STATUS REPORT

SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY (WITH ANNEXES AND PROTOCOLS 1,2 AND 3)

[RAROTONGA TREATY]

(Rarotonga, 06/08/1985)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 12-Dec-90

Depositary: Pacific Islands Forum

Last updated by PacLII: 11-04-12
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Cook Islands 6 Aug 1985 28 Oct 1985 11 Dec 1986  
Federated States of Micronesia        
Fiji 6 Aug 1985 4 Oct 1985 11 Dec 1986  
Kiribati 6 Aug 1985 28 Oct 1986 11 Dec 1986  
Nauru 17 Jul 1986 13 Apr 1987 13 Apr 1987  
Niue 6 Aug 1985 12 May 1986 11 Dec 1986  
Palau        
Papua New Guinea 16 Sep 1985 15 Sep 1989 15 Sep 1989  
Samoa 6 Aug 1985 20 Oct 1986 11 Dec 1986  
Solomon Islands 29 May 1987 27 Jan 1989 27 Jan 1989  
Tonga 2 Aug 1996 18 Dec 2000 18 Dec 2000  
Tuvalu 6 Aug 1985 16 Jan 1986 11 Dec 1986  
Vanuatu 16 Sep 1995 9 Feb 1996 9 Feb 1996 South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Ratification) Act No. 16 of 1995
 
* The United States opposes the zone on the grounds that it would impede the passage of nuclear powered and nuclear armed United States naval vessels and has signed but not ratified the protocols        
Australia 6 Aug 1985 11 Dec1986 11 Dec 1986  
China 10 Feb 1987 21 Oct 1988 21 Oct 1988  
France 25 Mar 1996 20 Sep 1996 20 Sep 1996  
Marshall Is, Rep        
PROTOCOL 1        
PROTOCOL 2        
PROTOCOL 3        
USSR 15 Dec 1986 21 Apr 1988 21 Apr 1988  
United Kingdom 25 Mar 1996 19 Sep 1997 19 Sep 1997  
United States 25 Mar 1996      
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