handbooks-2008-pelindabaguidefr-8cf187abaf8ca15a.pdf

This practical guide, published by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and coordinated by the Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP), provides detailed procedures for African states to ratify and implement the Treaty of Pelindaba. The treaty establishes the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (ANWFZ) to prevent the development, production, testing, acquisition, or stationing of nuclear weapons on the continent while promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

• The Treaty of Pelindaba was adopted in June 1995 during the 31st Ordinary Session of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa. Its primary goal is to ensure that no country on the African continent develops, produces, tests, acquires, or stations nuclear weapons.
• The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (ANWFZ) encompasses the entire African continent and several specific islands, including Agalega, the Chagos Archipelago (Diego Garcia), Bassas da India, Cape Verde, the Canaries, Comoros, Europa, Juan de Nova, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Prince Edward and Marion Islands, Réunion, Rodrigues, Saint-Brandon, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Tromelin, and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba.
• As of April 25, 2008, all 53 member states of the African Union (AU), including the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, had signed the treaty. However, only 26 countries had deposited their instruments of ratification by February 1, 2009. The treaty requires 28 ratifications to enter into force.
• The treaty imposes several strict obligations on member states, including the renunciation of nuclear explosive devices, the prohibition of their stationing and testing, the destruction of existing nuclear devices and production facilities, and the prohibition of dumping radioactive waste.
• The treaty includes three protocols to ensure compliance by non-party states: Protocol I prohibits the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons against treaty parties; Protocol II prohibits nuclear testing within the zone; and Protocol III requires states internationally responsible for territories in the zone (specifically France and Spain) to apply the treaty's provisions in those territories.
• Upon the treaty's entry into force, the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) will be established. This commission will be responsible for collecting reports, organizing consultations, examining IAEA safeguards, and promoting regional and international cooperation for the peaceful use of nuclear science and technology.
• Member states are required to conclude a comprehensive safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to verify that nuclear materials are used exclusively for peaceful purposes and are not diverted for the manufacture of nuclear explosive devices.
• The treaty allows for the peaceful use of nuclear science and technology for economic and social development, provided that rigorous non-proliferation measures are followed.

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