Agreement between the United Mexican States and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

• Coming into Force: 14 September 1973
• Registration Date: 12 March 1974
• Citation: UNTS v. 921 (p.3)
• Registration Number: 13144
• Date of Conclusion: 27 September 1972
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: International Atomic Energy Agency
• Subject Terms: Energy,Arms,Nuclear matters
• Type of Document: Bilateral
• Participants: International Atomic Energy Agency,México

No.

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INTERNATIONAL

ATOMIC

ENERGY

AGENCY

and

MEXICO

Agreement

for

the

application

of

safeguards

in

connection

with

the

Treaty

for

the

Prohibition

of

Nuclear

Weapons

in

Latin

America

and

the

Treaty

on

the

Non-Prolifera-

tion

of

Nuclear

Weapons.

Signed

at

Mexico

City

on

27

September

1972

Authentic

text:

Spanish.

Registered

by

the

International

Atomic

Energy

Agency

on

12

March

1974.

AGENCE

INTERNATIONALE

DE

L'ÉNERGIE

ATOMIQUE

et

MEXIQUE

Accord

relatif

à

l'application

de

garanties

dans

le

cadre

du

Traité

visant

l'interdiction

des

armes

nucléaires

en

Amérique

latine

et

du

Traité

sur

la

non-prolifération

des

armes

nucléaires.

Signé

à

Mexico

le

27

septembre

1972

Texte

authentique

:

espagnol.

Enregistré

par l'Agence

internationale

de

l'énergie

atomique

le

12

mars

1974.

32

United

Nations

—

Treaty

Series

•

Nations Unies

—

Recueil

des

Traités

1974

[TRANSLATION

1

TRADUCTION

2

]

AGREEMENT

3

BETWEEN

THE

UNITED

MEXICAN

STATES

AND

THE

INTERNATIONAL

ATOMIC

ENERGY

AGENCY

FOR

THE

APPLICATION

OF

SAFEGUARDS

IN

CONNECTION

WITH

THE

TREATY

FOR

THE

PROHIBITION

OF

NUCLEAR

WEAPONS

IN

LATIN

AMERICA

4

AND

THE

TREATY

ON

THE

NON-PROLIF

ERATION

OF

NUCLEAR

WEAPONS

5

WHEREAS

the

United

Mexican

States

(hereinafter

referred

to

as

Mexico)

is

a

party

to

the

Treaty

for

the

Prohibition

of

Nuclear

Weapons

in

Latin

America

(hereinafter

referred

to

as

"the

Tlatelolco

Treaty")

opened

for

signature

at

Mexico

City

on

14

February

1967;

4

WHEREAS

article

13

of

the

Tlatelolco

Treaty

states

inter

alia

that

"Each

Contracting

Party

shall

negotiate

agreements

with

the

International

Atomic

Energy

Agency

for

the

application

of

its

safeguards

to

its

nuclear

activities

.

.

.";

WHEREAS

Mexico

is

a

party

to

the

Treaty

on

the

Non-Proliferation

of

Nu

clear

Weapons

(hereinafter

referred

to

as

"the

Non-Proliferation

Treaty")

opened

for

signature

at

London,

Moscow

and

Washington

on

1

July

1968

s

and

which

entered

into

force

on

5

March

1970;

WHEREAS

paragraph

1

of

article

III

of

the

Non-Proliferation

Treaty

reads

as

follows:

"Each

non-nuclear-weapon

State

Party

to

the

Treaty

undertakes

to

ac

cept

safeguards,

as

set

forth

in

an

agreement

to

be

negotiated

and

concluded

with the

International

Atomic

Energy

Agency

in

accordance

with

the

Statute

of

the

International

Atomic

Energy

Agency

6

and

the

Agency's

safeguards

system,

for

the

exclusive

purpose

of

verification

of

the

fulfillment

of

its

obli

gations

assumed

under

this

Treaty

with

a

view

to

preventing

diversion

of

nuclear

energy

from

peaceful

uses

to

nuclear

weapons

or

other

nuclear

explosive

devices.

Procedures

for

the

safeguards

required

by

this

article

shall

be

followed

with

respect

to

source

or

special

fissionable

material

whether

it

is

being

produced,

processed

or

used

in

any

principal

nuclear

facility

or

is

outside

any

such

facility.

The

safeguards

required

by

this

article

shall

be

applied

on

all

source

or

special

fissionable

material

in

all

peaceful

nuclear

activities

within

the

territory

of

such

State,

under

its

jurisdiction,

or

carried

out

under

its

control

anywhere"

WHEREAS

the

International

Atomic

Energy

Agency

(hereinafter

referred

to

as

"the

Agency")

is

authorized,

pursuant

to

article

III

of

its

Statute,

to

conclude

such

agreements;

Now

THEREFORE

Mexico

and

the

Agency

have agreed

as

follows:

1

Translation

supplied

by

the

International

Atomic

Energy

Agency.

2

Traduction

fournie

par

l'Agence

internationale

de

l' nergie

atomique.

3

Came

into

force

on

14

September

1973,

the

date

on

which

the

Agency

received

from

Mexico

written

notifier

tion

that

its

statutory

and

constitutional requirements

had

been

met,

in

accordance

with

article

25.

4

United

Nations,

Treaty

Series,

vol.

634,

p.

281.

5

Ibid.,

vol.

729,

p.

161.

«

Ibid.,

vol.

276,

p.

3,

and

vol.

471,

p.

334.

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