Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone

Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone

The Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) treaty is a legally binding commitment by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan not to manufacture, acquire, test, or possess nuclear weapons. The treaty was signed on 8 September 2006 at Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan.

So far, the Treaty was ratified by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, [cite web|title=Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZ) At a Glance|url=http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nwfz.asp|date=November 2007|author=Peter Crail and Daryl G. Kimball|publisher=Arms Control Association] and Turkmenistan [ [http://www.nti.org/e_research/official_docs/inventory/pdfs/canwz.pdf The Central Asian Nwfz Initiative ] ] .

History

Steps towards the establishment of such a zone began with the Almaty Declaration [http://www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/shared/canwfz/almatdec.htm] in 1992. A resolution calling for the establishment of such a zone was adopted by consensus by the United Nations General Assembly in 1997UN document |docid=A-RES-52-38 |type=Resolution |body=General Assembly |session=52 |resolution_number=38 |page=29 |accessdate=2007-10-20|date=9 December 1997] and reaffirmed in 2000.UN document |docid=A-RES-55-33 |type=Resolution |body=General Assembly |session=55 |resolution_number=33 |page=39 |accessdate=2007-10-20|date=20 December 2000]

Mindful of the lack of support by the nuclear powers for a similar Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, the five permanent members of the Security Council were involved in the negotiations.

While Russia and China approved of the treaty, United States, France and United Kingdom objected to a clause which stated that the Treaty would not affect the rights and obligations of the signatories under previous international agreements because of the already existent Tashkent Treaty which involved Russia.cite web|title=Central Asian States Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Despite U.S. Opposition|url=http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/060905.htm|date=5 September 2006|author=Scott Parrish and William Potter|publisher=James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies]

The United States also objected on principle to establishment of any zone disturbing "existing security arrangements to the detriment of regional and international security or otherwise abridg [ing] the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense guaranteed in the UN charter". [cite web|url=http://www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/shared/canwfz/usstate.htm|title=Remarks of U. S. Delegation to the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Conference Tashkent, Uzbekistan|date=15 September 1997|publisher=The Nuclear Threat Inititiative]

The United States also objected to possibility that Iran could apply to join the Treaty, so this provision was removed.

The United States, United Kingdom, and France were finally concerned about the possibility that the Treaty could forbid the transit of nuclear weapons through the territory.

In spite of attempts by United States, United Kingdom, and France to block the Treaty, it was finally signed in September 2006, although they voted against the General Assembly Resolution which welcomed the signing of the treaty in December 2006. [ UN document |docid=A-61-PV.67 |body=General Assembly |type=Verbotim Report |session=61 |meeting=67 |page=29 |anchor=pg029-bk05 |date=6 December 2006 |meetingtime=15:00 |accessdate=2007-10-20 ]

List of states


Participation in the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

ee also

* Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

References

ources

* [http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/2006/central_asia.html IAEA report]
* [http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/060905.htm Monterey Institute of International Studies - Center for Nonproliferation Studies]


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