International:


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

Objectives:
To exclude the sea bed, the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof from the arms race as a step towards disarmament, the reduction of international tensions and the maintenance of world peace.

Summary of Provisions:

• To amend the convention.
  
• Outer limit of the sea bed zone to be the 12-mile limit.
  
• To observe and verify the activities on the sea bed. In case of doubt, inspect and follow agreed procedures concerning the fulfillment of the obligations under the treaty and refer the matter to the United Nations Security Council under serious circumstances.

Date of Adoption:
11.2.1971 (London, Moscow, Washington, D.C.)

Date of entry into force:
18.5.1972

Arab Participants:
Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia.