Nepal

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
BTWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction	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
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			18.11.1997
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			09.05.1969
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
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 (Millions of Nepalese Rupees) 2008/2009  12,445.58 2007/2008 10,645 2006/2007 10,519 Click here for more information on military expenditures

UN Programme of Action (PoA) to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects Click here for PoA Profile of Nepal     Recent Statements on Peace and Disarmament Related Issues Date Title File Type File Size October 07, 2009 Statements from First Committee 2009 - General Debate - Madhu Raman Acharya, Minister Counsellor to the Permanent Mission 159.01 KB