Summary of Conventions

Signatories

Country	Status	Year
Afghanistan	ratified	12-Mar-1964
Algeria	ratified	14-Aug-1963
Argentina	ratified	14-Nov-1986
Armenia	ratified	07-Jun-1994
Australia	ratified	12-Nov-1963
Austria	ratified	17-Jul-1964
Bahamas	ratified	17-Jul-1976
Bangladesh	ratified	11-Mar-1985
Belarus	ratified	16-Dec-1963
Belgium	ratified	01-Mar-1966
Benin	ratified	15-Dec-1964
Bhutan	ratified	08-Jun-1978
Bolivia	ratified	04-Aug-1965
Botswana	ratified	05-Jan-1968
Brazil	ratified	15-Dec-1964
Bulgaria	ratified	13-Nov-1963
Canada	ratified	28-Jan-1964
Cape Verde	ratified	24-Oct-1979
Central African Republic	ratified	22-Dec-1964
Chad	ratified	01-Mar-1965
Chile	ratified	06-Oct-1965
Colombia	ratified	17-Oct-1985
Congo, D.R. of	ratified	28-Oct-1965
Costa Rica	ratified	10-Jul-1967
Côte d'Ivoire	ratified	05-Feb-1965
Cyprus	ratified	15-Apr-1965
Denmark	ratified	15-Jan-1964
Dominican Republic	ratified	03-Jun-1964
Ecuador	ratified	27-Sep-1963
Egypt	ratified	10-Jan-1964
El Salvador	ratified	03-Dec-1964
Equatorial Guinea	ratified	16-Jan-1989
Fiji	ratified	14-Aug-1972
Finland	ratified	09-Jan-1964
Gabon	ratified	20-Feb-1964
Gambia	ratified	27-Apr-1965
Germany, Fed. Rep.	ratified	01-Dec-1964
Ghana	ratified	27-Nov-1963
Greece	ratified	18-Dec-1963
Guatemala	ratified	06-Jan-1964
Guinea-Bissau	ratified	20-Aug-1976
Honduras	ratified	02-Oct-1964
Hungary	ratified	02-Oct-1964
Iceland	ratified	29-Apr-1964
India	ratified	10-Oct-1963
Indonesia	ratified	20-Jan-1964
Iran, Islamic R. of	ratified	05-May-1964
Iraq	ratified	30-Nov-1964
Ireland	ratified	18-Dec-1963
Israel	ratified	15-Jan-1964
Italy	ratified	10-Dec-1964
Jamaica	ratified	22-Nov-1991
Japan	ratified	15-Jun-1964
Jordan	ratified	29-May-1964
Kenya	ratified	10-Jun-1965
Korea, R. of	ratified	24-Jul-1964
Kuwait	ratified	20-May-1965
Lao P.D.R.	ratified	10-Feb-1965
Lebanon	ratified	14-May-1965
Liberia	ratified	19-May-1964
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	ratified	15-Jul-1964
Luxembourg	ratified	10-Feb-1965
Madagascar	ratified	15-Mar-1965
Malawi	ratified	07-Jan-1965
Malaysia	ratified	15-Jul-1964
Malta	ratified	25-Nov-1964
Mauritania	ratified	06-Apr-1964
Mauritius	ratified	12-Mar-1968
Mexico	ratified	27-Dec-1963
Mongolia	ratified	01-Nov-1963
Morocco	ratified	01-Feb-1966
Myanmar	ratified	15-Nov-1963
Nepal	ratified	07-Oct-1964
Netherlands	ratified	14-Sep-1964
New Zealand	ratified	10-Oct-1963
Nicaragua	ratified	26-Jan-1965
Niger	ratified	03-Jul-1964
Nigeria	ratified	17-Feb-1967
Norway	ratified	21-Nov-1963
Pakistan	ratified	03-Mar-1988
Panama	ratified	24-Feb-1966
Papua New Guinea	ratified	27-Oct-1980
Peru	ratified	20-Jul-1964
Philippines	ratified	10-Nov-1965
Poland	ratified	14-Oct-1963
Romania	ratified	12-Dec-1963
Russian Federation	ratified	10-Oct-1973
Rwanda	ratified	22-Oct-1963
Samoa	ratified	15-Jan-1965
San Marino	ratified	03-Jul-1964
Senegal	ratified	06-May-1964
Seychelles	ratified	12-Mar-1985
Sierra Leone	ratified	21-Feb-1964
Singapore	ratified	12-Jul-1968
South Africa	ratified	10-Oct-1963
Spain	ratified	17-Dec-1964
Sri Lanka	ratified	05-Feb-1964
Sudan	ratified	04-Mar-1966
Suriname	ratified	06-Jan-1993
Swaziland	ratified	29-May-1969
Sweden	ratified	09-Dec-1963
Switzerland	ratified	16-Jan-1964
Syrian Arab Republic	ratified	01-Jun-1964
Taiwan	ratified	18-May-1964
Tanzania, United R. of	ratified	06-Feb-1964
Thailand	ratified	15-Nov-1963
Togo	ratified	07-Dec-1964
Tonga	ratified	07-Jul-1971
Trinidad and Tobago	ratified	16-Jul-1964
Tunisia	ratified	26-May-1965
Turkey	ratified	08-Jul-1965
Uganda	ratified	24-Mar-1964
Ukraine	ratified	30-Dec-1963
United Kingdom	ratified	10-Oct-1963
Uruguay	ratified	25-Feb-1969
USA (contiguous states)	ratified	10-Oct-1963
Venezuela	ratified	22-Feb-1965
Zambia	ratified	11-Jan-1965

