RS 0.515.01 Treaty of 5 August 1963 prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in cosmic space and under water

Original Language Title: RS 0.515.01 Traité du 5 août 1963 interdisant les essais d’armes nucléaires dans l’atmosphère, dans l’espace cosmique et sous l’eau

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0.515.01

Translation

Treaty prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in cosmic space and under water

Conclu in Moscow on 5 August 1963

Approved by the Federal Assembly on December 18, 1963 ¹

Instrument of ratification deposited by Switzerland on 16 January 1964

Entered into force for Switzerland on 16 January 1964

(State on 6 October 2009)

The Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, hereinafter referred to as "originating parties",

Proclaiming that their main objective is to achieve, within the quickest time frame, an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict international control, in accordance with the purposes of the United Nations, an agreement that would terminate To the arms race and to cease all incitement to the production and experience of all types of weapons, including nuclear weapons,

Seeking to obtain the cessation of all nuclear weapon test explosions forever, determined to continue the negotiations to that end and desiring to put an end to the contamination of the human environment by substances Radioactive,

Have agreed as follows:

Art. I

1. Each party to this Treaty undertakes to prohibit, prevent and refrain from carrying out any experimental explosion of nuclear weapons, or any other nuclear explosion, in any place under its jurisdiction or control:

A.: In the atmosphere, beyond its limits, including cosmic space, or underwater, including territorial waters or the high seas; or
B.: In any other place if such an explosion causes radioactive waste to fall outside the territorial limits of the State under the jurisdiction or control of which the explosion occurred. It was agreed that the provisions of this sub-paragraph would not prejudice the conclusion of a treaty permanently banning all nuclear experiments, including all underground explosions, which were dealt with at the conclusion of the treaty. Which the parties, as they have declared in the preamble to this Treaty, shall endeavour to achieve.

2. Each of the parties to this treaty undertakes to refrain from provoing, encouraging or participating in any way in the execution of any experimental explosion of nuclear weapons, or any other nuclear explosion, which Would take place anywhere in the places mentioned above or that would have the consequences mentioned in subs. 1 of this article.

Art. II

1. Each party may propose amendments to this Treaty. The text of any proposed amendment shall be communicated to the depositary Governments which will transmit it to all parties to this Treaty. If a third party or more of the parties so requests, the depositary Governments shall convene a conference, to which all the parties will be invited, to consider this amendment.

2. Any amendment shall be approved by a majority of the votes of all the parties to this Treaty, including those of all the originating parties. The amendment will enter into force for all parties upon the deposit of instruments of ratification by a majority of them, including the instruments of ratification of all the originating parties.

Art. III

1. This Treaty shall be open for signature by any State. Any State which has not signed this Treaty before its entry into force, as per s. 3 of this article, may accede to it at any time.

2. This Treaty shall be subject to ratification by the signatory States. Instruments of ratification and instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Governments of the originating parties-the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Union of Socialist Republics The Soviet Union-which are, by this Treaty, designated as depositary Governments.

3. This Treaty shall enter into force after its ratification by all the originating parties and after the deposit of their instruments of ratification.

4. For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are to be deposited at a later date upon entry into force of this Treaty, the latter shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession.

The depositary Governments shall promptly inform all signatory States and members of the date of each signature, of the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification of this Treaty and of accession to it, of the date of its entry into And the date of receipt of any request for conferences or other communications.

6. This Treaty shall be registered by the depositary Governments in accordance with Art. 102 of the United Nations Charter ¹.

¹ RS 0.120

Art. IV

This Treaty will have an unlimited duration.

Each party, in the exercise of its national sovereignty, will have the right to withdraw from the treaty if it decides that extraordinary events, in relation to the subject matter of this treaty, endanger the supreme interests of its country. It will have to notify all other parties to this Treaty with three months' notice.

Art. V Scope of application 6 October 2009

This treaty, of which the English and Russian texts are equally authentic, will be deposited in the archives of the depositary Governments. Certified copies will be transmitted by the Depositary Governments to the Governments of the signatory and acceding States.

In witness whereof, The undersigned, duly authorised, have signed this Treaty.

Done at Moscow, in triplicate, on the fifth of August, nine hundred and sixty-three.

(Suivent signatures)

Scope of application 6 October 2009 ²


States Parties	Ratification ^A Accession (A) Declaration of succession (S)		Entry into force


