Afghanistan - Office for Disarmament Affairs - Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD)

Afghanistan

Statements at the First Committee of the General Assembly
Disarmament and Arms Control Treaties
Programme of Action

Related News

30th Jun

Disarmament Toolkit 2023 Edition Concluded →
5th Aug

Afghanistan Accedes to the Arms Trade Treaty →
1st May

UNRCPD has published it's Compendium of activities, findings and outcomes on the "Gun Violence and Illicit SALW-Control from a Gender Perspective" Project →
14th Oct

Development of New Warfare Technologies Like ‘Killer Robots’ Raises Concerns in First Committee about Machines Taking ‘Life-and-Death’ Decisions →
16th Jun

Strong collective efforts needed to keep small arms, light weapons from proliferating →

Statements at the First Committee of the General Assembly

Date	Title
15 October, 2015	UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
14 October, 2014	UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
21 October, 2013	UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate: Nuclear Weapons – New Zealand on behalf of Afghanistan and others on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
14 October, 2013	UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate

Disarmament and Arms Control Treaties

Weapons of Mass Destruction
Treaty	Treaty’s Entry into Force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
Antarctic Treaty	23.06.1961
Bangkok Treaty: Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone	27.03.1997
BTWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction	26.03.1975		26.03.1975
CANWFZ: Treaty on the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia	21.03.2009
CPPNM: Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material	08.02.1987			12.09.2003
CPPNM 2005 Amendment	08.05.2016
CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	Not yet entered into force		24.09.2003
CWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction	29.04.1997		24.09.2003
Geneva Protocol: Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare	08.02.1928			09.12.1986
ICSANT: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism	07.07.2007		25.03.2013
NPT: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons	05.03.1970		04.02.1970
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water	10.10.1963		12.03.1964
Treaty of Rarotonga: South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty	11.12.1986
Sea-Bed Treaty: Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof	18.05.1972		22.04.1971

Conventional Weapons
Treaty	Treaty’s Entry into Force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
ATT: Arms Trade Treaty	24.12.2014
CCM: The Convention on Cluster Munitions	01.08.2010		08.09.2011
CCW: Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects	02.12.1983	10.04.1981	09.08.2017
CCW Amendment Article 1	18.05.2004			09.08.2017
CCW protocol I: Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments	02.12.1983	10.04.1981	09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
CCW protocol II: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices	02.12.1983	10.04.1981
CCW Amended Protocol II:Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices	03.12.1998		09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
CCW Protocol III: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons	02.12.1983	10.04.1981	09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
CCW Protocol IV: Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons	30.07.1998			09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
CCW Protocol V: Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War	12.11.2006			09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
The Hague Declaration (IV,3): Declaration (IV,3) concerning Expanding Bullets	04.09.1900
Mine Ban Convention: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction	01.03.1999			11.09.2002
St. Petersburg Declaration: Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles Under 400 Grammes Weight	11.12.1868

Other
Treaty	Treaty’s Entry into Force	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
ENMOD: Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques	05.10.1978			22.10.1985
Treaty on Open Skies	01.01.2002
Outer Space Treaty: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies	10.10.1967		17.03.1988
Click here for more information on disarmament and arms control treaties

Programme of Action

UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA)

PoA Profile of Afghanistan [Click here]

Newsletter Signup

UNRCPD publishes a newsletter three times a year featuring news on the activities of Centre, notable peace, security and disarmament stories from the region, as well as feature comments from experts and partners from the Asia and Pacific regions. Subscribe below to receive the UNRCPD Newsletter direct to your inbox.

Email*
Title*
Name*
First Last
Job Title
Company
Name
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.