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Nuclear-weapon-free zones: 1.) The 1967 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean; 2). The 1985 South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty; 3.) The 1995 Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone; 4.) The 1996 African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty; 5.) The 2006 Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia.

(Source: International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament)

In addition to the NPT, there are many regional treaties that have been put in force. Many of these are treaties specifically established for the creation of nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZ).

Terms Included in this Chapter

  1. African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)
  2. Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (Semipalatinsk Treaty)
  3. Guadalajara Declaration
  4. Regional treaties
  5. South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Rarotonga Treaty)
  6. Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom Treaty)
  7. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Tlatelolco Treaty)
  8. Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)