8. ARMS TRADE TREATY

New York, 2 April 2013

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 24 December 2014, in accordance with article 22.

REGISTRATION: 24 December 2014, No. 52373.

STATUS: Signatories: 130. Parties: 115.

TEXT: United Nations,Treaty Series,vol. 3013, p.269. See also

C.N.297.2013.TREATIES.XXVI-8 of 30 May 2013 (Proposal of corrections to the

Russian authentic text and the certified true copies) and

C.N.584.2013.TREATIES.XXVI-8 of 13 September 2013 (Corrections).

Note: The Treaty was adopted on 2 April 2013 by resolution 67/234B during the sixty-seventh session of the General

Assembly of the United Nations. The Treaty shall be open for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York by

all States from 3 June 2013 until its entry into force.

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“This signature engages also the Walloon Region, the

Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.”

CHINA

In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong

Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic

of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special

Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China,

the Government of the People’s Republic of China

decides that the Treaty applies to the Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region and the Macao Special

paragraph 2 of the Treaty in Russian shall be understood

as “незаконное перенаправление” (illegal diversion).”

"It is the understanding of Liechtenstein that the terms

"export", "import", "transit", "transshipment" and

"brokering" in Article 2, paragraph 2, include, in light of

the object and purpose of this Treaty and in accordance

with their ordinary meaning, monetary or non-monetary

transactions, such as gifts, loans and leases, and that

therefore these activities fall under the scope of this

6, paragraph 3, encompasses acts committed in

international and in non-international armed conflicts, and

includes, among others, serious violations of Common

Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949; as well as,

for States Parties to the relevant agreements, war crimes

as described in the Hague Convention IV of 1907 and its

Regulations, the Additional Protocols of 1977 to the

Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute of the

International Criminal Court of 1998.

It is the understanding of Liechtenstein that the term

relevant agreements, war crimes as described in the

Hague Convention IV of 1907 and its Regulations, the

of the object and purpose of this Treaty and in accordance

Upon its Ratification of the Treaty, the Government of

New Zealand notified the Secretary-General of the following:

“… consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and

taking into account the commitment of the Government of New

Zealand to the development of self-government for Tokelau

through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the

United Nations, [the] ratification [of the Arms Trade Treaty]

shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this

effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the

“This is to inform you, in connection with the Arms Trade

Treaty, done at New York on April 2, 2013, that the United

States does not intend to become a party to the treaty.

Accordingly, the United States has no legal obligations arising

from its signature on September 25, 2013.

The United States requests that its intention not to become a

party, as expressed in this letter, be reflected in the depositary’s

status lists relating to this treaty, and all other publicly available

media relating to the treaty be updated to reflect this intention

not to become a party.”