Afghanistan	12 March	1964	12 March	1964
South Africa	10 October	1963 A	10 October	1963
Germany	1 ^Er December	1964	1 ^Er December	1964
Antigua and Barbuda	16 November	1988 S	1 ^Er November	1981
Argentina	14 November	1986	14 November	1986
Armenia	7 June	1994 A	7 June	1994
Australia	12 November	1963	12 November	1963
Austria	17 July	1964	17 July	1964
Bahamas	July 16	1976 S	10 July	1973
Bangladesh	12 March	1985 A	12 March	1985
Belarus	16 December	1963	16 December	1963
Belgium	1 ^Er March	1966	1 ^Er March	1966
Benin	15 December	1964	15 December	1964
Bhutan	8 June	1978 A	8 June	1978
Bolivia	August 4	1965	August 4	1965
Bosnia and Herzegovina	August 15	1994 S	6 March	1992
Botswana	5 January	1968 S	September 30	1966
Brazil	15 December	1964	15 December	1964
Bulgaria	13 November	1963	13 November	1963
Canada	28 January	1964	28 January	1964
Cape Verde	24 October	1979 A	24 October	1979
Chile	6 October	1965	6 October	1965
Cyprus	15 April	1965	15 April	1965
Colombia	17 October	1985	17 October	1985
Congo, Kinshasa	28 October	1965	28 October	1965
Korea (South)	24 July	1964	24 July	1964
Costa Rica	10 July	1967	10 July	1967
Côte d' Ivoire	5 February	1965	5 February	1965
Croatia	12 June	1993 S	8 October	1991
Denmark	15 January	1964	15 January	1964
Egypt	10 January	1964	10 January	1964
El Salvador	3 December	1964	3 December	1964
Ecuador	6 May	1964	6 May	1964
Spain	17 December	1964	17 December	1964
United States	10 October	1963	10 October	1963
Fiji	18 July	1972 S	10 October	1970
Finland	9 January	1964	9 January	1964
Gabon	20 February	1964	20 February	1964
Gambia	April 27	1965 S	18 February	1965
Ghana	27 November	1963	27 November	1963
Greece	18 December	1963	18 December	1963
Guatemala	6 January	1964	6 January	1964
Equatorial Guinea	16 January	1989 A	16 January	1989
Honduras	2 October	1964	2 October	1964
Hungary	21 October	1963	21 October	1963
India	10 October	1963	10 October	1963
Indonesia	20 January	1964	20 January	1964
Iran	5 May	1964	5 May	1964
Iraq	30 November	1964	30 November	1964
Ireland	18 December	1963	18 December	1963
Iceland	29 April	1964	29 April	1964
Israel	15 January	1964	15 January	1964
Italy	10 December	1964	10 December	1964
Japan	15 June	1964	15 June	1964
Jordan	29 May	1964	29 May	1964
Kenya	10 June	1965 A	10 June	1965
Kuwait ^*	20 May	1965	20 May	1965
Laos	10 February	1965	10 February	1965
Lebanon	14 May	1965	14 May	1965
Liberia	19 May	1964	19 May	1964
Libya	July 15	1968	July 15	1968
Luxembourg	10 February	1965	10 February	1965
Madagascar	15 March	1965	15 March	1965
Malaysia	July 15	1964	July 15	1964
Malawi	26 November	1964 S	July 6	1964
Malta	25 November	1964 S	21 September	1964
Morocco	1 ^Er February	1966	1 ^Er February	1966
Mauritius	April 30	1969 S	12 March	1968
Mauritania	April 6	1964	April 6	1964
Mexico	27 December	1963	27 December	1963
Mongolia	1 ^Er November	1963	1 ^Er November	1963
Montenegro	9 January	2007 S	3 June	2006
Myanmar	15 November	1963	15 November	1963
Nepal	7 October	1964	7 October	1964
Nicaragua	26 January	1965	26 January	1965
Niger	3 July	1964	3 July	1964
Nigeria	17 February	1967	17 February	1967
Norway	21 November	1963	21 November	1963
New Zealand	10 October	1963	10 October	1963
Uganda	24 March	1964	24 March	1964
Pakistan	3 March	1988	3 March	1988
Panama	24 February	1966	24 February	1966
Papua New Guinea	27 October	1980 S	16 September	1975
Netherlands	September 14	1964	September 14	1964
Netherlands Antilles	September 14	1964	September 14	1964
Aruba	20 December	1985	1 ^Er January	1986
Peru	July 20	1964	July 20	1964
Philippines	10 November	1965	10 November	1965
Poland	14 October	1963	14 October	1963
Central African Republic	22 December	1964 A	22 December	1964
Dominican Republic	3 June	1964	3 June	1964
Czech Republic	24 March	1993 S	1 ^Er January	1993
Romania	12 December	1963	12 December	1963
United Kingdom	10 October	1963	10 October	1963
Russia	10 October	1963	10 October	1963
Rwanda	22 October	1963	22 October	1963
San Marino	3 July	1964	3 July	1964
Samoa	15 January	1965	15 January	1965
Senegal	6 May	1964	6 May	1964
Serbia	15 January	1964	15 January	1964
Seychelles	12 March	1985 A	12 March	1985
Sierra Leone	21 February	1964	21 February	1964
Singapore	July 12	1968 S	August 9	1965
Slovakia	17 May	1993 S	1 ^Er January	1993
Slovenia	7 April	1992 S	25 June	1991
Sudan	March 4	1966	March 4	1966
Sri Lanka	5 February	1964	5 February	1964
Sweden	9 December	1963	9 December	1963
Switzerland	16 January	1964	16 January	1964
Suriname	6 January	1993 A	6 January	1993
Swaziland	29 May	1969 A	29 May	1969
Syria	1 ^Er June	1964	1 ^Er June	1964
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	18 May	1964	18 May	1964
Tanzania	February 6	1964	February 6	1964
Chad	1 ^Er March	1965	1 ^Er March	1965
Thailand	15 November	1963	15 November	1963
Togo	7 December	1964	7 December	1964
Tonga	22 June	1971 S	4 June	1970
Trinidad and Tobago	July 14	1964	July 14	1964
Tunisia	26 May	1965	26 May	1965
Turkey	July 8	1965	July 8	1965
Ukraine	December 30	1963	December 30	1963
Uruguay	25 February	1969	25 February	1969



Venezuela	22 February	1965	22 February	1965
Yemen	1 ^Er June	1979 A	1 ^Er June	1979
Zambia	11 January	1965 S	24 October	1964


*	Reservations and declarations.
	Reservations and declarations are not published in the RO. The texts can be obtained from the Directorate of Public International Law (DDIP), International Treaty Section, 3003 Berne.
^A	Instruments of ratification or accession or declarations of succession shall be deposited with the Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation, either simultaneously or at different dates, or only with One or more of the above-mentioned Governments. The dates in this list are those relating to the first ratification, accession or declaration of succession.

RO 1964 190; FF 1963 II 601

¹ RO 1964 189
² A version of the updated scope of application is published on the DFAE website (http://www.dfae.admin.ch/traites).

Status on 6 October 2009