AFRICAN NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY (PALINDABA TREATY) — Rwanda law | Esheria

AFRICAN NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY (PALINDABA TREATY)

This article defines key treaty terms and requires each Protocol Party not to use, threaten, test, assist, or encourage testing of nuclear explosive devices in the African nuclear-weapon-free zone, and to apply certain treaty provisions to territories it is responsible for.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
Act or statute
Status
In force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
mul
Updated
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This article defines key treaty terms and requires each Protocol Party not to use, threaten, test, assist, or encourage testing of nuclear explosive devices in the African nuclear-weapon-free zone, and to apply certain treaty provisions to territories it is responsible for. This article says the Treaty and its Protocols apply to the African nuclear-weapon-free zone, and Protocol Parties must not help any act that violates the Treaty or Protocol. Each Party must not research, develop, make, stockpile, acquire, possess, or control nuclear explosive devices, and must not seek, receive, assist, or encourage such activity. Each Protocol Party must also notify the Depositary in writing if it accepts or rejects any change to its obligations caused by an amendment to the Treaty. Each Party must prohibit the stationing of any nuclear explosive device in its territory. Each party must not test nuclear explosive devices, must prohibit such testing in its territory, and must not assist or encourage such testing by any state.