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Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

Document type
Multilateral
Field of application
Regional/restricted
Date
Feb 14, 1967
Source
IUCN (ID: TRE-000572)
Title (French)

Traité visant l'interdiction des armes nucléaires en Amérique latine

Title (Other)

Vertrag über das Verbot von Nuklearwaffen in Lateinamerika

Place of adoption
Mexico City
Depository
Mexico
Language
Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Entry into force
Jan 29, 1968
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Nuclear energy International organization Monitoring Data collection/reporting Institution Military activities
Geographical area
Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract

Objective: To contribute towards ending the armaments race, especially in the field of nuclear weapons and towards strengthening world peace, based on sovereign equality of States and mutual respect and good neighbourliness. Summary of provisions: The Contracting Parties undertake to use exclusively for peaceful purposes the nuclear material and facilities which are under their jurisdiction and to prohibit and prevent testing, use, manufacture, production, acquisition, receipt, storage, installation, deployment and possession of any nuclear weapons (art.1). Nuclear weapons are defined in article 5. Contracting Parties conserve the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes (art.17). Parties may carry out explosions of nuclear devices for peaceful purposes or collaborate with third parties for that purpose under certain conditions (art. 18). Institutional mechanisms: The Contracting Parties have established an Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America to ensure compliance with the obligations of this Treaty (art. 7). The organs of the Agency are the General Conference (art. 9), the Council (art.10) and the Secretariat (art. 11). Moreover, a control system is set up to verify compliance (art. 12). It is composed of multilateral or bilateral agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency for the application of its safeguards to the Parties' nuclear activities (art. 13), a system of reports by the Parties (art.14 and 15) and special inspections (art. 16). Measures to be taken by the General Conference in the event of a violation by a Party of its obligations under the Treaty are organised under article 20. (Source: IUCN ELC, 08.2005)

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Website
disarmament.un.org

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Countries Entry into force Ratification * Simple signature
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela, Boliv. Rep. of

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