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Disarmament and Arms Control Treaties

Weapons of Mass Destruction
Treaty Entry into Force Signed Ratified Acceded
Antarctic Treaty 23 June 1961      
Bangkok Treaty: Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone 28 March 1997      
BTWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction 26 March 1975      
CANWFZ: Treaty on the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia 21 March 2009      
CPPNM:  Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material 8 February 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 April 1997      
Geneva Protocol: Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare 8 February 1928      
NPT: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 5 March 1970      
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water 10 October 1963      
Treaty of Rarotonga: South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty  11 December 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 May 1972      
 
Conventional Weapons
Treaty Entry into Force 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 2 December 1983      
CCW Amendment Article 1 18 May 2004      
CCW protocol I:  Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments, d P 2 December 1983      
CCW protocol II: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices 2 December 1983      
CCW Amended Protocol II: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices 3 December 1998      
CCW Protocol III: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons 2 December 1983      
CCW Protocol IV: Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons 30 July 1998      
CCW Protocol V: Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War 12 November 2006      
The Hague Declaration (IV,3): Declaration (IV,3) concerning Expanding Bullets 4 September 1900      
Mine Ban Convention: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction Not yet entered into force      
St. Petersburg Declaration: Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles Under 400 Grammes Weight 11 December 1868      
 
Other
Treaty Entry into Force Signed Ratified Acceded
ENMOD: Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques 5 October  1978      
Treaty on Open Skies January 1, 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 October 1967      
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Military Expenditure
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Workshop on Small Arms and other Portable Lethal Weapons in Nepal
Sep 22 - Sep 24
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal




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