Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 90 / 1963 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Attempts in Air, Space and Underwater
Valid
Effective from 17.10.1963
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 6 December 1963
on a Treaty prohibiting experiments on nuclear weapons in the air, space and underwater
On 5 August 1963, a treaty was negotiated in Moscow to ban attempts at nuclear weapons in the air, space and underwater.
The Treaty was signed on behalf of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in Moscow, London and Washington on 8 August 1963. The Treaty entered into force pursuant to Article III (3) on 10 October 1963, the date on which they deposited their instruments of ratification in Moscow, London and Washington, the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic agreed to the Treaty on 5 December 1963 and ratified it on 10 October 1963.
The instruments of ratification of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic were deposited with the depositories of the Treaty by the governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United Kingdom on 14 October 1963 and by the Government of the United States of America on 17 October 1963.
Pursuant to Article III (4), the Treaty on the prohibition of attempts at nuclear weapons in the air, space and underwater entered into force for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on the date of deposit of the instruments of ratification.
The Czech translation of the Treaty is announced simultaneously.
David v. r.
TREATY
prohibiting experiments on nuclear weapons in the air, space and underwater
Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, hereinafter referred to as "the original Contracting Parties',
declaring as its main objective the conclusion as soon as possible of an agreement on general and full disarmament under strict international control in accordance with the United Nations objectives, which would put an end to the arms race and remove the incentives to manufacture and test all kinds of weapons, including nuclear,
striving to bring about the cessation of all experimental explosions of nuclear weapons forever, determined to continue to act and desiring that the environment surrounding man be infested with radioactive substances,
they have agreed as follows:
1. Each Contracting Party shall undertake to prohibit, prevent and refrain from carrying out any experimental explosions of nuclear weapons, as well as any other nuclear explosions, at any place under its jurisdiction or control:
(a) in the atmosphere; beyond his borders, counting space; under water, including coastal waters and the high seas; and
(b) in any other environment where such an explosion causes the introduction of radioactive waste outside the territory of the State under whose jurisdiction or control such an explosion is carried out. In doing so, it should be borne in mind that the provisions of this point must not be an obstacle to the negotiation of a contract which will lead to the prohibition of all experimental nuclear explosions forever, including any such underground attempts; The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to negotiate it, as they have already stated in the preamble to this Treaty.
2. Each Contracting Party shall further undertake to refrain from inciting, encouraging or participating in any experimental explosions of nuclear weapons and any other nuclear explosions carried out anywhere that would be carried out in any of the environments referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or would have the consequences referred to in paragraph 1.
1. Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to this Treaty. The text of each proposed amendment shall be submitted to the depositary governments which shall circulate it to all Contracting Parties. If one third or more Contracting Parties so request, the depositary Governments shall convene a conference and invite all Contracting Parties to discuss the proposed amendment.
2. Any amendment to this Treaty shall be approved by a majority of all the Contracting Parties, including the votes of all the original Contracting Parties. The amendment shall enter into force for all Contracting Parties after the majority of the Contracting Parties, including all original Contracting Parties, have deposited their instruments of ratification in custody.
1. This Treaty shall be open for signature by all States. Any State which does not sign this Treaty before its entry into force pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article may accede at any time.
2. This Treaty is subject to ratification by the States that signed it. The instruments of ratification and accession are to be deposited in the custody of the governments of the States - the original Contracting Parties - of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the United States of America, which are hereby designated depositary governments.
3. This Treaty shall enter into force after ratification by all the original Contracting Parties and after deposit of their instruments of ratification.
4. For States whose instruments of ratification or accession will be deposited in custody after the entry into force of this Treaty, the Treaty shall enter into force on the date on which their instruments of ratification or accession are deposited.
5. The Depositary Governments shall immediately inform all States which have signed or acceded to this Treaty of the date of each signature, of the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification and accession, of the date of entry into force of this Treaty, of the date of receipt of any requests to convene the Conference and of other notifications.
6. This Treaty shall be registered by the depository governments in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration.
Each Contracting Party shall have the right, by virtue of the exercise of its national sovereignty, to terminate the Treaty if it decides that exceptional circumstances relating to the content of the Treaty have put the higher interests of its country at risk. Such denunciation shall be notified three months in advance by all other Contracting Parties.
This Treaty, the Russian and English texts of which have the same validity, shall be deposited in the archives of the depository governments. The depository governments shall hand over duly certified copies of this Treaty to the governments of the States that signed and acceded to the Treaty.
To prove that the signed agents would be duly empowered to sign this Treaty.
Done in triplicate in Moscow on 5 August of the year a thousand nine hundred sixty-three.
For the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:
A. Gromyko v. r.
For the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
Home v. r.
For the Government of the United States of America:
Dean Rusk v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 90 / 1963 Coll., on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Attempts on Nuclear Weapons in Air, Space and Underwater |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 12.12.1963 |
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| Effective from | 17.10.1963 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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