Disarmament

XXVI. Disarmament

1. Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, 1925	7. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (Biological Weapons Convention), 1972
2. The Antarctic Treaty, 1959	8. 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 and Protocols, 1980
3. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test-Ban Treaty), 1963	9. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction, 1993
4. Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 1967	10. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1996
5. Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968	11. The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty), 1995
6. 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 (Seabed Treaty), 1971	12. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 1997

Reference Sources:

Status of Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament Agreements, 5th ed., 1996 (Sales No. E.97.IX.3)

WWW Sources:

Multilaterals Project (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy)

Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the United Nations Secretary-General

U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

International Atomic Energy Agency

The Chemical Weapons Convention Website

NGO Committee on Disarmament

Department of Disarmament Affairs, United Nations

Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

United States Department of Energy

XXVI. Disarmament
No.1 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare Description / Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 17 June 1925
Done at: Geneva
Entry into force: for each signatory as from the date of deposit of its ratification; accessions take effect on the date of the notification by the depositary Government
Reference: v94, League of Nations Treaty Series, No. 2138 (1929).
Depositary Government: France

Status: acceded on 24 May 1930; Reservation:

"Subject to the reservations that His Majesty is bound by the said Protocol only towards those Powers and States which have both signed and ratified the Protocol or have acceded thereto, and that His Majesty shall cease to be bound by the Protocol towards any Power at enmity with Him whose armed forces, or the armed forces of whose allies, do not respect the Protocol."

On 20 October 1996, the depositary Government (France) informed all States Parties that South Africa had withdrawn the reservation it had expressed at the time of its accession to the Protocol

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No.2 The Antarctic Treaty Description / Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 1 December 1959
Done at: Washington D.C.
Entry into force: 23 June 1961 in accordance with art.XIII
Reference: v402 U.N.T.S. p71
Depositary Government: U.S.A.

Status: ratified on 21 June 1960 (original signatory); in force for South Africa on 23 June 1961

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No.3 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test-Ban Treaty) Description / Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 5 August 1963 (original parties); open for signature on 8 August 1963
Done at: London, Moscow and Washington D.C.
Entry into force: 10 October 1963 in accordance with art.III
Reference: v480 U.N.T.S. p43
Depositary Governments: U.K., U.S.S.R. (Russia), and U.S.A.

Status: acceded to London text on 10 October 1963, Washington D.C. text on 10 October 1963, and Moscow text on 22 November 1963

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No.4 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies Description / Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 27 January 1967
Done at: London, Moscow and Washington D.C.
Entry into force: 10 October 1967 in accordance with art.XIV
Reference: G.A. Res. 2222 (XXI), annex; v610 U.N.T.S. p205
Depositary Governments: U.K., U.S.S.R. (Russia), and U.S.A.

Status: signed Washington D.C. text on 1 March 1967; ratified Washington D.C. text on 30 September 1968; ratified London text on 8 October 1968

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No.5 Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Description / Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 1 July 1968
Done at: London, Moscow and Washington D.C.
Entry into force: 5 March 1970 in accordance with art.IX
Reference: v729 U.N.T.S. p169
Depositary Governments: U.K., U.S.S.R. (Russia), and U.S.A.

Status: acceded to the Washington D.C. text on 10 July 1991

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No.6 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 Description / Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 11 February 1971
Done at: London, Moscow and Washington D.C.
Entry into force: 18 May 1972 in accordance with art.X
Reference: G.A. Res. 2660 (XXV), annex; v955 U.N.T.S. p115
Depositary Governments: U.K., U.S.S.R. (Russia), and U.S.A.

Status: signed Washington D.C. text on 11 February 1971, ratified Washington D.C. text on 14 November 1973, and ratified London text on 26 November 1973

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No.7 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction Description / Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 10 April 1972
Done at: London, Moscow and Washington D.C.
Entry into force: 26 March 1975 in accordance with art.XIV
Reference: G.A. Res. 2826 (XXVI), annex of 16 December 1971; v1015 U.N.T.S. p163
Depositary Governments: U.K., U.S.S.R. (Russia), and U.S.A.

