United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2016 by United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Author:United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs [Affairs, United Nations Office for Disarmament]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, International Relations, General, Intergovernmental Organizations, Arms Control
ISBN: 9789210609340
Google: 3kVxDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2017-10-03T02:23:48+00:00

1“Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity: New East Asia Regional Order and the Role of the United Nations”, keynote address, Jeju, 26 May 2016. Available from https://unoda-web.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wsk-jeju-may.pdf (accessed 26 June 2017).

2See the report of the Chairperson of the AU Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation, document PSC/PR/DLXXXIV. Available from http://www.peaceau.org/uploads/cp-rpt.arms-control.psc-584-290316.english.pdf (accessed 6 February 2017).

3See North Atlantic Treaty Organization, “Summary of Ongoing Trust Fund Projects, 27 September 2016”. Available from http://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2016_09/20160928_160928-trust-funds.pdf (accessed 7 February 2017).

4See Union of South American Nations, “From Brazil: UNASUR promotes the Urban Habitat 2016 proposal”, 14 July 2016. Available from http://www.unasursg.org/en/node/863 (accessed 7 February 2017).

5Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army.

6The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction entered into force on 1 March 1999. The treaty text and adherence status are available from http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/t/mine_ban (accessed 26 June 2017).

7P5 refers to the five nuclear-weapon States of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States.

8See African Union, document PSC/PR/DLXXXIV

9See ASEAN, “East Asia Summit Statement on Non-Proliferation,” 8 September 2016. Available from http://asean.org/storage/2016/09/EAS-Non-Proliferation-Statement-Final.pdf (accessed 21 April 2017).

10European Commission, document Ref. Ares (2016) 1376060 -18/03/2016. Available from https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/strategic-plan-2016-2020-dg-fpi_march2016_en.pdf (accessed 5 February 2017).

11The treaty text and status of adherence are available from http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/t/npt (accessed 3 July 2017).

12Article VII of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons stipulates the following: “Nothing in this Treaty affects the right of any group of States to conclude regional treaties in order to assure the total absence of nuclear weapons in their respective territories.”

13The texts and adherence status of these treaties are available from http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/(accessed 24 May 2017).

14The Antarctic Treaty (1961) was the first international agreement which, by the very act of establishing a demilitarized zone, ensured that no nuclear weapons would be introduced in a specified area. Additional zones were established in non-populated areas under the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty) in 1967 and the 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 (Seabed Treaty) in 1972. The texts and adherence status of these treaties are available from http://disarmament.un.org/treaties (accessed 26 June 2017).

15France also adheres to Protocol 3 of the Pelindaba Treaty, which is open for signature by France and Spain only because they claim territories in Africa. Spain is not a signatory of the Protocol.

16United States Department of State, “Joint Statement from the Nuclear-Weapon States at the 2016 Washington, DC P5 Conference”, 15 September 2016. Available from https://2009-2017.state.gov/rZpa/prs/ps/2016/09/261994.htm (accessed 25 May 2017).

17In OPANAL General Conference resolution CG/Res.02/2015, “External relations of OPANAL”, operative paragraph 3, section b, the Secretary-General was instructed “to study ways of developing the relationship of OPANAL with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the International Atomic Energy Agency, based on the mandates adopted by the Member States”.

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