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Statements at the First Committee of the General Assembly

Date Title
21 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate: Nuclear Weapons
9 October, 2015 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
10 October, 2014 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
7 October, 2014 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate – Philippines on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
30 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate on Conventional Weapons
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 Philippines and others on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
18 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – Thematic Debate: Nuclear Weapons – Costa Rica on behalf of Philippines and others
9 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
9 October, 2013 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate – Myanmar on behalf of the ASEAN Member States
25 September, 2013 Statement from the High-Level Event in support of progress towards the ATT’s entry into force and implementation
6 October, 2010 UN General Assembly, First Committee – General Debate
7 October, 2008 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    
Bangkok Treaty: Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone 27.03.1997 21.06.2001
BTWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction 26.03.1975 21.05.1973
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 22.09.1981   
CPPNM 2005 Amendment 08.05.2016    
CTBT: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Not yet entered into force 23.02.2001  
CWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction 29.04.1997 11.12.1996
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 08.06.1973
 ICSANT: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism 07.07.2007 15.09.2005  
NPT: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 05.03.1970 05.10.1972  
Partial Test Ban Treaty: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water 10.10.1963 10.11.1965  
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   05.11.1993

 

Conventional Weapons
Treaty Treaty’s
Entry into Force		 Signed Ratified Acceded
ATT: Arms Trade Treaty  24.12.2014  25.09.2013    
CCM: The Convention on Cluster Munitions 01.08.2010 03.12.2008 03.01.2019  
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 15.07.1996
CCW Amendment Article 1 18.05.2004      
CCW protocol I:  Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments 02.12.1983   15.07.1996 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   15.07.1996 Consent to be bound
CCW Amended Protocol II: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices 03.12.1998     12.06.1997 Consent to be bound
CCW Protocol III: Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons 02.12.1983   15.07.1996 Consent to be bound 
CCW Protocol IV: Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons 30.07.1998     12.06.1997 Consent to be bound
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 15.02.2000
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 27.01.1967
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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): 2016 [English]
PoA Profile of Philippines [Click here]