on which the country gave notice that it would
continue to be bound by the terms of the agreement.
2 The United States regards the signature and ratification by the Byelorussian S.S.R. and
the Ukrainian S.S.R. as already included under the signature and ratification of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
3 This total does not include actions by the Byelorussian S.S.R. and the Ukrainian S.S.R.
(See footnote 2.)
4 Effective January 1, 1979, the United States recognized the Government of the People's
Republic of China as the sole government of China.