Summary of African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
(Treaty of Pelindaba)

Dates of Signature, Ratification and Deposit
(As of February 17, 1998)

Country	Signature	Ratification	Date of Deposit
Algeria	04/11/96	12/23/97	02/11/98
Angola	04/11/96
Benin	04/11/96
Botswana	--
Burkina Faso	04/11/96
Burundi	04/11/96
Cameroon	04/11/96
Cape Verde	04/11/96
Central African Republic	04/11/96
Chad	04/11/96
Comoros	04/11/96
Congo	01/27/97
Cote d'Ivoire	04/11/96
Dem. Rep. of Congo	04/11/96
Djibouti	04/11/96
Egypt	04/11/96
Equatorial Guinea	--
Eritrea	04/11/96
Ethiopia	04/11/96
Gabon	04/11/96
Gambia	04/11/96	09/03/96	10/16/96
Ghana	04/11/96
Guinea	04/11/96
Guinea-Bissau	04/11/96
Kenya	04/11/96
Lesotho	04/11/96
Liberia	07/09/96
Libya	04/11/96
Madagascar	--
Malawi	04/11/96
Mali	04/11/96
Mauritania	04/11/96
Mauritius	04/11/96	04/19/96	04/24/96
Morocco	04/11/96
Mozambique	04/11/96
Namibia	04/11/96
Niger	04/11/96
Nigeria	04/11/96
Rwanda	04/11/96
Sao Tome & Principe	07/09/96
Senegal	04/11/96
Seychelles	07/09/96
Sierra Leone	04/11/96
Somalia	--
South Africa	04/11/96
Sudan	04/11/96
Swaziland	04/11/96
Tanzania	04/11/96
Togo	04/11/96
Tunisia	04/11/96
Uganda	04/11/96
Zambia	04/11/96
Zimbabwe	04/11/96
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Needed for Treaty Entry into Force: 27

PROTOCOL I

Country	Signature	Ratification	Date of Deposit
France	04/11/96	07/31/97	10/10/97
People's Republic of China	04/11/96	09/06/96	09/20/96
Russian Federation	11/05/96
United Kingdom	04/11/96
United States of America	04/11/96

PROTOCOL II

Country	Signature	Ratification	Date of Deposit
France	04/11/96	07/31/97	10/10/97
People's Republic of China	04/11/96	09/06/96	09/20/96
Russian Federation	11/05/96
United Kingdom	04/11/96
United States of America	04/11/96

PROTOCOL III

Country	Signature	Ratification	Date of Deposit
France	04/11/96	07/31/97	10/10/97
Spain