SOUTH
PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY
HTML preparation by Duncan Currie duncanc@globelaw.com
(6 August 1985) South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty,
adopted August 6, 1985, entered into force 12 November 1986, at
24 I.L.M. 1440 ('SPNFZ'). Entry into Force: 11 December 1986
PREAMBLE
The Parties to this Treaty
United in their commitment to a world at peace;
Gravely concerned that the continuing nuclear arms race
presents the risk of nuclear war which would have devastating
consequences for all people;
Convinced that all countries have an obligation to make every
effort to achieve the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons, the
terror which they hold for humankind and the threat which they
pose to life on earth;
Believing that regional arms control measures can contribute
to global efforts to reverse the nuclear arms race and promote
the national security of each country in the region and the
common security of all;
Determined to ensure, so far as lies within their power, that
the bounty and beauty of the land and sea in their region shall
remain the heritage of their peoples and their descendants in
perpetuity to be enjoyed by all in peace;
Reaffirming the importance of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in preventing the
proliferation of nuclear weapons and in contributing to world
security;
Noting, in particular, that Article VII of the NPT recognises
the right of any group of States to conclude regional treaties in
order to assure the total absence of nuclear weapons in their
respective territories;
Noting that the prohibitions of emplantation and emplacement
of nuclear weapons on the seabed and the ocean floor and in the
subsoil thereof contained in the Treaty on the Prohibition of the
Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other weapons of Mass
Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil
Thereof apply in the South Pacific;
Noting also that the prohibition of testing of nuclear weapons
in the atmosphere or under water, including territorial waters or
high seas, contained in the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests
in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under water applies in the
South Pacific;
Determined to keep the region free of environmental pollution
by radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter.
Guided by the decision of the Fifteenth South Pacific Forum at
Tuvalu that a nuclear free zone should be established in the
region at the earliest possible opportunity in accordance with
the principles set out in the communique of that meeting;
Have Agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1
USAGE OF TERMS
For the purposes of this Treaty and its Protocols:
- a) "South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone"
- means the areas described in Annex 1 as illustrated by
the map attached to that Annex;
- b) "territory"
- means internal waters, territorial sea and archipelagic
waters, the seabed and subsoil beneath, the land
territory and the airspace above them;
- c) "nuclear explosive device"
- means any nuclear weapon or other explosive device
capable of releasing nuclear energy, irrespective of the
purpose for which it could be used. The term includes
such a weapon or device in unassembled and partly
assembled forms, but does not include the means of
transport or delivery of such a weapon or device if
separable from and not an indivisible part of it;
- d) "stationing"
- means emplantation, emplacement, transportation on land
or inland waters, stockpiling, storage, installation and
deployment.
ARTICLE 2
APPLICATION OF THE TREATY
- 1. Except where otherwise specified, this Treaty and its
Protocols shall apply to territory within the South
Pacific Nuclear Free Zone.
-
- 2. Nothing in this Treaty shall prejudice or in any way
affect the rights, or the exercise of the rights, of any
State under international law with regard to freedom of
the seas.
ARTICLE 3
RENUNCIATION OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
Each Party undertakes:
- (a) not to manufacture or otherwise acquire, possess or
have control means anywhere inside or outside the South
Pacific Nuclear Free Zone;
-
- (b) not to seek or receive any assistance in the
manufacture or acquisition of any nuclear explosive
device;
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- (c) not to take any action to assist or encourage the
manufacture or acquisition of any nuclear explosive
device by any State.
ARTICLE 4
PEACEFUL NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES
Each Party undertakes:
- (a) not to provide source or.special fissionable
material, or equipment or material especially designed or
prepared for the processing, use or production of special
fissionable material for peaceful purposes to:
-
-
- (i) any non-nuclear-weapon State unless subject
to the safeguards required by Article III.1 of
the NPT, or
-
- (ii) any nuclear-weapon State unless subject to
applicable safeguards agreements with the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Any such provision shall be in accordance with strict
non-proliferation measures to provide assurance of exclusively
peaceful non-explosive use;
- (b) to support the continued effectiveness of the
international non-proliferation system based on the NPT
and the IAEA safeguards system.
