Environment & climate
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Source: UN Treaty Collection · scraped 2026-09-26
Figures below count the 193 UN member states separately from other parties to this treaty (international organizations and non-member observer states) — a treaty can have more parties than there are UN member states.
182/193
RatifiedUN member states
186 in total, incl. 4 non-UN members (Cook Islands, European Union, Niue, State of Palestine)
5
Signed, not ratifiedUN member states
0
WithdrawnUN member states
6
No actionUN member states
| Country | Signature | Ratification | Withdrawal | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | — | 2013-02-20(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Albania | 2001-12-05 | 2004-10-04 | — | Ratified |
| Algeria | 2001-09-05 | 2006-09-22 | — | Ratified |
| Andorra | — | — | — | No action |
| Angola | — | 2006-10-23(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2001-05-23 | 2003-09-10 | — | Ratified |
| Argentina | 2001-05-23 | 2005-01-25 | — | Ratified |
| Armenia | 2001-05-23 | 2003-11-26 | — | Ratified |
| Australia | 2001-05-23 | 2004-05-20 | — | Ratified |
| Austria | 2001-05-23 | 2002-08-27 | — | Ratified |
| Azerbaijan | — | 2004-01-13(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bahamas | 2002-03-20 | 2005-10-03 | — | Ratified |
| Bahrain | 2002-05-22 | 2006-01-31 | — | Ratified |
| Bangladesh | 2001-05-23 | 2007-03-12 | — | Ratified |
| Barbados | — | 2004-06-07(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Belarus | — | 2004-02-03(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Belgium | 2001-05-23 | 2006-05-25 | — | Ratified |
| Belize | 2002-05-14 | 2010-01-25 | — | Ratified |
| Benin | 2001-05-23 | 2004-01-05 | — | Ratified |
| Bhutan | — | — | — | No action |
| Bolivia | 2001-05-23 | 2003-06-03 | — | Ratified |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2001-05-23 | 2010-03-30 | — | Ratified |
| Botswana | — | 2002-10-28(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Brazil | 2001-05-23 | 2004-06-16 | — | Ratified |
| Brunei Darussalam | 2002-05-21 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Bulgaria | 2001-05-23 | 2004-12-20 | — | Ratified |
| Burkina Faso | 2001-05-23 | 2004-12-31 | — | Ratified |
| Burundi | 2002-04-02 | 2005-08-02 | — | Ratified |
| Cabo Verde | — | 2006-03-01(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Cambodia | 2001-05-23 | 2006-08-25 | — | Ratified |
| Cameroon | 2001-10-05 | 2009-05-19 | — | Ratified |
| Canada | 2001-05-23 | 2001-05-23 | — | Ratified |
| Central African Republic | 2002-05-09 | 2008-02-12 | — | Ratified |
| Chad | 2002-05-16 | 2004-03-10 | — | Ratified |
| Chile | 2001-05-23 | 2005-01-20 | — | Ratified |
| China | 2001-05-23 | 2004-08-13 | — | Ratified |
| Colombia | 2001-05-23 | 2008-10-22 | — | Ratified |
| Comoros | 2001-05-23 | 2007-02-23 | — | Ratified |
| Congo | 2001-12-04 | 2007-02-12 | — | Ratified |
| Cook IslandsNon-UN member | — | 2004-06-29(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Costa Rica | 2002-04-16 | 2007-02-06 | — | Ratified |
| Croatia | 2001-05-23 | 2007-01-30 | — | Ratified |
| Cuba | 2001-05-23 | 2007-12-21 | — | Ratified |
| Cyprus | — | 2005-03-07(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Czech Republic | 2001-05-23 | 2002-08-06 | — | Ratified |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2001-05-23 | 2004-01-20 | — | Ratified |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | — | 2002-08-26(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | — | 2005-03-23(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Denmark | 2001-05-23 | 2003-12-17 | — | Ratified |
| Djibouti | 2001-11-15 | 2004-03-11 | — | Ratified |
| Dominica | — | 2003-08-08(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Dominican Republic | 2001-05-23 | 2007-05-04 | — | Ratified |
| Ecuador | 2001-08-28 | 2004-06-07 | — | Ratified |
| Egypt | 2002-05-17 | 2003-05-02 | — | Ratified |
| El Salvador | 2001-07-30 | 2008-05-27 | — | Ratified |
| Equatorial Guinea | — | 2019-12-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Eritrea | — | 2005-03-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Estonia | — | 2008-11-07(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Eswatini | — | 2006-01-13(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ethiopia | 2002-05-17 | 2003-01-09 | — | Ratified |
