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Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime Signed in Dec. 2002
Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons Annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (Protocol IV) Instrument of ratification deposited in Nov. 1998
Amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices Annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (Amended Protocol II) Instrument of ratification deposited in Nov. 1998
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects and Protocols I-III Signed in Sep. 1981, instrument of ratification deposited in Apr. 1982; amendment of Article 1 of the Convention ratified in Jun. 2003, instrument of ratification deposited in Aug. 2003
Others Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques Acceded in Jun. 2005
Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space Acceded in Dec. 1988
Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts, and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space Acceded in Dec. 1988
Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects Acceded in Dec. 1988
Treaty on Principles Concerning the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space Including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies Acceded in Dec. 1983
The Antarctic Treaty Acceded in Jun. 1983


Table 5 Major Multilateral Counter-Terrorism Treaties Signed by China
Treaty Date of Signature Effective Date Participation or Statement by China
Agreement on Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism in Counter Terrorism by the Ministry of Defense/ Armed Forces/ Military of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, and Tajikistan Aug. 2017 Aug. 2017 Signed in Aug. 2017, effective in China