Treaty of Semei
Contract (from) | region | Signatory / ratification |
Year signed / in force |
---|---|---|---|
Antarctic Treaty | Antarctic | 45/45 | 1959/1961 |
Tlatelolco | Latin America / Caribbean | 33/33 | 1967/1968 |
Rarotonga | South pacific | 13/13 | 1985/1986 |
Two-plus-four contract | former GDR and Berlin | 6/5 * | 1990/1991 |
Mongolia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone | Mongolia | 1/1 | 1992/2000 |
Bangkok | South East Asia | 10/10 | 1995/1997 |
Pelindaba | Africa | 53 (54) / 40 | 1996/2009 |
Semei | Central Asia | 5/5 | 2006/2009 |
* ratified by all still existing contracting parties (the GDR no longer existed) |
The Treaty of Semei is an international treaty that prohibits the testing, stationing, possession, and manufacture of nuclear weapons in Central Asia . It was signed on September 8, 2006 by Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the Kazakh Semei (formerly Semipalatinsk ).
support
The treaty was created against the declared will of the great powers Russia and the USA . The USA in particular shied away from legally binding restrictions on future weapons stationing and the freedom of movement of its nuclear weapons. Russia, on the other hand, felt alarmed by the presence of the United States in the post-Soviet space. Finally, Russia and the People's Republic of China welcomed the project, while the western nuclear powers insisted on a supplementary agreement that prohibits Russia from undermining the treaty through bilateral agreements .
agreement
The signatory states hope that the treaty will improve their security. The calculation is that if your own territories are free of nuclear weapons , they are not worthwhile targets for nuclear attacks either. The contract was in the Kazakh city of Semipalatinsk (the former nuclear weapons test site is under the old Russian name Semipalatinsk known) signed to the nuclear tests of the Soviet Union on a local test site to remember.
country | Signed | Deposited |
Kazakhstan | 8 Sep 2006 | Nov 26, 2008 |
Kyrgyzstan | 8 Sep 2006 | 22 Mar 2007 |
Tajikistan | 8 Sep 2006 | Nov 12, 2008 |
Turkmenistan | 8 Sep 2006 | Apr 19, 2008 |
Uzbekistan | 8 Sep 2006 | Apr 2, 2007 |