Central Asia NWFZ enters into force
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  • The treaty creating a zone free of nuclear weapons in Central Asia entered into force on March 21. Five countries of the region - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are parties to the Treaty. The Director General IAEA welcomed the entry into force of the CANWFZ and stated that this was “an additional contribution to our efforts for a world free from nuclear weapons and is an important regional confidence-building and security measure.” The Director General noted that the Treaty creating the zone requires the Treaty States to have both a Safeguards Agreement and an Additional Protocol, which would enable the Agency to “not only provide assurances about declared nuclear activities but equally, also, assurances about the absence of possible undeclared nuclear activities in the zone1."

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