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Status of multilateral arms regulation and disarmament agreements
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 (Sea-bed
Treaty)
opened for Signature at london, moScow and waShington: 11 February
1971
entered into force: 18 May 1972
depoSitary: Russian Federation (M), United Kingdom (L) and United States (W)
new partieS: None
total number of partieS: 94
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production
and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin
Weapons and on Their Destruction (BWC)
opened for Signature at london, moScow and waShington: 10 April 1972
entered into force: 26 March 1975
depoSitary: Russian Federation (M), United Kingdom (L) and United States (W)
new partieS: Burundi —18 October (L)
Mozambique —29 March (a) (L)
total number of partieS: 163
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile
Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
opened for Signature at geneva: 18 May 1977
entered into force: 5 October 1978
depoSitary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
new partieS: Cameroon —18 April (a)
Estonia —14 April (a)
total number of partieS: 76
Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon
and Other Celestial Bodies
opened for Signature at new york: 18 December 1979
entered into force: 11 July 1984
depoSitary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
new partieS: g None
total number of partieS: 13
g Article 19, paragraph 4, states:
“For each State depositing its instrument of ratification or accession after the entry
into force of this Agreement, it shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following
the date of deposit of any such instrument.”
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