ARTICLE 5
PREVENTION OF STATIONING OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
- 1. Each Party undertakes to prevent in its
territory the stationing of any nuclear explosive device.
-
- 2. Each Party in the exercise of its
sovereign rights remains free to decide for itself
whether to allow visits by foreign
ships and aircraft to its ports and airfields,
transit of its airspace by foreign aircraft, and
navigation by foreign ships in its territorial sea or
archipelagic waters in a manner not covered by the rights
of innocent passage, archipelagic sea lane passage or
transit passage of straits.
ARTICLE 6
PREVENTION OF TESTING OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
Each Party undertakes:
- (a) to prevent in its territory the testing of any
nuclear explosive device;
-
- (b) not to take any action to assist or encourage the
testing of any nuclear explosive device by any State.
ARTICLE 7
PREVENTION OF DUMPING
1. Each Party undertakes:
- (a) not to dump radioactive wastes and other radioactive
matter at sea anywhere within the South Pacific Nuclear
Free Zone;
-
- (b) to prevent the dumping of radioactive wastes and
other radioactive matter by anyone in its territorial
sea;
-
- (c) not to take any action to assist or encourage the
dumping by anyone of radioactive wastes and other
radioactive matter at sea anywhere within the South
Pacific Nuclear Free Zone;
- (d) to support the conclusion as soon as possible of the
proposed Convention relating to the protection of the
natural resources and environment of the South Pacific
region and its Protocol for the prevention of pollution
of the South Pacific region by dumping, with the aim of
precluding dumping at sea of radioactive wastes and other
radioactive matter by anyone anywhere in the region.
2. Paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) of this Article shall not apply to
areas of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone in respect of which
such a Convention and Protocol have entered into force.
ARTICLE 8
CONTROL SYSTEM
- 1. The Parties hereby establish a control system for the
purpose of verifying compliance with their obligations
under this Treaty.
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- 2. The control-system shall comprise:
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- (a) reports and exchange of information as
provided for in Article 9;
- (b) consultations as provided for in Article 10
and Annex 4 (1);
- (c) the application to peaceful nuclear
activities of safeguards by the IAEA as provided
for in Annex 2;
- (d) a complaints procedure as provided for in
Annex 4.
-
ARTICLE 9
REPORTS AND EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION
- 1. Each Party shall report to the Director of the South
Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation (the Director)
as soon as possible any significant event within its
jurisdiction affecting the implementation of this Treaty.
The Director shall circulate such reports promptly to all
Parties.
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- 2. The Parties shall endeavour to keep each other
informed on matters arising under or in relation to this
Treaty. They may exchange information by communicating it
to the Director, who shall circulate it to all Parties.
-
- 3. The Director shall report annually to the South
Pacific Forum on the status of this Treaty and matters
arising under or in relation to it, incorporating reports
and communications made under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this
Article and matters arising under Articles 8(2) (d) and
10 and Annex 2(4).
ARTICLE 10
CONSULTATIONS AND REVIEW
Without prejudice to the conduct of consultations among
Parties by other means, the Director, at the request of any
Party, shall convene a meeting of the Consultative Committee
established by Annex 3 for consultation and cooperation on any
matter arising in relation to this Treaty or for reviewing its
operation.
ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENT
The Consultative Committee shall consider proposals for
amendment of the provisions of this Treaty proposed by any Party
and circulated by the Director to all Parties not less than three
months prior to the convening of the Consultative Committee for
this purpose. Any proposal agreed upon by consensus by the
Consultative Committee shall be communicated to the Director who
shall circulate it for acceptance to all Parties. An amendment
shall enter into force thirty days after receipt by the
depositary of acceptances from all Parties.
ARTICLE 12
SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION
- 1. This Treaty shall be open for signature by any Member
of the South Pacific Forum .
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- 2. This Treaty shall be subject to ratification.
Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the
Director who is hereby designated depositary of this
Treaty and its Protocols.
