Solomon Islands
Statements at the First Committee of the General Assembly
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 | 17.06.1981 | ||
| 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 | 03.10.1996 | ||
| CWC: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction | 29.04.1997 | 23.09.2004 | ||
| 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 | 01.06.1981 | ||
| ICSANT: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism | 07.07.2007 | 24.09.2009 | ||
| NPT: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons | 05.03.1970 | 17.06.1981 | ||
| 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 | 27.06.1989 | ||
| 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 | 17.06.1981 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | 26.01.1999 | ||
| 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 | 19.06.1981 | ||
| 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 |
| 2006 | Nil |
| 2005 | Nil |
| 2004 | Nil |
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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): 2004 [English] | ||
| PoA Profile of Solomon Islands [Click here] |