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Convention Entry Into Force (EIF)
29 April 1997
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Membership
States Parties to the Convention: 193
Signatory States: 1
Non-signatory States: 3
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Population
World population living under the protection of the Convention: 98%
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Budget
2024: €80,490,221
Destruction Progress
As of 31 March 2024
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Stockpile Destruction
World’s declared chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed: 100%
Total declared stockpiles of chemical agents: 72,304 metric tonnes
Total destroyed stockpiles of chemical agents: 72,304 metric tonnes
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Chemical Weapons Production Facilities (CWPF)
Declared: 97
Destroyed: 74
Converted for peaceful purpose: 23
Remaining inspectable facilities/sites: 4
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 3
Inspections since EIF: 523
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Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities (CWDF)
Inspections since EIF: 2,056
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 1
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Chemical Weapons Storage Facilities (CWSF)
Inspections since EIF: 529
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 0
Inspectable facilities/sites: 0
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Old Chemical Weapons (OCW)
Inspections since EIF: 179
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 9
Inspectable facilities/sites: 11
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Abandoned Chemical Weapons (ACW)
Inspections since EIF: 163
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 2
Inspectable facilities/sites: 16
Industry Verification
As of 31 March 2024
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Industry Inspections
Industrial facilities subject to inspection: 5,022
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Schedule 1
Inspections since EIF: 356
States with declared facilities: 24
Inspectable facilities: 28
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Schedule 2
Inspections since EIF: 1,066
States with declared plant sites: 24
Inspectable plant sites: 226
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Schedule 3
Inspections since EIF: 532
States with declared plant sites: 29
Inspectable plant sites: 360
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Other Chemical Production Facilities (OCPF)
Inspections since EIF: 2,648
States with declared plant sites: 80
Inspectable plant sites: 4,408
Verification Capacity
As of 31 March 2024
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OPCW Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 26
Biomedical: 19
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States with Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 21
Biomedical: 14
CWC Implementing Legislation
As of 31 December 2023
* “initial measures” = minimum set of legislative measures deemed necessary for a non-possessor CWC State Party