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08CANBERRA726
2008-07-20 22:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Canberra
Cable title:
AUSTRALIA RATIFIES AMENDMENT TO PHYSICAL
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UNCLAS CANBERRA 000726
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, T, C/T AND EAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP PTER MNUC AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA RATIFIES AMENDMENT TO PHYSICAL
PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL CONVENTION
UNCLAS CANBERRA 000726
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, T, C/T AND EAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP PTER MNUC AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA RATIFIES AMENDMENT TO PHYSICAL
PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL CONVENTION
1. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced July 18 that
Australia had ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the
Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. The instrument of
ratification was lodged with the IAEA on July 17.
2. Australia becomes only the 17th state of the 136 that are
party to the Convention to ratify the Amendment, which
substantially strengthens security requirements for nuclear
material and extends the existing provisions of the
Convention to cover nuclear facilities and nuclear material
in domestic use, storage and transport. Nations which are
party to the Convention must apply thorough and systematic
measures to protect their domestic nuclear activities against
criminal or terrorist attack, and cooperate to locate and
recover stolen or smuggled nuclear material, as well as
mitigate any radiological consequences of sabotage. The
amendments will take effect once they have been ratified by
two-thirds of the States Parties of the Convention.
3. In his announcement, FM Smith noted the Australian
Parliament had enacted legislation in 2007 to enable full
legal compliance with the Amendment.
CLUNE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, T, C/T AND EAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP PTER MNUC AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA RATIFIES AMENDMENT TO PHYSICAL
PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL CONVENTION
1. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced July 18 that
Australia had ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the
Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. The instrument of
ratification was lodged with the IAEA on July 17.
2. Australia becomes only the 17th state of the 136 that are
party to the Convention to ratify the Amendment, which
substantially strengthens security requirements for nuclear
material and extends the existing provisions of the
Convention to cover nuclear facilities and nuclear material
in domestic use, storage and transport. Nations which are
party to the Convention must apply thorough and systematic
measures to protect their domestic nuclear activities against
criminal or terrorist attack, and cooperate to locate and
recover stolen or smuggled nuclear material, as well as
mitigate any radiological consequences of sabotage. The
amendments will take effect once they have been ratified by
two-thirds of the States Parties of the Convention.
3. In his announcement, FM Smith noted the Australian
Parliament had enacted legislation in 2007 to enable full
legal compliance with the Amendment.
CLUNE