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Statements at the First Committee of the General Assembly

Date Title
30 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Other Disarmament Measures and International Security
14 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
20 October, 2014 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons
17 October, 2014 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Disarmament Machinery
8 October, 2014 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
17 June, 2014 UNPoA 5th Biennial Meeting of States – Consideration of the Implementation of the International Tracing Instrument
16 June, 2014 UNPoA 5th Biennial Meeting of States – Stockpile management, including physical security measures
21 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate: Nuclear Weapons
21 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate: Nuclear Weapons – New Zealand on behalf of Malaysia and others on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
18 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate: Nuclear Weapons – Nigeria on behalf of Malaysia and others
9 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate – Myanmar on behalf of the ASEAN Member States
8 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
8 October, 2010 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
8 October, 2009 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate

Disarmament and Arms Control Treaties

Weapons of Mass Destruction
Treaty Treaty’s
Entry into Force		 Signed Ratified Acceded
Antarctic Treaty 23.06.1961 31.10.2011
Bangkok Treaty: Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone 27.03.1997 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 06.09.1991
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 2005 Amendment 08.05.2016  
CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Not yet entered into force 17.01.2008
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
ICSANT: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism   07.07.2007 16.09.2005
NPT: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 05.03.1970 05.03.1970
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water 10.10.1963 15.07.1964
TPNW: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20.09.2017
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 21.06.1972

 

Conventional Weapons
Treaty Treaty’s
Entry into Force		 Signed Ratified Acceded
ATT: Arms Trade Treaty  24.12.2014 26.09.2013    
CCM: The Convention on Cluster Munitions 01.08.2010    
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
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
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 20.02.1967
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Programme of Action

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

National PoA Report (latest): 2012 [English]
PoA Profile of Malaysia [Click here]

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
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UN Register of Conventional Arms

Calendar year File Type File Size
2008 52.51 KB
2005 53.52 KB