prop · GL03174 · 1998-01-01 00:00:00 — This Article is without prejudice to Articles IV and V. At any time after the entry into force of this Treaty, any State Party may propose amendments to this Treaty, the Protocol, or the Annexes to the Protocol. may also propose changes, in accordance with paragraph 7, to the Protocol or the Annexes thereto. Proposals for amendments shall be subject to the procedures in paragraphs 2 to 6. Proposals for changes, in accordance with paragraph 7, shall be subject to the procedures in paragraph 8. The proposed amendment shall be considered and adopted only by an Amendment Conference. proposal for an amendment shall be communicated to the Director-General, who shall circulate it to all States Parties and the Depositary and seek the views of the States Parties on whether an Amendment Conference should be convened to consider the proposal. If a majority of the States Parties notify the Director-General no later than 30 days after its circulation that they support further consideration of the proposal, the Director-General shall convene an Amendment Conference to which all States Parties shall be invited. shall be held immediately following a regular session of the Conference unless all States Parties that support the convening of an Amendment Conference request that it be held earlier. In no case shall an Amendment Conference be held less than 60 days after the circulation of the proposed amendment. Amendments shall be adopted by the Amendment Conference by a positive vote of a majority of the States Parties with no State Party casting a negative vote. Amendments shall enter into force for all States Parties 30 days after deposit of the instruments of ratification or acceptance by all those States Parties casting a positive vote at the Amendment Conference. In order to ensure the viability and effectiveness of this Treaty, Parts I and III of the Protocol and Annexes 1 and 2 to the Protocol shall be subject to changes in accordance with paragraph 8, if the proposed changes are related only to matters of an administrative or technical nature. All other provisions of the Protocol and the Annexes thereto shall not be subject to changes in accordance with paragraph 8. Proposed changes referred to in paragraph 7 shall be made in accordance with the following procedures: (a) The text of the proposed changes shall be transmitted together with the necessary information to the Director-General. Additional information for the evaluation of the proposal may be provided by any State Party and the Director-General. The Director-General shall promptly communicate any such proposals and information to all States Parties, the and the Depositary; (b) No later than 60 days after its receipt, the Director-General shall evaluate the proposal to determine all its possible consequences for the provisions of this Treaty and its implementation and shall communicate any such information to all States Parties and the ; (c) shall examine the proposal in the light of all information available to it, including whether the proposal fulfils the requirements of paragraph 7. No later than 90 days after its receipt, the shall notify its recommendation, with appropriate explanations, to all States Parties for consideration. States Parties shall acknowledge receipt within 10 days; (d) If the recommends to all States Parties that the proposal be adopted, it shall be considered approved if no State Party objects to it within 90 days after receipt of the recommendation. If the recommends that the proposal be rejected, it shall be considered rejected if no State Party objects to the rejection within 90 days after receipt of the recommendation; (e) If a recommendation of the does not meet with the acceptance required under sub-paragraph (d), a decision on the proposal, including whether it fulfils the requirements of paragraph 7, shall be taken as a matter of substance by the Conference at its next session; (f) The Director-General shall notify all States Parties and the Depositary of any decision under this paragraph; (g) Changes approved under this procedure shall enter into force for all States Parties 180 days after the date of notification by the Director- General of their approval unless another time period is recommended by the or decided by the Conference. REVIEW OF THE TREATY Unless otherwise decided by a majority of the States Parties, ten years after the entry into force of this Treaty a Conference of the States Parties shall be held to review the operation and effectiveness of this Treaty, with a view to assuring itself that the objectives and purposes in the Preamble and the provisions of the Treaty are being realized. Such review shall take into account any new scientific and technological developments relevant to this Treaty. On the basis of a request by any State Party, the Review Conference shall consider the possibility of permitting the conduct of underground nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes. If the Review Conference decides by consensus that such nuclear explosions may be permitted, it shall commence work without delay, with a view to recommending to States Parties an appropriate amendment to this Treaty that shall preclude any military benefits of such nuclear explosions. such proposed amendment shall be communicated to the Director-General by any State Party and shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Article VII. At intervals of ten years thereafter, further Review Conferences may be convened with the same objective, if the Conference so decides as a matter of procedure in the preceding year. Such Conferences may be convened after an interval of less than ten years if so decided by the Conference as a matter of substance. Normally, any Review Conference shall be held immediately following the regular annual session of the Conference provided for in Article II. shall be of unlimited