| European UnionNon-UN member | 2001-05-23 | 2004-11-16(Approval) | — | Ratified |
| Fiji | 2001-06-14 | 2001-06-20 | — | Ratified |
| Finland | 2001-05-23 | 2002-09-03(Acceptance) | — | Ratified |
| France | 2001-05-23 | 2004-02-17(Approval) | — | Ratified |
| Gabon | 2002-05-21 | 2007-05-07 | — | Ratified |
| Gambia | 2001-05-23 | 2006-04-28 | — | Ratified |
| Georgia | 2001-05-23 | 2006-10-04 | — | Ratified |
| Germany | 2001-05-23 | 2002-04-25 | — | Ratified |
| Ghana | 2001-05-23 | 2003-05-30 | — | Ratified |
| Greece | 2001-05-23 | 2006-05-03 | — | Ratified |
| Grenada | — | 2021-10-15(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Guatemala | 2002-01-29 | 2008-07-30 | — | Ratified |
| Guinea | 2001-05-23 | 2007-12-11 | — | Ratified |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2002-04-24 | 2008-08-06 | — | Ratified |
| Guyana | — | 2007-09-12(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Haiti | 2001-05-23 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Honduras | 2002-05-17 | 2005-05-23 | — | Ratified |
| Hungary | 2001-05-23 | 2008-03-14 | — | Ratified |
| Iceland | 2001-05-23 | 2002-05-29 | — | Ratified |
| India | 2002-05-14 | 2006-01-13 | — | Ratified |
| Indonesia | 2001-05-23 | 2009-09-28 | — | Ratified |
| Iran | 2001-05-23 | 2006-02-06 | — | Ratified |
| Iraq | — | 2016-03-08(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ireland | 2001-05-23 | 2010-08-05 | — | Ratified |
| Israel | 2001-07-30 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Italy | 2001-05-23 | 2022-09-29 | — | Ratified |
| Jamaica | 2001-05-23 | 2007-06-01 | — | Ratified |
| Japan | — | 2002-08-30(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Jordan | 2002-01-18 | 2004-11-08 | — | Ratified |
| Kazakhstan | 2001-05-23 | 2007-11-09 | — | Ratified |
| Kenya | 2001-05-23 | 2004-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| Kiribati | 2002-04-04 | 2004-09-07 | — | Ratified |
| Kuwait | 2001-05-23 | 2006-06-12 | — | Ratified |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2002-05-16 | 2006-12-12 | — | Ratified |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2002-03-05 | 2006-06-28 | — | Ratified |
| Latvia | 2001-05-23 | 2004-10-28 | — | Ratified |
| Lebanon | 2001-05-23 | 2003-01-03 | — | Ratified |
| Lesotho | 2002-01-23 | 2002-01-23 | — | Ratified |
| Liberia | — | 2002-05-23(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Libya | — | 2005-06-14(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Liechtenstein | 2001-05-23 | 2004-12-03 | — | Ratified |
| Lithuania | 2002-05-17 | 2006-12-05 | — | Ratified |
| Luxembourg | 2001-05-23 | 2003-02-07 | — | Ratified |
| Madagascar | 2001-09-24 | 2005-11-18 | — | Ratified |
| Malawi | 2002-05-22 | 2009-02-27 | — | Ratified |
| Malaysia | 2002-05-16 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Maldives | — | 2006-10-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Mali | 2001-05-23 | 2003-09-05 | — | Ratified |
| Malta | 2001-05-23 | 2017-01-17 | — | Ratified |
| Marshall Islands | — | 2003-01-27(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Mauritania | 2001-08-08 | 2005-07-22 | — | Ratified |
| Mauritius | 2001-05-23 | 2004-07-13 | — | Ratified |
| Mexico | 2001-05-23 | 2003-02-10 | — | Ratified |
| Micronesia | 2001-07-31 | 2005-07-15 | — | Ratified |
| Monaco | 2001-05-23 | 2004-10-20 | — | Ratified |
| Mongolia | 2002-05-17 | 2004-04-30 | — | Ratified |
| Montenegro | 2006-10-23 | 2011-03-31 | — | Ratified |
| Morocco | 2001-05-23 | 2004-06-15 | — | Ratified |
| Mozambique | 2001-05-23 | 2005-10-31 | — | Ratified |
| Myanmar | — | 2004-04-19(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Namibia | — | 2005-06-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Nauru | 2002-05-09 | 2002-05-09 | — | Ratified |
| Nepal | 2002-04-05 | 2007-03-06 | — | Ratified |
| Netherlands | 2001-05-23 | 2002-01-28(Acceptance) | — | Ratified |
| New Zealand | 2001-05-23 | 2004-09-24 | — | Ratified |
| Nicaragua | 2001-05-23 | 2005-12-01 | — | Ratified |
| Niger | 2001-10-12 | 2006-04-12 | — | Ratified |
| Nigeria | 2001-05-23 | 2004-05-24 | — | Ratified |
