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Indonesia ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty32 on
6 December, which constituted a significant step towards its entry into force.
Indonesia is one of the so-called Annex 2 States whose ratifications are
required for the Treaty to take effect.
Regarding the Korean Peninsula, efforts to advance denuclearization,
including through a resumption of the Six-Party Talks, 33 remained stalled,
despite two rounds of bilateral talks between the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea and the United States during the course of the year.
Regional organizations in Asia and the Pacific continued to enhance
their efforts to address challenges in the field of peace and disarmament. On
11 November, the member States of the South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation adopted the Addu Declaration, 34 which, inter alia, emphasized
the importance of making concerted efforts to combat terrorism, including its
linkages to illicit weapons.
The member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
reconciled their differences on the procedure by which the nuclearweapon
States could accede to the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free
Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty. 35 The Executive Committee of the SEANWFZ
Commission began direct consultations with China, France, the Russian
Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States to persuade them to
sign the Protocol to the SEANWFZ Treaty .
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat continued to support efforts of its
member States on weapons control. On 7 September, on the occasion of its
42nd Meeting, the Forum issued a joint statement36 with the United Nations
Secretary-General, stressing that cooperation between the United Nations and
the Pacific States would support the efforts of, inter alia, non-proliferation
and disarmament, including controlling illicit trade in small arms and light
weapons (SALW) and the negotiation of an arms trade treaty.
Marking its tenth anniversary, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
adopted the Astana Declaration37 on 15 June, which underscored the
32 Ibid.
33 Six-Party Talks participants: China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan,
Republic of Korea, Russian Federation and United States.
34 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, “Latest Update: Addu Declaration”,
14 November 2011. Available from http://www.saarc-sec.org/2011/11/14/news/ADDU-
DECLARATION/79/ (accessed 14 June 2012).
35 The Treaty is also known as the Bangkok Treaty. The text and adherence status are
available from http://disarmament.un.org/treaties/.
36 Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, joint statement with Pacific Islands Forum
leaders, Auckland, New Zealand, 7 September 2011. Available from http://www.un.org/sg/
statements/?nid=5490 (accessed 14 June 2012).
37 Shanghai Cooperation Organization, “Astana Declaration of the 10th Anniversary of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation”, 15 June 2011. Available from http://www.sectsco.org/
EN/show.asp?id=294 (accessed 13 June 2012).