duration. Each State Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the right to withdraw from this Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events related to the subject matter of this Treaty have jeopardized its supreme interests. Withdrawal shall be effected by giving notice six months in advance to all other States Parties, the , the Depositary and the . Notice of withdrawal shall include a statement of the extraordinary event or events which a State Party regards as jeopardizing its supreme interests. STATUS OF THE PROTOCOL AND THE ANNEXES The Annexes to this Treaty, the Protocol, and the Annexes to the Protocol form an integral part of the Treaty. reference to this Treaty includes the Annexes to this Treaty, the Protocol and the Annexes to the Protocol. shall be open to all States for signature before its entry into force. shall be subject to ratification by States Signatories according to their respective constitutional processes. which does not sign this Treaty before its entry into force may accede to it at any time thereafter. shall enter into force 180 days after the date of deposit of the instruments of ratification by all States listed in 2 to this Treaty, but in no case earlier than two years after its opening for signature. If this Treaty has not entered into force three years after the date of the anniversary of its opening for signature, the Depositary shall convene a Conference of the States that have already deposited their instruments of ratification upon the request of a majority of those States. That Conference shall examine the extent to which the requirement set out in paragraph 1 has been met and shall consider and decide by consensus what measures consistent with international law may be undertaken to accelerate the ratification process in order to facilitate the early entry into force of this Treaty. Unless otherwise decided by the Conference referred to in paragraph 2 or other such conferences, this process shall be repeated at subsequent anniversaries of the opening for signature of this Treaty, until its entry into force. All States Signatories shall be invited to attend the Conference referred to in paragraph 2 and any subsequent conferences as referred to in paragraph 3, as . For States whose instruments of ratification or accession are deposited subsequent to the entry into force of this Treaty, it shall enter into force on the 30th day following the date of deposit of their instruments of ratification or accession. The Articles of and the Annexes to this Treaty shall not be subject to reservations. The provisions of the Protocol to this Treaty and the Annexes to the Protocol shall not be subject to reservations incompatible with the object and purpose of this Treaty. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the Depositary of this Treaty and shall receive signatures, instruments of ratification and instruments of accession. The Depositary shall promptly inform all States Signatories and acceding States of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession, the date of the entry into force of this Treaty and of any amendments and changes thereto, and the receipt of other notices. The Depositary shall send duly certified copies of this Treaty to the Governments of the States Signatories and acceding States. shall be registered by the Depositary pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. , of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary- General of the United Nations. 1 TO THE TREATY LIST OF STATES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE II, PARAGRAPH 28 , , , , , , , , Central African Republic, , , , Côte d''''Ivoire, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Libyan , , , , , , , , , , , , & Principe, , , , , South , , , , , , United Republic of , , , . , , , , Bosnia and , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , The former Yugoslav Republic of , , . Latin and the Caribbean and , , , , , , , , , , , , Dominican Republic, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , , and the , , , , . , , , , , (Islamic Republic of), , , , , , , , , , , , , Saudi Arabia, , Syrian , , , , , Yemen. 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South East , the Pacific and the , Darussalam, , , , Democratic People''''s Republic of , , , , , ''''s Democratic Republic, , , (Federated States of), , , , , , , Papua New , , Republic of , , , , , , , , Viet . 2 TO THE TREATY LIST OF STATES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIV List of States members of the Conference on Disarmament as at 18 1996 which formally participated in the work of the 1996 session of the Conference and which appear in Table 1 of the ''''s edition of "Nuclear Reactors in the World", and of States members of the Conference on Disarmament as at 18 1996 which formally participated in the work of the 1996 session of the Conference and which appear in Table 1 of the ''''s edition of "Reactors in the World": , , , , , , , , , , , , Democratic People''''s Republic of , , , , , , , , (Islamic Republic of), , , , , , , , , , , Republic of , , , South , , , , , , of and Northern , of , Viet , . PROTOCOL TO THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR THE INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE FUNCTIONS shall comprise monitoring facilities as set out in Article IV, paragraph 16, and respective means of communication. The monitoring facilities incorporated into the shall consist of those facilities specified in 1 to this Protocol. shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the relevant operational manuals. , in accordance with Article II, shall, in cooperation and consultation with the States Parties, with other States, and with international organizations as appropriate, establish and coordinate the operation and maintenance, and any future agreed modification or development of the . In accordance