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Statements at the First Committee of the General Assembly
Disarmament and Arms Control Treaties
Weapons of Mass Destruction | ||||
Treaty | Treaty’s Entry into Force |
Signed | Ratified | Acceded |
Antarctic Treaty | 23.06.1961 | 04.08.1960 | ||
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 | 08.06.1982 | ||
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 | 28.10.1988 | ||
CPPNM 2005 Amendment | 08.05.2016 | 27.06.2014 | ||
CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty | Not yet entered into force | 08.07.1997 | ||
CWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction | 29.04.1997 | 15.09.1995 | ||
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 | 21.05.1970 | ||
ICSANT: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism | 07.07.2007 | 03.08.2007 | ||
NPT: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons | 05.03.1970 | 08.06.1976 | ||
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water | 10.10.1963 | 15.06.1964 | ||
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 | 21.06.1971 |
Conventional Weapons | ||||
Treaty | Treaty’s Entry into Force |
Signed | Ratified | Acceded |
ATT: Arms Trade Treaty | 24.12.2014 | 09.05.2014 | ||
CCM: The Convention on Cluster Munitions | 01.08.2010 | 14.07.2009 | ||
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 | 09.06.1982 | ||
CCW Amendment Article 1 | 18.05.2004 | 10.07.2003 | ||
CCW protocol I: Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments | 02.12.1983 | 09.06.1982 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 | 09.06.1982 Consent to be bound | ||
CCW Amended Protocol II: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices | 03.12.1998 | 10.06.1997 Consent to be bound | ||
CCW Protocol III: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons | 02.12.1983 | 09.06.1982 Consent to be bound | ||
CCW Protocol IV: Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons | 30.07.1998 | 10.06.1997 Consent to be bound | ||
CCW Protocol V: Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War | 12.11.2006 | |||
The Hague Declaration (IV,3): Declaration (IV,3) concerning Expanding Bullets | 04.09.1900 | 06.10.1900 | ||
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 | 30.09.1998 | ||
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 | 09.06.1982 | ||
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 | 10.10.1967 | ||
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Programme of Action
United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA)
National PoA Report (latest): 2016 [English] | ||
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