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CONVENTION ON EARLY NOTIFICATION OF A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT



Objectives



To provide relevant information about nuclear accidents 

as early as possible in order that transboundary 

radiological consequences can be minimized.



Provisions



(a) In the event of a nuclear accident, the Party 

referred to in article 1 to notify, directly or through 

the (International Atomic Energy Agency thereinafter 

referred to as the "Agency"), those states which are or 

may be physically affected as specified in article 1 and 

the Agency of the nuclear accident, its nature, the time 

of its occurrence and the exact location where 

appropriate (art. 2 (a));



(b) In the event of a nuclear accident, the Party 

referred to in article 1 to provide the states referred 

to in subparagraph (a), directly or through the Agency, 

and the Agency with such available information relevant 

to minimizing the radiological consequences in those 

states, as specified in article 5 (art. 2 (b));



(c) With a view to minimizing the radiological 

consequences, Parties may notify in the event of nuclear 

accidents other than those specified in article 1 (art. 

3);



(d) The Agency to inform Parties, Member States, other 

States which are or may be physically affected as 

specified in article 1 and relevant international 

organizations of a notification received pursuant to 

sub-paragraph (a) of article 2 (art. 4 (a));



(e) The Agency to provide any Party, Member States or 

relevant international organizations, upon request, with 

the information received pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) 

of article 2 (art. 4 (b)).



Membership



This Convention is open to all states, Namibia, 

represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia, 

international organizations and regional integration 

organizations referred to in article 14. Instruments 

shall be deposited with the Director-General of the 

Agency.



Date of adoption                26. 9.1986

Place of adoption               Vienna

Date of entry into force        27.10.1986 (in 

                                accordance with art. 12)

Languages                       Arabic, Chinese,

                                English, French,

                                Russian, Spanish

Depositary                      Agency (IAEA)



                                                                          

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      Parties and dates of entry into force



Argentina                        17. 2.1990

Australia*                       23.10.1987

Austria                          20. 3.1988

Bangladesh                        7. 2.1988

Bulgaria*                        26. 3.1988

Byelorussian Soviet

  Socialist Republic*            26. 2.1987

Canada                           18. 2.1990

China                            11.10.1987

Cyprus                            4. 2.1989

Czechoslovakia                   27.10.1986

Democratic People's

 Republic of Korea*              27.10.1986

Denmark                          27.10.1986

Egypt                             6. 8.1988

Finland                          11. 1.1987

France                            6. 4.1989

Germany, Democratic Republic*    30. 5.1987

Germany, Federal Republic of     15.10.1989

Guatemala                         8. 9.1988

Hungary*                         10. 4.1987

Iceland                          28.10.1989

India*                           28. 2.1988

Iraq*                            21. 8.1988

Israel                           25. 6.1989

Italy                            11. 3.1990

Japan                            10. 7.1987

Jordan                           11. 1.1988

Korea, Republic of                9. 7.1990

Malaysia                          1.10.1987

Mexico                           10. 6.1988

Mongolia*                        12. 7.1987

Monaco                           19. 8.1989

New Zealand                      11. 4.1987

Nigeria                          10. 9.1990

Norway                           12.10.1986

Pakistan                         12.10.1989

Poland*                          24. 4.1988

Saudi Arabia                      4.12.1989

Spain                            14.10.1989

South Africa                     10. 9.1987

Sweden                           10. 9.1987

Switzerland                      30. 3.1987

Thailand                         21. 4.1989

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist

 Republic*                       26. 2.1987

















* Indicates that a reservation or Declaration was 

deposited upon signature or ratification.





                                                                

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Union of Soviet Socialist

                 Republics*      24. 1.1987

United Kingdom of

  Great Britain and

  Northern Ireland               12. 3.1990

United States of America*        20.10.1988

Uruguay                          21. 1.1990

Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of  30.10.1987

Yugoslavia                       11. 3.1989

World Health Organization        10. 9.1988

World Meteorological

  Organization                   18. 5.1990





* Indicates that a reservation or Declaration was 

deposited 

upon signature or ratification.

.