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Disarmament and Non-Proliferation |
Malaysia is a party to the principal international treaties dealing with disarmament and non-proliferation
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Status Summary |
a = accession |
A = acceptance |
AA = approval |
D = succession |
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No. |
Treaty |
Entry into Force |
Date of Signature |
Date of deposit of instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession |
Effective Date (Malaysia) |
1 |
Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (1925 Geneva Protocol) |
8.2.1928 |
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10.12.1970(a) |
10.12.1970 |
2 |
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty), 5 August 1963 (PTBT) |
10.10.1963 |
12.8.1963 (L)
21.8.1963 (M)
8.8.1963
(W)
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16.7.1964 (L)
15.7.1964 M)
16.7.1964(W)
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15.7.1964 |
3 |
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 27 January 1967 (Outer Space) |
10.10.1967 |
20.2.1967(W)
21.2.1967 (L)
3.5.1967 (M)
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On date of deposit of instrument of ratification |
4 |
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1 July 1968 (NPT) |
5.3.1970 |
1.7.1968 (L), (M), (W) |
5.3.1970 (L), (M), (W) |
5.3.1970 |
5 |
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, 11 February 1971 (Seabed Treaty) |
18.5.1972 |
20.5.1971 (L), (M), (W) |
21.6.1972 (L), (M), (W) |
21.6.1972 |
6 |
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, 10 April 1972
(BWC)
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26.3.1975 |
10.4.1972 (L), (M), (W) |
6.9.1991 (L), (M)
26.9.1991 (W)
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6.9.1991 |
7 |
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on their Destruction,
13 January 1993 (CWC)
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29.4.1997 |
13.1.1993 |
20.4.2000 |
20.5.2000 |
8 |
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 10 September 1996 (CTBT) |
Not yet in force. |
23.7.1998 |
17.1.2008 |
Not yet in force. |
9 |
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 18 September 1997 (APM) |
1.3.1999 |
3.12.1997 |
22.4.1999 |
1.10.1999 |
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Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty), 15 December 1995; Annex and Protocol |
27.3.1992 |
15.12.1995 |
11.10.1996 |
11.10.1996 |
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Malaysia, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the lead agency, is studying other relevant international treaties with a view to becoming a party to them including the following instruments:
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No. |
Treaty |
Entry into Force |
1 |
The Antarctic Treaty |
23.6.1961 |
2 |
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, 10 December 1976
(ENMOD Convention)
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5.10.1978 |
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Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and other Celestial Bodies, 18 December 1979 |
11.7.1984 |
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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, 10 October 1980 (CCWC) |
2.12.1983 |
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Protocol I on Non-Detectable Fragments |
2.12.1983 |
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Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices |
2.12.1983 |
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Protocol III on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons |
2.12.1983 |
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Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons, 12 October 1995 |
3.12.1998 |
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Amended Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices, 3 May 1996 |
30.7.1998 |
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Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War |
12.11.2006 |
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