Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material explained

The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material was adopted on 26 October 1979 in Vienna, Austria. The initial signing ceremony took place in Vienna and at New York on 3 March 1980, and the convention entered into force on 8 February 1987. The convention is deposited with the International Atomic Energy Agency. In July 2005 a diplomatic conference was convened to amend the convention and strengthen its provisions,^[1] as a result of which it was renamed the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities.

As of October 2018, there are 157 state parties to the convention plus the European Atomic Energy Community.

Upon accession, 38 countries declared themself as not bound by the provisions of Article 17 paragraph 2 and did not accept the competence of the International Court of Justice in settlement of the disputes. Five countries withdrew these objections thereafter.^[2]

List of countries that upon ratification declared that they do not consider themselves bound by dispute settlement procedures provided for in Article 17 paragraph 2

Country name	Accession date	Withdrawal date
	30 April 2003	-
	6 April 1989	-
	19 January 2004	-
	21 May 2008	-
	10 May 2010	-
	9 September 1993	-
	10 April 1984	11 May 1994
	10 January 1989	-
	26 September 1997	-
	23 July 1998	-
	15 December 2006	-
	6 September 1991	-
	23 April 1985	-
	4 May 1984	30 November 1989
	12 March 2002	-
	5 November 1986	-
	22 January 2002	-
	7 September 2009	-
	7 April 1982	-
	23 April 2004	-
	29 September 2010	-
	28 May 1986	18 June 1990
	3 March 2003	-
	6 December 2016	-
	11 June 2003	-
	12 September 2000	-
	11 January 1995	-
	5 October 1983	18 June 1997
	9 March 2004	-
	23 November 1993	-
	25 May 1983	22 July 2007
	14 September 2012	-
	7 January 2009	-
	22 September 2014	-
	17 September 2007	-
	6 September 1991	-
	27 February 1985	-
	4 October 2012	–

The United States Department of State says that:

External links

• The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material on the website of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
• Staff. Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, website of the Council on Foreign Relations, Accessed 19 January 2008. Quotes the amendment made at the July 2005 conference and states that it will go into force when it has been ratified by two-thirds of the Parties to the CPPNM.
• Ratifications and status.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. 17 October 2014. International Atomic Energy Agency. 21 November 2019.
2. Web site: Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. Declarations/reservations and objections thereto. International Atomic Energy Agency. 21 November 2019. 4 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220404142912/http://www-legacy.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Conventions/cppnm_reserv.pdf. dead.