| NiueNon-UN member | 2002-03-12 | 2005-09-02 | — | Ratified |
| North Macedonia | 2001-05-23 | 2004-05-27 | — | Ratified |
| Norway | 2001-05-23 | 2002-07-11 | — | Ratified |
| Oman | 2002-03-04 | 2005-01-19 | — | Ratified |
| Pakistan | 2001-12-06 | 2008-04-17 | — | Ratified |
| Palau | 2002-03-28 | 2011-09-08 | — | Ratified |
| Panama | 2001-05-23 | 2003-03-05 | — | Ratified |
| Papua New Guinea | 2001-05-23 | 2003-10-07 | — | Ratified |
| Paraguay | 2001-10-12 | 2004-04-01 | — | Ratified |
| Peru | 2001-05-23 | 2005-09-14 | — | Ratified |
| Philippines | 2001-05-23 | 2004-02-27 | — | Ratified |
| Poland | 2001-05-23 | 2008-10-23 | — | Ratified |
| Portugal | 2001-05-23 | 2004-07-15(Acceptance) | — | Ratified |
| Qatar | — | 2004-12-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Republic of Korea | 2001-10-04 | 2007-01-25 | — | Ratified |
| Moldova | 2001-05-23 | 2004-04-07 | — | Ratified |
| Romania | 2001-05-23 | 2004-10-28 | — | Ratified |
| Russian Federation | 2002-05-22 | 2011-08-17 | — | Ratified |
| Rwanda | — | 2002-06-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Samoa | 2001-05-23 | 2002-02-04 | — | Ratified |
| San Marino | — | — | — | No action |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2002-04-03 | 2006-04-12 | — | Ratified |
| Saudi Arabia | 2002-03-14 | 2012-07-25 | — | Ratified |
| Senegal | 2001-05-23 | 2003-10-08 | — | Ratified |
| Serbia | 2002-05-02 | 2009-07-31 | — | Ratified |
| Seychelles | 2002-03-25 | 2008-06-03 | — | Ratified |
| Sierra Leone | — | 2003-09-26(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Singapore | 2001-05-23 | 2005-05-24 | — | Ratified |
| Slovakia | 2001-05-23 | 2002-08-05 | — | Ratified |
| Slovenia | 2001-05-23 | 2004-05-04 | — | Ratified |
| Solomon Islands | — | 2004-07-28(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Somalia | — | 2010-07-26(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| South Africa | 2001-05-23 | 2002-09-04 | — | Ratified |
| South Sudan | — | — | — | No action |
| Spain | 2001-05-23 | 2004-05-28 | — | Ratified |
| Sri Lanka | 2001-09-05 | 2005-12-22 | — | Ratified |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | 2004-05-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Saint Lucia | — | 2002-10-04(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | 2005-09-15(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| State of PalestineNon-UN member | — | 2017-12-29(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Sudan | 2001-05-23 | 2006-08-29 | — | Ratified |
| Suriname | 2002-05-22 | 2011-09-20 | — | Ratified |
| Sweden | 2001-05-23 | 2002-05-08 | — | Ratified |
| Switzerland | 2001-05-23 | 2003-07-30 | — | Ratified |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2002-02-15 | 2005-08-05 | — | Ratified |
| Tajikistan | 2002-05-21 | 2007-02-08 | — | Ratified |
| Thailand | 2002-05-22 | 2005-01-31 | — | Ratified |
| Timor-Leste | — | — | — | No action |
| Togo | 2001-05-23 | 2004-07-22 | — | Ratified |
| Tonga | 2002-05-21 | 2009-10-23 | — | Ratified |
| Trinidad and Tobago | — | 2002-12-13(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Tunisia | 2001-05-23 | 2004-06-17 | — | Ratified |
| Turkmenistan | — | — | — | No action |
| Tuvalu | — | 2004-01-19(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Türkiye | 2001-05-23 | 2009-10-14 | — | Ratified |
| Uganda | — | 2004-07-20(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ukraine | 2001-05-23 | 2007-09-25 | — | Ratified |
| United Arab Emirates | 2001-05-23 | 2002-07-11 | — | Ratified |
| United Kingdom | 2001-12-11 | 2005-01-17 | — | Ratified |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 2001-05-23 | 2004-04-30 | — | Ratified |
| United States of America | 2001-05-23 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Uruguay | 2001-05-23 | 2004-02-09 | — | Ratified |
| Uzbekistan | — | 2019-06-28(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Vanuatu | 2002-05-21 | 2005-09-16 | — | Ratified |
| Venezuela | 2001-05-23 | 2005-04-19 | — | Ratified |
| Viet Nam | 2001-05-23 | 2002-07-22 | — | Ratified |
| Yemen | 2001-12-05 | 2004-01-09 | — | Ratified |
| Zambia | 2001-05-23 | 2006-07-07 | — | Ratified |
| Zimbabwe | 2001-05-23 | 2012-03-01 | — | Ratified |