Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone

Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
Participation in the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty as of November 2008
  Signed and ratified
Typenuclear disarmament
Signed8 September 2006
Effective21 March 2009
Parties5

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, and is also known as Treaty of Semipalatinsk, Treaty of Semei, or Treaty of Semey.

The treaty was ratified by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,[1] Turkmenistan[2] Tajikistan[3] and Kazakhstan, and entered into force 21 March 2009.[4]

  1. ^ Peter Crail and Daryl G. Kimball (November 2007). "Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZ) At a Glance". Arms Control Association.
  2. ^ "The Central Asian Nwfz Initiative" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2007.
  3. ^ "Parliament ratifies CANWFZ treaty, endorse external borrowing program". asiaplus.tj. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  4. ^ "Nuclear | the Earth Times | Encyclopaedia".[permanent dead link]

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