-
- 3. If a Member of the South Pacific Forum whose territory
is outside the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone becomes a
Party to this Treaty, Annex 1 shall be deemed to be
amended so far as is required to enclose at least the
territory of that Party within the boundaries of the
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone. The delineation of any
area added pursuant to this paragraph shall be approved
by the South Pacific Forum.
ARTICLE 13
WITHDRAWAL
- 1. This Treaty is of a permanent nature and shall remain
in force indefinitely, provided that in the event of a
violation by any Party of a provision of this Treaty
essential to the achievement of the objectives of the
Treaty or of the spirit of the Treaty, every other Party
shall have the right to withdraw; from the Treaty.
-
- 2. Withdrawal shall be effected by giving notice twelve
months in advance to the Director who shall circulate
such notice to all other Parties.
ARTICLE 14
RESERVATIONS
This Treaty shall not be subject to reservations.
ARTICLE 15
ENTRY INTO FORCE
- 1. This Treaty shall enter into force on the date of
deposit of the eighth instrument of ratification.
-
- 2. For a signatory which ratifies this Treaty after the
date of deposit of the eighth instrument of ratification,
the Treaty shall enter into force on the date of deposit
of its instrument of ratification.
ARTICLE 16
DEPOSITARY FUNCTIONS
The depositary shall register this treaty and its Protocols
pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations and
shall transmit certified copies of the Treaty and its Protocols
to all Members of the South Pacific Forum and all States eligible
to become Party to the Protocols to the Treaty and shall notify
them of signatures and ratifications of the Treaty and its
Protocols.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorised by
their Governments, have signed thus Treaty.
DONE at , this day of , One thousand nine hundred and
eighty-[five], in a single original in the English language.
ANNEX 1
SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE
A. The area bounded by a Line --
- (1) commencing at the point of intersection of the
Equator by the maritime boundary between Indonesia and
Papua New Guinea;
-
- (2) running thence northerly along that maritime boundary
to its intersection by the outer Limit of the exclusive
economic zone of Papua New Guinea;
-
- (3) thence generally north-easterly, easterly and
south-easterly along that outer Limit to its intersection
by the Equator;
-
- (4) thence east along the Equator to its intersection by
the meridian of Longitude 163 degrees East;
-
- (5) thence north along that meridian to its intersection
by the parallel of Latitude 3 degrees North;
-
- (6) thence east along that parallel to its intersection
by the meridian of Longitude 171 degrees East;
-
- (7) thence north along that meridian to its intersection
by the parallel of Latitude 4 degrees North;
-
- (8) thence east along that parallel to its intersection
by the meridian of Longitude 180 degrees East;
-
- (9) thence south along that meridian to its intersection
by the Equator;
-
- (10) thence east along the Equator to its intersection by
the meridian of Longitude 165 degrees West,
-
- (11) thence north along that meridian to its intersection
by the parallel of Latitude 5 degrees 30 minutes North;
-
- (12) thence east along that parallel to its intersection
by the meridian of Longitude 154 degrees West;
-
- (13) thence south along that meridian to its intersection
by the Equator;
-
- (14) thence east along the Equator to its intersection by
the meridian of Longitude 115 degrees West;
-
- (15) thence south along that meridian to its intersection
by the parallel of Latitude 60 degrees South;
-
- (16) thence west along that parallel to its intersection
by the meridian of Longitude 115 degrees East;
-
- (17) thence north along that meridian to its southernmost
intersection by the outer limit of the territorial sea of
Australia;
-
- (18) thence generally northerly and easterly along the
outer limit of the territorial sea of Australia to its
intersection by the meridian of Longitude 136 degrees 45
minutes East,
-
- (19) thence north-easterly along the geodesic to the
point of Latitude 10 degrees 50 minutes South, Longitude
139 degrees 12 minutes East;
-
- (20) thence north-easterly along the maritime boundary
between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to where it joins
the land border between those two countries;
-
- (21) thence generally northerly along that land border to
where it joins the maritime boundary between Indonesia
and Papua New Guinea, on the northern coastline of Papua
New Guinea; and
-
- (22) thence generally northerly along that boundary to
the point of commencement.
