The Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros last month ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (see GSN, Feb. 3).
The island nation deposited its instrument of ratification on Aug. 18 with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague, and is set to become the 179th treaty member on Sept. 17, according to an agency release.
All but six of the 53 African nations have now joined the treaty (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons release, Aug. 31).