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	TREATY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN LATIN AMERICA

						       Date of
                              Date of                  Deposit of
Country                       Signature                Ratification

Antigua & Barbuda             10/11/83                 10/11/83 1 
Argentina                     09/27/67

Bahamas, The                                           07/16/76 a
Barbados                      10/18/68                 04/25/69
Belize                        02/14/92
Bolivia                       02/14/67                 02/18/69
Brazil                        05/09/67                 01/29/68 b

Chile                         02/14/67                 10/09/74 b
Colombia                      02/14/67                 08/04/72
Costa Rica                    02/14/67                 08/25/69

Dominica                      05/02/89
Dominican Republic            07/29/67                 06/14/68

Ecuador                       02/14/67                 02/11/69
El Salvador                   02/14/67                 04/22/68

Grenada                       04/29/75                 06/20/75
Guatemala                     02/14/67                 02/06/70

Haiti                         02/14/67                 05/23/69
Honduras                      02/14/67                 09/23/68

Jamaica                       10/26/67                 06/26/69

Mexico                        02/14/67                 09/20/67

Nicaragua                     02/15/67                 10/24/68

Panama                        02/14/67                 06/11/71
Paraguay                      04/26/67                 03/19/69
Peru                          02/14/67                 03/04/69

St. Lucia                     08/25/92
St. Vincent/Grenadines        02/14/92                 02/14/92
Suriname                      02/13/76                 06/10/77

Trinidad & Tobago             06/27/67                 12/03/70 c

Uruguay                       02/14/67                 08/20/68

Venezuela                     02/14/67                 03/23/70

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TOTAL                            29                        26
                                                       (24 in force)
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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.

a  This is date of notification of succession.  The declaration of waiver was 
   deposited 4/26/77, which is date of entry into force for the Bahamas.

b  Not in force.  No declaration of waiver under Art. 28, para 2.

c  The declaration of waiver was deposited 6/27/75, which is date of entry into
   force for Trinidad and Tobago.


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   Additional Protocol I to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear
                       Weapons in Latin America

                                                       Date of
                              Date of                  Deposit of
Country                       Signature                Ratification

France                        03/02/79                 08/24/92
Netherlands                   04/01/68                 07/26/71
United Kingdom                12/20/67                 12/11/69
United States                 05/26/77                 11/23/81


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  Additional Protocol II to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear
                       Weapons in Latin America

                                                       Date of
                              Date of                  Deposit of
Country                       Signature                Ratification

China, People's Republic of   08/21/73                 06/12/74
France                        07/18/73                 03/22/74
Union of Soviet 
  Socialist Republics         05/18/78                 01/08/79
United Kingdom                12/20/67                 12/11/69
United States                 04/01/68                 05/12/71