B. The areas within the outer limits of the territorial seas
of all Australian islands lying westward of the area described in
paragraph A and north of Latitude 60 degrees South, provided that
any such areas shall cease to be part of the South Pacific
Nuclear Free Zone upon receipt by the depositary of written
notice from the Government of Australia stating that the areas
have become subject to another treaty having an object and
purpose substantially the same as that of this Treaty.
[SEE ILLUSTRATION IN ORIGINAL]
ANNEX 2
IAEA SAFEGUARDS
- 1. The safeguards referred to in Article 8 shall in
respect of each Party be applied by the IAEA as set forth
in an agreement negotiated and concluded with the IAEA on
all source or special fissionable material in all
peaceful nuclear activities within the territory of the
Party, under its jurisdiction or carried out under its
control anywhere.
-
- 2. The agreement referred to in paragraph 1 shall be, or
shall be equivalent in its scope and effect to, an
agreement required in connection with the NPT on the
basis of the material reproduced in document INFCIRC/153
(Corrected) of the IAEA. Each Party shall take all
appropriate steps to ensure that such an agreement is in
force for it not later than eighteen months after the
date of entry into force for that Party of this Treaty.
-
- 3. For the purposes of this Treaty, the safe-guards
referred to in paragraph 1 shall have as their purpose
the verification of the non-diversion of nuclear material
from peaceful nuclear activities to nuclear explosive
devices.
-
- 4. Each Party agrees upon the rquest of any other Party
to transmit to that Party and to the Director for the
information of all Parties a copy of the overall
conclusions of the most, recent report by the IAEA on its
inspection activities in the territory of the Party
concerned, and to advise the Director promptly of any
subsequent findings of the Board of Governors of the IAEA
in relation to those conclusions for the information of
all Parties.
ANNEX 3
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
- 1. There is hereby established a Consultative Committee
which shall be convened by the Director from time to time
Pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 and Annex 4 (2). The
Consultative Committee shall be constituted of
representatives of the Parties, each Party being entitled
to appoint one representative who may be accompanied by
advisers. Unless otherwise agreed, the Consultative
Committee shall be chaired at any given meeting by the
representative of the Party which last hosted the meeting
of Heads of Government of Members of the South Pacific
Forum. A quorum shall be constituted by representatives
of half the Parties. Subject to the provisions of Article
11, decisions of the Consultative Committee shall be
taken by consensus or, failing consensus, by a two-thirds
majority of those present and voting. The Consultative
Committee shall adopt such other rules of procedure as it
sees fit.
-
- 2. The costs of the Consultative Committee, including the
costs of special inspections pursuant to Annex 4, shall
be borne by the South Pacific Bureau for Economic
Co-operation. It may seek special funding should this be
required.
ANNEX 4
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
- 1. A Party which considers that there are grounds for a
complaint that another Party is in breach of its
obligations under this Treaty will, before bringing such
a complaint to the Director, bring the subject matter of
the attention of the Party complained of and shall allow
the latter reasonable opportunity to provide it with an
explanation and to resolve the matter.
-
- 2. If the matter is not so resolved, the complainant
Party may bring the complaint to the Director with a
request that the Consultative Committee be convened to
consider it. Complaints shall be supported by an account
of evidence of breach of obligations known to the
complainant Party. Upon receipt of a complaint the
Director shall convene the Consultative Committee as
quickly as possible to consider it.
-
- 3. The Consultative Committee, taking account of efforts
made under paragraph 1, shall afford the Party complained
of a reasonable opportunity to provide it with an
explanation of the matter.
-
- 4. If, after considering any explanation given to it by
the representatives of the Party complained of, the
Consultative Committee decides that there is sufficient
substance in the complaint to warrant a special
inspection in the territory of that Party or elsewhere,
the Consultative Committee shall direct that such special
inspection be made as quickly as possible by a special
inspection team of three suitably qualified special
inspectors appointed by the Consultative Committee in
consultation with the complained of and complainant
Parties, provided that no national of either Party shall
serve on the special inspection team. If so requested by
the Party complained of, this special inspection team
shall be accompanied by representatives of that Party.
Neither the right of consultation on the appointment of
special inspectors, nor the right to accompany special
inspectors, shall delay the work of the special
inspection team.
