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Annex III:

Tables of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty of Tlatelolco

Principal Principal obligations of obligations of History Coverage nonregional states states (upon ratification of relevant protocols) within the zone

Discussions All thirty-three To use nuclear 1. extends the obligations to territories underway by the states in Latin materials and facili - for which the ratifying state is de jure or de late 1950s America and ties exclusively for facto internationally responsible within the Caribbean peaceful purposes. zone. Opened for signature: 1967 Not to test, (These were , the , the UK, manufacture, and the US.) Entered into force: produce, acquire, or 1969 receive nuclear 2. Protocol II: not to use or threaten to use weapons, either nuclear weapons against the contracting Last state ratified: directly or parties. June 2002 indirectly. Status:

Protocol I: All four relevant states have ratified.

Protocol II: All five nuclear-weapon states have ratified, with some reservations.

The US reservations concerned the rights of transit. They also stated that the negative security assurances would not apply if a contracting party were to attack the US with support from a nuclear-armed ally.

Reservations were made by other nuclear-weapon states as well. ANNEX III 47

SOUTH PACIFIC Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty of Rarotonga

Principal Principal obligations of obligations of History Coverage nonregional states states (upon ratification of relevant protocols) within the zone

Discussions Thirteen states: Not to manufac - 1. Protocol I: to apply to prohibitions of the treaty underway by the ture, acquire, to territories for which it is internationally late 1970s receive, or responsible. (France, the UK, the US.) Cook Islands otherwise possess Opened for any nuclear 2. Protocol II: “...not to use or threaten to use any signature: Kiribati explosive device. nuclear explosive device against (a) parties to August 1985 the Treaty; or (b) any territory within the Not to provide South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone for which a Entered into force: Niue source or special state that has become a party to Protocol I is December 1986 Papua New fissional materials internationally responsible.” Guinea to any non-nuclear Last state ratified: Samoa state. 3. Protocol III: “...not to test any nuclear explosive December 2000 Solomon Islands device anywhere within[the zone]. Tonga To prevent testing Tuvalu of any nuclear Status: Vanuatu explosive device. All three protocols have been ratified by France Not to dump and by the UK. radioactive or other material in the sea, Protocols II and III have been ratified by China and to prevent and . others from so doing. The US has signed but not ratified the three protocols. 48 ANNEX III

SOUTHEAST ASIA Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty of Bangkok

Principal Principal obligations of obligations of History Coverage nonregional states states (upon ratification of relevant protocols) within the zone

Discussions Ten states: Not to develop, Article 2 of the protocol prohibits states that ratify underway by early Brunei manufacture, or the protocol from using or threatening to use 1970s Darussalam otherwise acquire nuclear weapons against any state party or within Cambodia or possess nuclear the Zone. Opened for Indonesia weapons inside or signature: Laos outside of the treaty Article 3 opens the protocol for signature for December 1995 Malaysia zone. China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US. Myanmar Entered into force: Not to transport or Status: March 1997 station nuclear Thailand weapons. None of the five nuclear-weapon states has signed Last state ratified: Vietnam the protocol. June 2001 Not to test or use Includes Exclusive nuclear weapons. Economic Zones of each party in zone Not to allow any other state to transport, or test nuclear weapons.

Not to dump or discard radio active materials in the sea, on land, or in the atmosphere. ANNEX III 49

AFRICA Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Pelindaba Treaty

Principal Principal obligations of obligations of History Coverage nonregional states states (upon ratification of relevant protocols) within the zone

UN General Fifty-two African Not to conduct Protocol I: not to use or threaten to use nuclear Assembly resolu - states have signed research, develop, explosive devices against any state party or within tion in 1961calls on the treaty. test, acquire, the zone. states to respect possess, or have Africa as a Twenty-eight of control over any (This protocol was open to the five nuclear- denuclearized zone these states have nuclear explosive weapon states.) ratified it. devices. Opened for Protocol II: not to test within the zone. signature: Includes land, To prohibit the April 1996 territorial seas and stationing of (Also opened to the five nuclear-weapon states.) archipelago waters, nuclear explosive Entered into airspace above, devices in the state Protocol III: extends the obligations to territories force: July 2009 seabed and subsoil party’s territory— for which the ratifying state is de jure or de facto beneath. decisions about internationally responsible within the zone. Ratification visits by foreign pending in twenty- ships and aircraft (This protocol was opened for signature by France four states are left up to states and .) party. Status: To declare and dismantle any Protocol I has been ratified by China, France, and nuclear explosive the UK. devices or facilities for their manufac - The US has signed but not yet ratified. ture. Protocol II has been ratified by China, France, and To prevent the UK. dumping of radioactive Russia and the US have signed but not ratified it. materials. Protocol III: France has ratified.

Spain has neither signed nor ratified. 50 ANNEX III

CENTRAL ASIA Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty of Semipalatinsk

Principal Principal obligations of obligations of History Coverage nonregional states states (upon ratification of relevant protocols) within the zone

Discussions began Five states: Not to possess, The Protocol requires states not to use or threaten early 1990s research, or develop to use nuclear weapons against parties of the nuclear weapons, or treaty. Opened for nuclear explosive signature: Tajikistan devices; or to Status: September 2006 Turkmenistan receive assistance in Uzbekistan doing so. The protocol is not yet open for signature. Entered into force: March 2009 Not to test or China and Russia support the protocol. support testing. Last state ratified: France, the UK, and the US continue to have December 11, 2008 Not to allow the some objections to the treaty (particularly stationing of such concerning what they see as the possibility that weapons and Russia could ship nuclear-related cargo through devices except the region based on a past treaty). where permitted by state party.

To assist in environmental clean-up from past contamination.

Not to allow the disposal in its territory of radioac - tive waste of foreign countries.

To ratify the IAEA Additional Protocol