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Art.3 |
ARTICLE 3 |
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Art.3.1x. |
Each Party undertakes: |
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Art.3.1x.a |
(a) not to manufacture or otherwise acquire, possess or have control over any nuclear explosive device by any means anywhere inside or outside the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; |
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Art.3.1x.b |
(b) not to seek or receive any assistance in the manufacture or acquisition of any nuclear explosive device; |
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Art.3.1x.c |
(c) not to take any action to assist or encourage the manufacture or acquisition of any nuclear explosive device by any State. |
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Art.4 |
ARTICLE 4 |
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Art.4.1x |
Each Party undertakes: |
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Art.4.1x.a |
(a) not to provide source or special fissionable material, or equipment or material especially designed or prepared for the processing, use or production of special fissionable material for peaceful purposes to: |
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Art.4.1x.a.i |
(i) any non-nuclear-weapon State unless subject to the safeguards required by Article III.1 of the NPT, or |
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Art.4.1x.a.ii |
(ii) any nuclear-weapon State unless subject to applicable safeguards agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). |
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Art.4.1x.a.iii |
Any such provision shall be in accordance with strict non-proliferation measures to provide assurance of exclusively peaceful non-explosive use; |
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Art.4.1x.b |
(b) to support the continued effectiveness of the international non-proliferation system based on the NPT and the IAEA safeguards system. |
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Art.5 |
ARTICLE 5 |
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Art.5.1 |
1. Each Party undertakes to prevent in its territory the stationing of any nuclear explosive device. |
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Art.5.2 |
2. Each Party in the exercise of its sovereign rights remains free to decide for itself whether to allow visits by foreign ships and aircraft to its ports and airfields, transit of its airspace by foreign aircraft, and navigation by foreign ships in its territorial sea or archipelagic waters in a manner not covered by the rights of innocent passage, archipelagic sea lanes passage or transit passage of straits. |
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Art.6 |
ARTICLE 6 |
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Art.6.1x |
Each Party undertakes: |
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Art.6.1x.a |
(a) to prevent in its territory the testing of any nuclear explosive device; |
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Art.6.1x.b |
(b) not to take any action to assist or encourage the testing of any nuclear explosive device by any State |
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Art.7 |
ARTICLE 7 |
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Art.7.1 |
1. Each Party undertakes: |
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Art.7.1.a |
(a) not to dump radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter at sea anywhere within the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; |
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Art.7.1.b |
(b) to prevent the dumping of radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter by anyone in its territorial sea; |
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Art.7.1.c |
(c) not to take any action to assist or encourage the dumping by anyone of radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter at sea anywhere within the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; |
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Art.7.1.d |
(d) to support the conclusion as soon as possible of the proposed Convention relating to the protection of the natural resources and environment of the South Pacific region and its Protocol for the prevention of pollution of the South Pacific region by dumping, with the aim of precluding dumping at sea of radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter by anyone anywhere in the region. |
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Art.7.2 |
2. Paragraphs 1 (a) and 1 (b) of this Article shall not apply to areas of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone in respect of which such a Convention and Protocol have entered into force. |
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Art.9 |
ARTICLE 9 |
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Art.9.1 |
1. Each Party shall report to the Director of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation (the Director) as soon as possible any significant event within its jurisdiction affecting the implementation of this Treaty. The Director shall circulate such reports promptly to all Parties. |
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Art.9.2 |
2. The Parties shall endeavour to keep each other informed on matters arising under or in relation to this Treaty. They may exchange information by communicating it to the Director, who shall circulate it to all parties. |
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Art.9.3 |
3. The Director shall report annually to the South Pacific Forum on the status of this Treaty and matters arising under or in relation to it, incorporating reports and communications made under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and matters arising under Articles 8 (2)(d) and 10 and Annex 2 (4). |