-
- 5. In making a special inspection, special inspectors
shall be subject and shall comply with such directives
concerning tasks, objectives, confidentiality and
procedures as may be decided upon by it. Directives shall
take account of the legitimate interests of the Party
complained of in complying with its other international
obligations and commitments and shall not duplicate
safeguards procedures to be undertaken by the IAEA
pursuant to agreements referred to in Annex 2(1). The
special inspectors shall discharge their duties with due
respect for the laws of the Party complained of.
-
- 6. Each Party shall give to special inspectors full and
free access to all information and places within its
territory which may be relevant to enable the special
inspectors to implement the directives given to them by
the Consultative Committee.
-
- 7. The Party complained of shall take all appropriate
steps to facilitate the special inspection, and shall
grant to special inspectors privileges and immunities
necessary for the performance of their functions,
including inviolability for all papers and documents and
immunity from arrest, detention and legal process for
acts done and words spoken and written, for the purpose
of the special inspection.
-
- 8. The special inspectors shall report in writing as
quickly as possible to the Consultative Committee,
outlining their activities, setting out relevant facts
and information as ascertained by them, with supporting
evidence and documentation as appropriate, and stating
their conclusions. The Consultative Committee shall
report fully to all Members of the South Pacific Forum,
giving its decision as to whether the Party complained of
is in breach of its obligations under this Treaty.
-
- 9. If the Consultative Committee has decided that the
Party complained of is in breach of its obligations under
this Treaty, or that the above with, or at any, time at
the request of either the complainant or complained of
Party, the Parties shall meet promptly at a meeting of
the South Pacific Forum.
PROTOCOL 1
The Parties to this Protocol
Noting the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (the Treaty)
Have Agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Each Party undertakes to apply, in respect of the territories
for which it is internationally responsible situated within the
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, the prohibitions contained in
Articles 3, 5 and 6, insofar as they relate to the manufacture,
stationing and testing of the nuclear explosive device within
those territories, and the safeguards specified in Article 8
(2)(c) and Annex 2 of the Treaty.
ARTICLE 2
Each Party may, by written notification to the depositary,
indicate its acceptance from the date of such notification of any
alteration to its obligations under this Protocol brought about
by the entry into force of an amendment to the Treaty pursuant to
Article 11 of the Treaty.
ARTICLE 3
This Protocol shall be open for signature by France, the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
United States of America.
ARTICLE 4
Thus Protocol shall be subject to ratification.
ARTICLE 5
This Protocol shall enter into force for each State on the
date of its deposit with the depositary of its instrument of
ratification. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly
authorised by their Governments, have signed this Protocol. DONE
at , this day of , One thousand nine hundred and eighty-[five],
in a single original in the English language.
PROTOCOL 2
The Parties to this Protocol
Noting the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (the Treaty)
Have Agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Each Party undertakes not to contribute to any act which
constitutes a violation of the Treaty or its Protocols by Parties
to them.
ARTICLE 2
Each Party further undertakes not to use or threaten to use
any nuclear explosive device against;
a) Parties to the Treaty; or b) any territory within the South
Pacific Nuclear Free Zone for which a State that has become a
Party to Protocol I is internationally responsible.
ARTICLE 3
Each Party may, by written notification to the depositary,
indicate its acceptance from the date of such notification of any
alteration to its obligations under this Protocol brought about
by the entry into force of an amendment to the Treaty pursuant to
Article 11 of the Treaty or by the extension of the South Pacific
Nuclear Free Zone pursuant to Article 12(3) of the Treaty.
ARTICLE 4
This Protocol shall be open for signature by France, the
People's Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and the United States of America.
ARTICLE 5
This Protocol shall be subject to ratification.
ARTICLE 6
This Protocol shall enter into force for each State on the
date of its deposit with the depositary of its instrument of
ratification. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly
authorised by, their Governments, have signed this Protocol.
DONE at , this day of , One thousand
nine hundred and eighty-[five], in a single original in the
English language.
