Angola, Somalia and Egypt and now South Sudan, which in July 2011 became the 193rd member state of the United Nations (UN), are among only eight countries that are not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). With 188 states parties, the Convention is one of the most successful international treaties and with the 3rd Five-Year Review Conference of the Convention scheduled for April 2013, the time for action has come. Angola, like the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, Somalia, South Sudan and the Syrian Arab Republic, has not even signed the Treaty. Israel and Burma have signed but not ratified.
