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1. Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation

Nuclear Non-Proliferation:

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• Statement of the Government of Japan upon signing the treaty (Japanese)
• Final declaration at the first NPT Review Conference (Japanese)
• Statement of the Government of Japan upon deposited ratification of the treaty (Japanese)
• Decisions and resolutions at the NPT Review and Extension Conference

IAEA INFCIRC/153 "The Structure and Content of Agreements Between the Agency and States Required in Connection with the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)"
IAEA INFCIRC/153 "Model Protocol Additional to the Agreement(s) between State(s) and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards"

• Annex I, Annex II

Security of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States:

• UN Security Council Resolution 255 (in Japanese)
• UN Security Council Resolution 984

Ban on Nuclear Weapons Test Explosions:

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty - PTBT)

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

• Treaty (Protocol – Part I, II, III)

Regulation of the Antarctic, outer space, and the ocean floor:

Antarctic Treaty

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)

Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Seabed Treaty)

Treaty on Open Skies

Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty:

African Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)

South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga)

Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Wepon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)

2. Biological and Chemical Weapons

Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol)

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and On Their Destruction (BWC)

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC)

• Treaty
• Annex on Chemicals
• Annex on Implementation and Verification (“Verification Annex”) 1,2,3,4a,4b,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
• Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information (“Confidentiality Annex”)

3. Conventional Weapons

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 (Convention on Conventional Weapons-CCW)

• Treaty
• Protocol I
• Revised Protocol II
• Protocol III
• Protocol IV

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction

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