Saint Vincent and the Grenadines deposited its instrument of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention with the United Nations Secretary-General on 18 September 2002. St Vincent and the Grenadines will become the 146th State Party to the Convention on 18 October 2002, thirty days after the deposit of its instrument of ratification.
It is the third member from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), after Dominica and Saint Lucia, to join the Convention. St Vincent and the Grenadines ratification provides fresh political impetus for other members of the OECS and the broader Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which have yet to ratify or accede to the Convention to follow suit.
The number of signatory States—those that have signed the Convention, but which have yet to ratify it—has now been reduced to 28.
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