International:


Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, Moscow 1963

Objectives:

To obtain an agreement on general and complete disarmament under strict international control in accordance with the objectives of the United Nations; to put an end to the armaments race and eliminate incentives to the production and testing of all kinds of weapons, including nuclear weapons.

Summary of Provisions:

• Parties to undertake to prohibit, prevent and not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion, or any other nuclear explosion, at any place under its jurisdiction or control:
  
• In the atmosphere, beyond its limits, including outer space, or under water, including territorial waters or high seas; or
  
• In any other environment if such explosion causes radioactive debris to be present outside the territorial limits of the State under whose jurisdiction or control such explosion is conducted.

Date of entry into force:
10.10.1963

Arab Participants:
Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen Arab Republic