sentences:  It became fully effective on 21 June 2001, after the Philippines ratified it, effectively banning all nuclear weapons in the region.In 2014 at the Meeting of the Commission for the Treaty on the SEANWFZ, the Ministers reviewed the progress on the implementation of the 2013-2017 Plan of Action to Strengthen the SEANWFZ Treaty, while reaffirming their commitment to preserve Southeast Asia as a Nuclear-Weapon Free Zone.The SEANWFZ treaty has a protocol that is open to signature by the five recognized nuclear-weapon states