Algeria

Russian Federation

Israel

Yemen

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

Syrian Arab Republic

Mauritania

Morocco

Sudan

Tunisia

Somalia

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Jordan

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Bahrain

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

United States of America

Kuwait

Lebanon

State of Palestine

Libya

Oman

Djibouti

Egypt

France

Comoros

China

Assistance and Cooperation

League of Arab States (LAS)

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

The geographical delineation and territories for which the treaty is binding and in force. 

Zone of Application

Conditions and procedures establishing the consent of a state to be politically and legally bound by the treaty.

Signature and Ratification

Nuclear Testing

The range and description of the topics and subject matter to be considered during the negotiations and in the treaty.

Scope

Applications with purposes authorized under the treaty, including state parties’ rights and means to ensure access to these applications.

Peaceful Applications

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

Measures and procedures to redress non-compliance situations and bring back states into compliance.

Enforcement

Export Controls

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

The formal rules are adopted to govern the way the negotiations undertake business and adopt decisions.

Rules of Procedure

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)

Perceived threats with nature relevant to the scope and mandate of the treaty and the security context in which it is negotiated upon.

Threat Perception

Procedures and arrangements to reduce tension and build mutual trust between parties.

Confidence Building Measures (CBMs)

Non-State Actors

Scope, procedures, and instruments for determining the compliance of state parties with the treaty obligations and prohibitions, and to inform or trigger a compliance process, as well as providing information to confirm or refute compliance-related allegations.

Verification

Safety and Security

Unilateral Coercive Measures

Issues related to the role and involvement of civil society in the Zone realization or implementation.

Broader Representation (Including Civil Society, Gender, and Youth)

Definitions to clarify the meaning and application of treaty elements, concepts, and terms.

Definitions

Binding legal requirements and duties state parties are obliged to fulfill.

Obligations

Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

Means of Delivery

Nuclear Safeguards and IAEA

Biological Weapons, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), and the Implementation Support Unit (ISU)

The participation of all state members and other relevant parties.

Universal Participation

Chemical Weapons

The designation of the depositories (one or various states or organizations) and their functions and powers.

Depository

Activities and actions restricted by the treaty: what state parties are not allowed to do 

Basic Prohibitions

Measures undertaken by the state to comply with the treaty and fulfill its obligations.

National Implementation

The manner, conditions, and date on which the treaty takes effect and comes to have legal force.

Entry Into Force

The relationship between the Zone and regional security. 

Regional Security

Issues relevant to the linkages between the NPT and the Zone, including the 1995 Resolution on the Middle East and the relationship with the Review Conferences.

The relationship between the Zone and the NPT 

Negative Security Assurances from NWS

Issues relevant to the linkages between the NPT and the UNGA-mandated conference, including how both interact and contribute to the realization of the Zone.

The relationship between the Conference and the NPT

Working Committee

The practices and procedures adopted to facilitate the negotiating process. They are related to, but distinct from, the rules of procedures.

Working Methodology of the UNGA-mandated Conference

A subsidiary instrument annexed to the treaty establishes additional rights and obligations or provides details to specific substantive obligations or ancillary matters, such as the interpretation of specific provisions. 

Protocols

Nuclear Weapons

Chemical Weapons, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Rules and procedures under which a state could withdraw its consent to be bound by the treaty.

Withdrawal

The structure and responsibilities of the overseeing and implementing body of the treaty.

Institutional Arrangements

A statement made by a state when negotiating, accepting, signing, or acceding to the treaty whereby it intends to exclude or modify the legal effect and application of specific provisions in the treaty to the state.

Reservations

WMD Dismantlement and Disarmament

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

The period through which the treaty is binding and in force.

Duration

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Rules and procedures governing the introduction and adoption of formal alterations and variations to the treaty provisions.

Amendments

The process and objectives for reviewing the implementation, compliance, and status of the treaty after entry into force.

Review Process

Biological Weapons

Permissions, prohibitions, or limitations on fissile materials, uranium enrichment activities and capabilities, as well as reprocessing and plutonium separation activities and capabilities.

Fissile Materials, Enrichment, and Reprocessing

Issues relevant to international and regional treaties, agreements or arrangements covering arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation. 

Relevant Treaties and Agreements

Process and procedures aimed at determining whether a state party is fulfilling its obligations as stipulated in the treaty including examination of instances involving suspected or alleged minor and major non-compliance with the treaty's provisions.

Compliance

The prohibitions, rights and responsibilities of member states and other relevant parties on the transfer, transit, and station of the weapons covered under the treaty.

Transfer, Transit, and Station

The nature and extent of authority delegated to the negotiating parties. This may include the parameters for negotiations such as the objective and purpose of the negotiations, instructions, authorization, and terms of reference to the negotiating parties. 

Negotiation Mandate

Procedures for requesting clarifications or initiating consultations on matters of compliance or resolving disputes over compliance or the interpretation and application of treaty’s provisions.

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