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SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR-FREE ZONE TREATY
Objectives
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To establish a nuclear-free zone in the region and to keep the
region free of environmental pollution by radioactive wastes.
Summary of provisions
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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);
(c) To prevent the stationing of nuclear weapons on their
territories (art. 5 (1));
(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));
(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 Nuclear-
Free Zone for which they are internationally responsible. 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
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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
Cooperation.
Date of adoption 6. 8.1985
Place of adoption Raratonga, Cook Islands
Date of entry into force 11.12.1986
Language English
Depositary South Pacific Bureau for
Economic Cooperation
Participant Signature Ratification Entry into Force
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Australia 6. 8.1985 11.12.1986 11.12.1986
Cook Islands 6. 8.1985 28.10.1985 11.12.1986
Fiji 6. 8.1985 4.10.1985 11.12.1986
Kiribati 6. 8.1985 28.10.1986 11.12.1986
Nauru 17. 7.1986 13. 4.1987 13. 4.1987
New Zealand 6. 8.1985 13.11.1986 11.12.1986
Niue 6. 8.1985 12. 5.1986 11.12.1986
Papua New Guinea 16. 9.1985 15. 9.1989 12. 9.1989
Solomon Islands 29. 5.1987 27. 1.1989 27. 1.1989
Tuvalu 6. 8.1985 16. 1.1986 11.12.1986
Western Samoa 6. 8.1985 20.10.1986 11.12.1986
Treaty Secretariat
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South Pacific Bureau for Economic co-operation
GPO Box 856
Suva
Fiji
Telephone: 312600
Telex: 2229 SPECSUVA, FJ
Cable: SPECSUVA
Fax: (679) 302205
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