with appropriate agreements or arrangements and procedures, a State Party or other State hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for facilities and the Technical Secretariat shall agree and cooperate in establishing, operating, upgrading, financing, and maintaining monitoring facilities, related certified laboratories and respective means of communication within areas under its jurisdiction or control or elsewhere in conformity with international law. Such cooperation shall be in accordance with the security and authentication requirements and technical specifications contained in the relevant operational manuals. Such a State shall give the Technical Secretariat authority to access a monitoring facility for checking equipment and communication links, and shall agree to make the necessary changes in the equipment and the operational procedures to meet agreed requirements. The Technical Secretariat shall provide to such States appropriate technical assistance as is deemed by the to be required for the proper functioning of the facility as part of the . Modalities for such cooperation between the Organization and States Parties or States hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for facilities of the shall be set out in agreements or arrangements as appropriate in each case. B. SEISMOLOGICAL MONITORING Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of seismological data to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the and operation of a global network of primary and auxiliary seismological monitoring stations. These stations shall provide data in accordance with agreed procedures to the . The network of primary stations shall consist of the 50 stations specified in Table 1-A of 1 to this Protocol. These stations shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the for Seismological Monitoring and the of . Uninterrupted data from the primary stations shall be transmitted, directly or through a national data centre, on-line to the . To supplement the primary network, an auxiliary network of 120 stations shall provide information, directly or through a national data centre, to the upon request. The auxiliary stations to be used are listed in Table 1-B of 1 to this Protocol. The auxiliary stations shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the for Seismological Monitoring and the of . Data from the auxiliary stations may at any time be requested by the and shall be immediately available through on- line computer connections. C. RADIONUCLIDE MONITORING Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of data on radionuclides in the atmosphere to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the and operation of a global network of radionuclide monitoring stations and certified laboratories. The network shall provide data in accordance with agreed procedures to the . The network of stations to measure radionuclides in the atmosphere shall comprise an overall network of 80 stations, as specified in Table 2- A of 1 to this Protocol. All stations shall be capable of monitoring for the presence of relevant particulate matter in the atmosphere. Forty of these stations shall also be capable of monitoring for the presence of relevant noble gases upon the entry into force of this Treaty. For this purpose the Conference, at its initial session, shall approve a recommendation by the Preparatory Commission as to which 40 stations from Table 2-A of 1 to this Protocol shall be capable of noble gas monitoring. At its first regular annual session, the Conference shall consider and decide on a plan for implementing noble gas monitoring capability throughout the network. The Director-General shall prepare a report to the Conference on the modalities for such implementation. All monitoring stations shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the for Radionuclide Monitoring and the of . The network of radionuclide monitoring stations shall be supported by laboratories, which shall be certified by the Technical Secretariat in accordance with the relevant operational manual for the performance, on contract to the Organization and on a fee-for-service basis, of the analysis of samples from radionuclide monitoring stations. Laboratories specified in Table 2-B of 1 to this Protocol, and appropriately equipped, shall, as required, also be drawn upon by the Technical Secretariat to perform additional analysis of samples from radionuclide monitoring stations. With the agreement of the , further laboratories may be certified by the Technical Secretariat to perform the routine analysis of samples from manual monitoring stations where necessary. All certified laboratories shall provide the results of such analysis to the , and in so doing shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the on Radionuclide Monitoring and the of . Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of hydroacoustic data to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the and operation of a global network of hydroacoustic monitoring stations. These stations shall provide data in accordance with agreed procedures to the . The network of hydroacoustic stations shall consist of the stations specified in Table 3 of 1 to this Protocol, and shall comprise an overall network of six hydrophone and five T-phase stations. These stations shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the for Hydroacoustic Monitoring and the of . Each State Party undertakes to cooperate in an international exchange of infrasound data to assist in the verification of compliance with this Treaty. This cooperation shall include the and operation of a global network of infrasound monitoring stations. These stations shall provide data in accordance with agreed procedures to the . The network of infrasound stations shall consist of the stations specified in Table 4 of 1 to this Protocol, and shall comprise an overall network