Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

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The Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (SEANWFZ) of 1995, or Bangkok Treaty, is a nuclear weapons moratorium treaty between 10 Asian member-states under the auspices of the ASEAN: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It entered into force on March 28, 1997 and obliges its members not to develop, manufacture or otherwise acquire, possess or have control over nuclear weapons.

[edit] Listing of states

Participation in the Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty includes all of ASEAN

State	Signed	Deposited
Brunei	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01996-11-22 November 22, 1996
Burma	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01996-07-17 July 17, 1996
Cambodia	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01997-03-27 March 27, 1997
Indonesia	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01997-04-10 April 10, 1997
Laos	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01996-07-16 July 16, 1996
Malaysia	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01996-10-11 October 11, 1996
Philippines	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	02001-06-21 June 21, 2001
Singapore	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01997-03-27 March 27, 1997
Thailand	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01997-03-20 March 20, 1997
Vietnam	01995-12-15 December 15, 1995	01996-11-26 November 26, 1996

[edit] Sources

• Treaty of Bangkok at WMD411
• Text of Treaty from OPANAL
• Bangkok Treaty (in alphabetical order) At UNODA