Japan

Related News

Statements at the First Committee of the General Assembly

Date Title
23 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Outer Space (disarmament aspects)
23 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Other Weapons of Mass Destruction
22 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Joint ad hoc meeting of the First and Fourth Committees
21 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons
12 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
9 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate – Japan on behalf of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI)
20 October, 2014 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons on behalf of Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI)
20 October, 2014 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons
10 October, 2014 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
16 June, 2014 UNPoA 5th Biennial Meeting of States – Stockpile management, including physical security measures
30 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on disarmament and non-Proliferation education
29 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Conventional Weapons
25 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on other weapons of mass destruction
21 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons – New Zealand on behalf of Japan and others on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
21 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons – Australia on behalf of Japan and others on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
17 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons
7 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
25 September, 2013 The Arms Trade Treaty: “Towards entry into force” High Level Event – Statement of the Arms Trade Treaty co-authors
5 October, 2010 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
6 October, 2009 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 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  
Click here for more information on UN Treaties

 

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]
PoA Profile of Japan [Click here]