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	Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (1963)

     Entered into force 10 Oct 1963

     The Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, hereinafter referred to as the "Original Parties",
     PROCLAIMING as their principal aim the speediest possible achievement of an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict international control in accordance with the objectives of the United Nations which would put an end to the armaments race and eliminate the incentive to the production and testing of all kinds of weapons, including nuclear weapons,
     SEEKING to achieve the discontinuance of all test explosions of nuclear weapons for all time,
     DETERMINED to continue negotiations to this end, and desiring to put an end to the contamination of man's environment by radioactive substances,
     Have agreed as follows:

Article I
     1. Each of the Parties to this Treaty undertakes to prohibit, to prevent, and not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion, or any other nuclear explosion, at any place under its jurisdiction or control:
     (a) in the atmosphere; beyond its limits, including outer space; or under water, including territorial waters or high seas; or
     (b) in any other environment if such explosion causes radio active debris to be present outside the territorial limits of the State under whose jurisdiction or control such explosion is conducted. It is understood in this connection that the provisions of this sub paragraph are without prejudice to the conclusion of a treaty resulting in the permanent banning of all nuclear test explosions, including all such explosions underground, the conclusion of which, as the Parties have stated in the Preamble to this Treaty, they seek to achieve.
     2. Each of the Parties to this Treaty undertakes furthermore to refrain from causing, encouraging, or in any way participating in, the carrying out of any nuclear weapon test explosion, or any other nuclear explosion, anywhere which would take place in any of the environments described, or have the effect referred to, in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article II
     1. Any Party may propose amendments to this Treaty. The text of any proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Depositary Governments which shall circulate it to all Parties to this Treaty. Thereafter, if requested to do so by one-third or more of the Parties, the Depositary Governments shall convene a conference, to which they shall invite all the Parties, to consider such amendment.
     2. Any amendment to this Treaty must be approved by a majority of the votes of all the Parties to this Treaty, including the votes of all of the Original Parties. The amendment shall enter into force for all Parties upon the deposit of instruments of ratification by a majority of all the Parties, including the instruments of ratification of all of the Original Parties.

Article III
     1. This Treaty shall be open to all States for signature. Any State which does not sign this Treaty before its entry into force in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article may accede to it at any time.
     2. This Treaty shall be subject to ratification by signatory States. Instruments of ratification and instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Governments of the Original Parties - the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - which are hereby designated the Depositary Governments.
     3. This Treaty shall enter into force after its ratification by all the Original Parties and the deposit of their instruments of ratification.
     4. For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are deposited subsequent to the entry into force of this Treaty, it shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession.
     5. The Depositary Governments shall promptly inform all signatory and acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification of and accession to this Treaty, the date of its entry into force, and the date of receipt of any requests for conferences or other notices.
     6. This Treaty shall be registered by the Depositary Governments pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Article IV
     This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration.
     Each Party shall in exercising its national sovereignty have the right to withdraw from the Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of this Treaty, have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. It shall give notice of such withdrawal to all other Parties to the Treaty three months in advance.

Article V
     This Treaty, of which the English and Russian texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Depositary Governments. Duly certified copies of this Treaty shall be transmitted by the Depositary Governments to the Governments of the signatory and acceding States.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Treaty.

     DONE in triplicate at the city of Moscow the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.

Short Name:
Full Name:	Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water
Purpose:	environment
Established:	05-Aug-1963
Entered into force:	10-Oct-1963
Type:	treaty, multi-lateral
Place where established:	Moscow, Russian Fed.
Schedule to expire:
Goals and Objectives:	The Treaty aims to achieve the discontinuance of all test explosions of nuclear weapons for all time. Parties undertake to prohibit, to prevent, and not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion, or any other nuclear explosion, at any place under its jurisdiction or control; each Parties undertakes to refrain from causing, encouraging, or in any way participating in, the carrying out of any nuclear weapon test explosion, or any other nuclear explosion, anywhere which would take place in any of the environments described.
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