Status: signed Washington D.C. text on 11 April 1972, ratified Washington D.C. text on 3 November 1975

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No.8 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 and Protocols Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 10 October 1980; opened for signature on 10 April 1981
Done at: Geneva
Entry into force: 2 December 1983 in accordance with art. 5 par.1 and 3
Reference: v1342 U.N.T.S. p137
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: acceded on 13 September 1995

Protocol I

Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments annexed to the 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 Full Text / Current Parties Date: 10 October 1980
Done at: Geneva
Reference: v1342 U.N.T.S. p137
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: accepted on 13 September 1995

Protocol II

Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices annexed to the 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 Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 10 October 1980
Done at: Geneva
Reference: v1342 U.N.T.S. p137
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: accepted on 13 September 1995

Protocol II as amended on 3 May 1996

Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 annexed to the 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 Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 3 May 1996
Done at: Adopted by the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention at Geneva on 3 May 1996
Entry into Force: Not yet in force
Reference: Doc. CCW/CONF.I/16 (Part I)
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: accepted on 26 June 1998; Declaration:

"In respect of articles 1 and 2 (3): [Same declarations, mutatis mutandis, as those made by Ireland:]

Article 1
'It is the understanding of Ireland that the provisions of the amended Protocol which by their contents or nature may be applied also in peacetime, shall be observed at all times.'

Article 2 (3)
'It is the understanding of Ireland that the word 'primarily' is included in article 2, paragraph 3 of the amended Protocol to clarify that mines designed to be detonated by the presence, proximity or contact of a vehicle as opposed to a person, that are equipped with anti-handling devices are not considered anti-personnel mines as a result of being so equipped.'

In respect of article 5, paragraph 2 (b)

' It is understood that article 5 (2)(b) does not preclude agreement among the States concerned, in connection with peace treaties or similar arrangements, to allocate responsibilities under this paragraph in another manner which nevertheless respects the essential spirit and purpose of the Article.'"

Protocol III

Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons annexed to the 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 Full Text / Current Parties Date: 10 October 1980
Done at: Geneva
Reference: v1342 U.N.T.S. p137
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: accepted on 13 September 1995

Protocol IV

Additional Protocol to the 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 "Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV)" Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 13 October 1995
Done at: Adopted at the 8th Plenary meeting of the States Parties on 13 October 1995
Entry into Force: Not yet in force
Reference: Doc. CCW/CONF.I/16 (Part I)
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: accepted on 26 June 1998; Declaration:

"[ Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Australia:] It is the understanding of the Government of Australia that the provisions of Protocol IV shall apply in all circumstances."

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No.9 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 13 January 1993
Done at: Paris
Entry into force: 29 April 1997 in accordance with art. 21(1)
Reference: Doc.CD/CW/WP.400/Rev.1
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: Signed on 14 January 1993 and ratified on 13 September 1995

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No.10 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Background / Summary / Full Text (.pdf)/ Current Parties

Date: 10 September 1996; opened for signature on 24 September 1996
Done at: New York
Entry into force: Not yet in force (art.XIV)
Reference: Doc. A/50/1027
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: Signed on 24 September 1996; ratified on 30 March 1999

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No.11 The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty) Full Text / Current Parties / Cairo Declaration

Date: 21-23 June 1995; opened for signature on 11 April 1996
Done at: Addis Ababa
Entry into force: Not yet in force (art.18)
Reference: v35 I.L.M. p698 (1996); U.N. Doc. A/50/426.
Depositary: Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity

Status: signed on 11 April 1996; ratified on 27 March 1998

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No.12 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction Full Text / Current Parties

Date: 18 September 1997; open for signature on 3 December 1997
Done at: Oslo
Entry into force: 1 March 1999 in accordance with art.17
Reference:
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Status: signed on 3 December 1997; ratified on 26 June 1998 (Declaration of provisional application of paragraph 1 of article 1, in accordance with article 18)