| 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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| Country | Status | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | ratified | 12-Mar-1964 |
| Algeria | ratified | 14-Aug-1963 |
| Argentina | ratified | 14-Nov-1986 |
| Australia | ratified | 12-Nov-1963 |
| Austria | ratified | 17-Jul-1964 |
| Bahamas | ratified | 17-Jul-1976 |
| Bangladesh | ratified | 11-Mar-1985 |
| Armenia | ratified | 07-Jun-1994 |
| Belgium | ratified | 01-Mar-1966 |
| 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 |
| Myanmar | ratified | 15-Nov-1963 |
| Belarus | ratified | 16-Dec-1963 |
| Canada | ratified | 28-Jan-1964 |
| Cape Verde | ratified | 24-Oct-1979 |
| Central African Republic | ratified | 22-Dec-1964 |
| Sri Lanka | ratified | 05-Feb-1964 |
| Chad | ratified | 01-Mar-1965 |
| Chile | ratified | 06-Oct-1965 |
| Taiwan | ratified | 18-May-1964 |
| Colombia | ratified | 17-Oct-1985 |
| Congo, D.R. of | ratified | 28-Oct-1965 |
| Costa Rica | ratified | 10-Jul-1967 |
| Cyprus | ratified | 15-Apr-1965 |
| Benin | ratified | 15-Dec-1964 |
| Denmark | ratified | 15-Jan-1964 |
| Dominican Republic | ratified | 03-Jun-1964 |
| Ecuador | ratified | 27-Sep-1963 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | ratified | 05-Feb-1965 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Guinea-Bissau | ratified | 20-Aug-1976 |
| Romania | ratified | 12-Dec-1963 |
| Russian Federation | ratified | 10-Oct-1973 |
| Rwanda | ratified | 22-Oct-1963 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Egypt | ratified | 10-Jan-1964 |
| United Kingdom | ratified | 10-Oct-1963 |
| Tanzania, United R. of | ratified | 06-Feb-1964 |
| USA (contiguous states) | ratified | 10-Oct-1963 |
| Uruguay | ratified | 25-Feb-1969 |
| Venezuela | ratified | 22-Feb-1965 |
| Samoa | ratified | 15-Jan-1965 |
| Zambia | ratified | 11-Jan-1965 |
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