Chemical

Biological

Country

Program Status

Possible Agents

Signed CWC

Ratified CWC

Program Status

Possible Agents

Signed BWC

Ratified BWC

Algeria

Possible

Unknown

01/13/93

08/14/95

Research effort, but no evidence of production

Unknown

-

07/22/2001^*

Canada

Former program

-mustard -phosgene -lewisite

01/13/93

09/26/95

Former program Started: 1941 Ended: 1945

Past Weaponized Agents -anthrax Research -brucellosis -rocky mountain spotted fever -plague -tularemia -typhoid -yellow fever -dysentery -rinderpest -botulinum toxin -ricin

04/10/72

09/18/72

China

Probable

Unknown

01/13/93

04/25/97

Likely maintains an offensive capability

Unknown

-

11/15/84^*

Cuba

Possible

Unknown

01/13/93

04/29/97

Probable research program

Unknown

04/10/72

04/21/76

Egypt

Probable

-mustard -phosgene -sarin -VX

No

No

Likely maintains an offensive program

Unknown

10/04/72

No

Ethiopia

Probable

Unknown

01/14/93

05/13/96

-

-

04/10/72

05/26/75

France

Former program

-mustard -phosgene

01/13/93

03/02/95

Former program Started: 1921 Ended: 1940 (dormant 1927-1934) 1940-1945 (German occupation)

Past Weaponized Agents -potato beetle Research -anthrax -salmonella -cholera -rinderpest -botulinum toxin -ricin

-

09/27/84*

Germany

Former program

-phosgene -hydrogen cyanide -mustard -tabun -sarin -soman

01/13/93

08/12/94

Former program Started: 1915 Ended: 1945 (dormant 1919-1939)

Past Weaponized Agents -glanders (WW 1) -anthrax (WW I) Research -foot and mouth disease -plague -rinderpest -typhus -yellow fever -potato beetle -potato blight

04/10/72

11/28/72

India

Former program

Unknown

01/14/93

09/03/96

Research program, but no evidence of production

Unknown

01/15/73

07/15/74

Iran

Known

-mustard -sarin -hydrogen cyanide -cyanogen chloride -phosgene

01/13/93

11/03/97

Likely maintains an offensive program

-anthrax -foot and mouth disease -botulinum toxin -mycotoxins

04/10/72

08/22/73