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Northeast Asian Participation in Arms Control/Nonproliferation Regimes

Last Updated: 24 October 1997

Normal type: Existing treaty, organization, or regime
Italics: Treaty, organization, or regime not currently in existence (e.g. disbanded or under negotiation)

 
China
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Taiwan**
Russia
Antarctic Treaty Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Anti-Personnel Landmine (APL) ban Against total ban; in favor of "phased" ban Supports total ban No support Supports ban with Korean Peninsula excepted    
Australia Group (AG) No Yes No Yes (joined 1996) No No
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Yes Yes Yes Yes (Yes) Yes
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Yes Yes No Yes   Yes
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Yes (signed 24 September 1996) Yes (signed:24 September 1996; ratified 8 July 1997) No Yes (signed 24 September 1996)   Yes (signed 24 September 1996)
Conference on Disarmament (CD) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT)            
Geneva Protocol Yes ?? Yes Yes (Yes) Yes
Inhumane Weapons Convention (IWC) Yes Yes No No No Yes
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yes Yes Yes;
Currently in violation of IAEA safeguards
Yes (Yes) Yes
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) No Yes No Yes No No
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Adherent Yes No Yes No Yes
Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Yes;
Nuclear weapon state party (acceded March 1992)
Yes;
Non-nuclear weapon state party (signed 1970; ratified 1976)
Yes;
Non-nuclear weapon state party;
Threatened to withdraw from treaty 1993
Yes;
Non-nuclear weapon state party
(Yes);
Non-nuclear weapon state
Yes;
Nuclear weapon state party
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) No Yes No Yes No Yes
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Yes Yes No   (No) No
Outer Space Treaty (OST) Yes Yes No Yes (Yes) Yes
Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) No Yes No Yes (Yes) Yes
Seabed Arms Control Treaty Yes Yes No Yes (Yes) Yes
United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC) Yes          
United Nations First Committee Yes          
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) Yes Yes        
Wassenaar Arrangement No Yes No Yes No Yes
Zangger Committee (ZAC) Yes Yes No Yes No Yes

** Taiwan is recognized by most countries in the world as an integral part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and not as an independent state.


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