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Full Title

1992 Amendments to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

Short Title / Abbreviations

Resolution 290 (VII) to the Tlateloco Treaty

CIL Subject Classification
Citations to Text CG/E/Res.290
Date of Adoption 26/08/1992
Place of Adoption Mexico City, Mexico
Secretariat / Relevant Authority

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)

Dispute settlement provisions

See text of 1967 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America: 

Article 24, Settlement of Disputes

“Unless the Parties concerned agree on another mode of peaceful settlement, any question or dispute concerning the interpretation or application of this treaty which is not settled shall be referred to the International Court of Justice with the prior consent of the parties to the controversy.” 

Depository

Commission of the African Union (succeeded the Secretary-General of the OAU)

Annexes

Entry Into Force Status In Force
Entry into Force / Termination Provisions

The text of the 1967 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America:

Article 30 Amendments: 

” 1. Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to this Treaty and shall submit its proposals to the Council through the Secretary General, who shall transmit them to all the other Contracting Parties and, in addition, to all other Signatories in accordance with Article 6. The Council through the Secretary General, shall immediately following the meeting of Signatories convene a Special Session of the General Conference to examine the proposals made, for the adoption of which a two-thirds majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting shall be required.

2. Amendments adopted shall enter into force as soon as the requirements set forth in Article 29 of this Treaty have been complied with.” 
  
Article 29 Entry into Force: 
 
“1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, this Treaty shall enter into force among the States that have ratified it as soon as the following requirements have been met:
 
a. Deposit of the instruments of ratification of this Treaty with the Depositary Government by the Governments of the States mentioned in Article 26 which are in existence on the date when this Treaty is opened for signature and which are not affected by the provisions of Article 26, paragraph 2;
 
b. Signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I annexed to this Treaty by all extra-continental or continental States having de jure or de facto international responsibility for territories situated in the Zone of Application of the Treaty;
 
c. Signature and ratification of the Additional Protocol II annexed to this Treaty by all powers possessing nuclear weapons;
 
d. Conclusion of bilateral or multilateral agreements on the application of the Safeguards System of the International Atomic Energy Agency in accordance with Article 13 of this Treaty.
 
2. All Signatory States shall have the imprescriptible right to waive, wholly or in part, the requirements laid down in the preceding paragraph. They may do so by means of a declaration which shall be annexed to their respective instrument of ratification and which may be formulated at the time of deposit of the instrument or subsequently. For those States which exercise this right, this Treaty shall enter into force upon deposit of the declaration, or as soon as those requirements have been met which have not been expressly waived.
 
3. As soon as this Treaty has entered into force in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 for eleven States, the Depositary Government shall convene a preliminary meeting of those States in order that the Agency may be set up and commence its work.
 
4. After the entry into force of this Treaty for all the countries of the Zone, the rise of a new power possessing nuclear weapons shall have the effect of suspending the execution of this Treaty for those countries which have ratified it without waiving requirements of paragraph 1, subparagraph c) of this Article, and which request such suspension; the Treaty shall remain suspended until the new power, on its own initiative or upon request by the General Conference, ratifies the annexed Additional Protocol II.” 
 

General Status 28 Parties
Links to Current Status/Reservations United Nations Office For Disarmament Affairs
Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Related Instruments
This instrument amends/supersedes

1967 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America

1990 Amendments to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean 

1991  Amendments to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean 

Related Instruments

1967 Additional Protocol I to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America

1967 Additional Protocol II to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America

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Additional Information

The 1967 Treaty for  the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America changed its title to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean  upon its 1990 Amendment.