Afghanistan

Disarmament and Arms Control Treaties

Weapons of Mass Destruction
Treaty Treaty’s
Entry into Force
Signed Ratified Acceded
Antarctic Treaty 23.06.1961
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 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 12.09.2003
CPPNM 2005 Amendment 08.05.2016
CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Not yet entered into force 24.09.2003
CWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction 29.04.1997 24.09.2003
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 09.12.1986
ICSANT: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism 07.07.2007 25.03.2013
NPT: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 05.03.1970 04.02.1970
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water 10.10.1963 12.03.1964
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 22.04.1971

 

Conventional Weapons
Treaty Treaty’s
Entry into Force
Signed Ratified Acceded
ATT: Arms Trade Treaty  24.12.2014    
CCM: The Convention on Cluster Munitions 01.08.2010 08.09.2011
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 10.04.1981 09.08.2017
CCW Amendment Article 1 18.05.2004 09.08.2017
CCW protocol I: Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments 02.12.1983 10.04.1981 09.08.2017 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 10.04.1981
CCW Amended Protocol II:Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices 03.12.1998 09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
CCW Protocol III: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons 02.12.1983 10.04.1981 09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
CCW Protocol IV: Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons 30.07.1998 09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
CCW Protocol V: Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War 12.11.2006 09.08.2017 Consent to be bound
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 11.09.2002
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 22.10.1985
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  

 

17.03.1988
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Programme of Action

UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA)

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