Treaty of Bangkok

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Nuclear Weapon Free Zones Treaties
Contract (from) region Signatory /
ratification 		Year signed /
in force
Antarctic Treaty Antarctic 45/45 1959/1961
Tlatelolco Latin America / Caribbean 33/33 1967/1968
Rarotonga South pacific 13/13 1985/1986
Two-plus-four contract former GDR and Berlin 6/5 * 1990/1991
Mongolia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Mongolia 1/1 1992/2000
Bangkok South East Asia 10/10 1995/1997
Pelindaba Africa 53 (54) / 40 1996/2009
Semei Central Asia 5/5 2006/2009
* ratified by all still existing contracting parties (the GDR no longer existed)

In the Treaty of Bangkok ( Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone or Bangkok Treaty ), the ASEAN states undertake not to use nuclear weapons against each other or to threaten one another with their use.

prehistory

The roots of the Bangkok Treaty lie in the desire of the ASEAN states to meet all political , economic and security challenges together. This endeavor is already rooted in the Cold War .

signing

Colored blue: The ASEAN states, also signatories of the Bangkok Treaty.

On December 15, 1995, the contract was signed in Bangkok by the ASEAN states Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam . Laos , Cambodia and Myanmar also signed . On March 28, 1997, the contract finally came into force.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ASEAN | ONE VISION ONE IDENTITY ONE COMMUNITY. Retrieved May 25, 2017 (American English).
  2. ↑ B texts | Nuclear weapons AZ. Retrieved May 25, 2017 .
  3. ^ Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty (Bangkok Treaty) | Treaties & Regimes | NTI. Retrieved May 25, 2017 .