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Compendium of Legal Instruments
General
IAEA Statute
- Statute Overview
- Statute of the IAEA
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish - Status of Acceptances – Amendment to Article VI
- Status of acceptances – Amendment to Article XIV.A
- Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest Status | Declarations/Reservations
Nuclear Safety and Security
- Convention on Nuclear Safety
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources
(Also see INFCIRC/663)
- Latest Status - Guidance on the Import and Export of Radioactive Sources
- Latest Status - Code of Conduct on the Safety of Research Reactors
- International Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (Safety Series No. 115)
- Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (Safety Series No. SSR-6 Rev. 1)
- Legal and Governmental Infrastructure for Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste and Transport Safety Requirements (GS-R-1 Rev. 1)
- Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
(Unofficial Consolidated Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish)
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish - Physical Protection Objectives and Fundamental Principles
(See: GC(45)/INF/14) - United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1673 (2006)
- International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
Safeguards and Non-Proliferation
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
-- Latest Status, UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) - Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Tlatelolco Treaty)
(Amendments: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish) - African Nuclear-Weapon-Free ZoneTreaty (Pelindaba Treaty)
(including Annexes and Protocols) and Cairo Declaration
Full Text - Cairo Declaration: Arabic | English | French | Russian | Spanish - South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Rarotonga Treaty) (and Protocols)
Full Text: English | French | Russian | Spanish
(Protocols: English | French | Russian | Spanish) - Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Bangkok)
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish - The Structure and Content of Agreements between the Agency and States required in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish - Model Protocol Additional to the Agreement(s) between State(s) and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards
(Reproduced in Document INFCIRC/540 (Corrected)) - NPT Nuclear Exporters Committee (Zangger Committee
(Reproduced in Document INFCIRC/209 Series) - Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
(Reproduced in Document (INFCIRC/254 Series)
Nuclear Liability
- 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
Exclusion of Small Quantities of Nuclear Material
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes (to the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage)
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest status - Protocol to Amend the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Full Text (with consolidated text of the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage of 21 May 1963 as amended by the Protocol of 12 September 1997 in Annex):
Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
Exclusion of Small Quantities of Nuclear Material
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations - Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
Exclusion of Small Quantities of Nuclear Material
- Latest status | Declarations/reservations
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Technical Co-Operation
- Revised Guiding Principles and General Operating Rules to Govern the Provision of Technical Assistance by the Agency
(Reproduced in Document INFCIRC/267) - Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology (RCA), 2017
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest status - African Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA)
Full Text: English
- Latest status - Co-operative Agreement for Arab States in Asia for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (the 2017 ARASIA)
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Latest Status - Agreement to further extend the Co-operation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) - (Second Extension)
Full Text: Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish - (Extension: English)
- Latest Status - Revised Supplementary Agreement Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA)
Model Texts: English
- Latest Status