-- Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)

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

note -- abbreviated as Nuclear Test Ban

opened for signature -- 5 August 1963

entered into force -- 10 October 1963

objective -- 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 for the production and testing of all kinds
of weapons, including nuclear weapons

parties -- (125) Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Burma, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,
China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,
Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger,
Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,
Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,
Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Western Samoa, Yemen, former Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (11) Algeria,
Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mali, Paraguay, Portugal,
Somalia, Vietnam

Tropical Timber 83

see -- International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

Tropical Timber 94

see -- International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)

note -- abbreviated as Law of the Sea

opened for signature -- 10 December 1982

entered into force -- 16 November 1994