Malaysia

Disarmament and Arms Control Treaties

Weapons of Mass Destruction - dates are shown in day.month.year
Treaty	Entry into Force of Treaty	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
Antarctic Treaty	23.06.1961
Bangkok Treaty: Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone	28.03.1997		11.10.1996
BTWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction	26.03.1975			06.10.1991
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
CPPNM: Amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material	Not yet entered into force
CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	Not yet entered into force
CWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction	29.04.1997			20.04.2000
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			10.12.1970
NPT: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons	05.03.1970
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water	10.10.1963
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
Conventional Weapons - dates are shown in day.month.year
Treaty	Entry into Force of Treaty	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
CCM: The Convention on Cluster Munitions	Not yet entered into force
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
CCW Amendment Article 1	18.05.2004
CCW protocol I:  Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments	02.12.1983
CCW protocol II: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices	02.12.1983
CCW Amended Protocol II: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices	03.12.1998
CCW Protocol III: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons	02.12.1983
CCW Protocol IV: Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons	30.07.1998
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
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			22.04.1999
St. Petersburg Declaration: Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles Under 400 Grammes Weight	11.12.1868
Other - dates are shown in day.month.year
Treaty	Entry into Force of Treaty	Signed	Ratified	Acceded
ENMOD: Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques	05.10.1978
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
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Military Expenditure Fiscal year Total amount in national currency ( Malaysian Ringgit ) 2007 7,507,498,800   2006 6,742,926,183 2004 6,232,100,700 Click here for more information on military expenditures

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