As of November 2011 there are:
111 Signatories to the Convention on Cluster Munitions:
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia. Underlined countries are contaminated by submunitions.
Including:
71 States that have ratified the treaty:
Afghanistan, Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia.
40 States that need to ratify:
Angola, Australia, Benin, Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo-Brazzaville, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, , Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Iceland, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, , Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda.
85 Non-Signatory States:
Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Gabon, Georgia, Greece, Guyana, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niue, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United States, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
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