of 60 stations. These stations shall fulfil the technical and operational requirements specified in the for Infrasound Monitoring and the of . F. INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE FUNCTIONS shall receive, collect, process, analyse, report on and archive data from facilities, including the results of analysis conducted at certified laboratories. The procedures and standard event screening criteria to be used by the in carrying out its agreed functions, in particular for the production of standard reporting products and for the performance of a standard range of services for States Parties, shall be elaborated in the for the and shall be progressively developed. The procedures and criteria developed initially by the Preparatory Commission shall be approved by the Conference at its initial session. shall apply on a routine basis automatic processing methods and interactive human analysis to raw data in order to produce and archive standard products on behalf of all States Parties. These products shall be provided at no cost to States Parties and shall be without prejudice to final judgements with regard to the nature of any event, which shall remain the responsibility of States Parties, and shall include: (a) Integrated lists of all signals detected by the , as well as standard event lists and bulletins, including the values and associated uncertainties calculated for each event located by the , based on a set of standard parameters; (b) Standard screened event bulletins that result from the application to each event by event screening criteria, making use of the characterization parameters specified in 2 to this Protocol, with the objective of characterizing, highlighting in the standard event bulletin, and thereby screening out, events considered to be consistent with natural phenomena or non-nuclear, man-made phenomena. The standard event bulletin shall indicate numerically for each event the degree to which that event meets or does not meet the event screening criteria. In applying standard event screening, the shall use both global and supplementary screening criteria to take account of regional variations where applicable. shall progressively enhance its technical capabilities as experience is gained in the operation of the ; (c) Executive summaries, which summarise the data acquired and archived by the , the products of the , and the performance and operational status of the and ; and (d) Extracts or subsets of the standard products specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c), selected according to the request of an individual State Party. shall carry out, at no cost to States Parties, special studies to provide in-depth, technical review by expert analysis of data from the , if requested by the Organization or by a State Party, to improve the estimated values for the standard signal and event parameters. shall provide States Parties with open, equal, timely and convenient access to all data, raw or processed, all products, and all other data in the archive of the or, through the , of facilities. The methods for supporting data access and the provision of data shall include the following services: (a) Automatic and regular forwarding to a State Party of the products of the or the selection by the State Party thereof, and, as requested, the selection by the State Party of data; (b) The provision of the data or products generated in response to ad hoc requests by States Parties for the retrieval from the and facility archives of data and products, including interactive electronic access to the data base; and (c) Assisting individual States Parties, at their request and at no cost for reasonable efforts, with expert technical analysis of data and other relevant data provided by the requesting State Party, in order to help the State Party concerned to identify the source of specific events. The output of any such technical analysis shall be considered a product of the requesting State Party, but shall be available to all States Parties. services specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be made available at no cost to each State Party. The volumes and formats of data shall be set out in the for the . shall, if requested by a State Party, apply to any of its standard products, on a regular and automatic basis, national event screening criteria established by that State Party, and provide the results of such analysis to that State Party. This service shall be undertaken at no cost to the requesting State Party. The output of such national event screening processes shall be considered a product of the requesting State Party. shall, where required, provide technical assistance to individual States Parties: (a) In formulating their requirements for selection and screening of data and products; (b) By installing at the , at no cost to a requesting State Party for reasonable efforts, computer algorithms or software provided by that State Party to compute new signal and event parameters that are not included in the for the , the output being considered products of the requesting State Party; and (c) By assisting States Parties to develop the capability to receive, process and analyse data at a national data centre. shall continuously monitor and report on the operational status of the facilities, of communications links, and of its own processing systems. It shall provide immediate notification to those responsible should the operational performance of any component fail to meet agreed levels set out in the relevant operational manual. The procedures in this Part shall be implemented pursuant to the provisions for on-site inspections set out in Article IV. The on-site inspection shall be carried out in the area where the event that triggered the on-site inspection request occurred. The area of an on-site inspection shall be continuous and its size shall not exceed 1000 square kilometres.