PROTOCOL 3
The Parties to this Protocol
Noting the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (the Treaty)
Have Agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Each Party undertakes not to test any nuclear explosive device
anywhere within the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone.
ARTICLE 2
Each Party may, by written notification to the depositary,
indicate its acceptance from the date of such notification of any
alteration to its obligation under this Protocol brought about by
the entry into force of an amendment to the Treaty pursuant to
Article 11 of the Treaty or by the extension of the South Pacific
Nuclear Free Zone pursuant to Article 12(3) of the Treaty.
ARTICLE 3
This Protocol shall be open for signature by France, the
People's Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and the United States of America.
ARTICLE 4
This Protocol shall be subject to ratification.
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Parties and dates of entry into force
Australia 11.12.1986
Cook Islands 11 12.1986
Fiji 11.12.1986
Kiribati 11.12.1986
Nauru 13. 4.1987
New Zealand 11.12.1986
Niue 11.12.1986
Papua New Guinea 12.12.1986
Tuvalu 11.12.1986
Western Samoa 11.12.1986
/. . .
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SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY Objectives
To establish a nuclear free zone in the region and to keep the
region free of environmental pollution by radioactive wastes.
Provisions
The Parties undertake:
- (a) Not to acquire any nuclear explosive device (art. 3
(a)) and not assist the acquisition of any nuclear
explosive device by any state (art. 3 (c));
-
- (b) To apply strict non-proliferation measures to all
exports of nuclear materials to ensure exclusively
peaceful, non-explosive use (art. 4);
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- (c) To prevent the stationing of nuclear weapons on their
territories (art. 5 (1));
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- (d) To prevent the testing of any nuclear explosive
device on their territories (art. 6 (a)) and not to
assist the testing of any nuclear explosive device by any
state (art. 6 (b));
-
- (e) Not to dump radioactive wastes at sea within the
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone (art. 7 (a));
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- (f) To prevent the dumping of radioactive wastes in their
territorial sea (art. 7 (b)).
-
- The treaty includes three Protocols.
-
- The first invites France, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of
America to apply the prohibitions contained in Articles
3, 5 and 6 to territories within the South Pacific Free
Zone for which they are internationally responsible.
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- The other two respectively invite France, the People's
Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and the United States of America not to
use nuclear explosive devices within the zone.
-
- Membership
-
- The Treaty is open to Member States of the South Pacific
Forum. Protocol 1 is open for signature by France, the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and
the United States of America. Protocols 2 and 3 are open
for signature by France, the People's Republic of China,
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
United States of America.
-
- Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the
Director of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic
Co-operation.
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- Date of adoption 8. 8.1985
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- Place of adoption Raratonga
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- Date of entry into force 11. 12.1986
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- Language English
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- Depositary South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation
SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE
ZONE TREATY
Table of Contents
PREAMBLE
ARTICLE 1 USAGE OF TERMS
ARTICLE 2 APPLICATION OF THE
TREATY
ARTICLE 3 RENUNCIATION OF
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
ARTICLE 4 PEACEFUL NUCLEAR
ACTIVITIES
ARTICLE 5 PREVENTION OF
STATIONING OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
ARTICLE 6 PREVENTION OF
TESTING OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
ARTICLE 7 PREVENTION OF
DUMPING
ARTICLE 8 CONTROL SYSTEM
ARTICLE 9 REPORTS AND
EXCHANGES OF INFORMATION
ARTICLE 10 CONSULTATIONS
AND REVIEW
ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENT
ARTICLE 12 SIGNATURE AND
RATIFICATION
ARTICLE 13 WITHDRAWAL
ARTICLE 14 RESERVATIONS
ARTICLE 15 ENTRY INTO FORCE
ARTICLE 16 DEPOSITARY
FUNCTIONS
ANNEX 1
ANNEX 2
ANNEX 3
ANNEX 4
ARTICLE 1
ARTICLE 2
ARTICLE 3
ARTICLE 4
ARTICLE 5
ARTICLE 1
ARTICLE 2
ARTICLE 3
ARTICLE 4
ARTICLE 5
ARTICLE 6
ARTICLE 1
ARTICLE 2
ARTICLE 3
ARTICLE 4
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