UNEP/GC.16/Inf.4 Page 225 CONVENTION ON EARLY NOTIFICATION OF A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT Objectives To provide relevant information about nuclear accidents as early as possible in order that transboundary radiological consequences can be minimized. Provisions (a) In the event of a nuclear accident, the Party referred to in article 1 to notify, directly or through the (International Atomic Energy Agency thereinafter referred to as the "Agency"), those states which are or may be physically affected as specified in article 1 and the Agency of the nuclear accident, its nature, the time of its occurrence and the exact location where appropriate (art. 2 (a)); (b) In the event of a nuclear accident, the Party referred to in article 1 to provide the states referred to in subparagraph (a), directly or through the Agency, and the Agency with such available information relevant to minimizing the radiological consequences in those states, as specified in article 5 (art. 2 (b)); (c) With a view to minimizing the radiological consequences, Parties may notify in the event of nuclear accidents other than those specified in article 1 (art. 3); (d) The Agency to inform Parties, Member States, other States which are or may be physically affected as specified in article 1 and relevant international organizations of a notification received pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) of article 2 (art. 4 (a)); (e) The Agency to provide any Party, Member States or relevant international organizations, upon request, with the information received pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) of article 2 (art. 4 (b)). Membership This Convention is open to all states, Namibia, represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia, international organizations and regional integration organizations referred to in article 14. Instruments shall be deposited with the Director-General of the Agency. Date of adoption 26. 9.1986 Place of adoption Vienna Date of entry into force 27.10.1986 (in accordance with art. 12) Languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish Depositary Agency (IAEA) /. . . UNEP/GC.16/Inf.4 Page 226 Parties and dates of entry into force Argentina 17. 2.1990 Australia* 23.10.1987 Austria 20. 3.1988 Bangladesh 7. 2.1988 Bulgaria* 26. 3.1988 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic* 26. 2.1987 Canada 18. 2.1990 China 11.10.1987 Cyprus 4. 2.1989 Czechoslovakia 27.10.1986 Democratic People's Republic of Korea* 27.10.1986 Denmark 27.10.1986 Egypt 6. 8.1988 Finland 11. 1.1987 France 6. 4.1989 Germany, Democratic Republic* 30. 5.1987 Germany, Federal Republic of 15.10.1989 Guatemala 8. 9.1988 Hungary* 10. 4.1987 Iceland 28.10.1989 India* 28. 2.1988 Iraq* 21. 8.1988 Israel 25. 6.1989 Italy 11. 3.1990 Japan 10. 7.1987 Jordan 11. 1.1988 Korea, Republic of 9. 7.1990 Malaysia 1.10.1987 Mexico 10. 6.1988 Mongolia* 12. 7.1987 Monaco 19. 8.1989 New Zealand 11. 4.1987 Nigeria 10. 9.1990 Norway 12.10.1986 Pakistan 12.10.1989 Poland* 24. 4.1988 Saudi Arabia 4.12.1989 Spain 14.10.1989 South Africa 10. 9.1987 Sweden 10. 9.1987 Switzerland 30. 3.1987 Thailand 21. 4.1989 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic* 26. 2.1987 * Indicates that a reservation or Declaration was deposited upon signature or ratification. / ¥ . . UNEP/GC.16/Inf.4 Page 227 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics* 24. 1.1987 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12. 3.1990 United States of America* 20.10.1988 Uruguay 21. 1.1990 Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of 30.10.1987 Yugoslavia 11. 3.1989 World Health Organization 10. 9.1988 World Meteorological Organization 18. 5.1990 * Indicates that a reservation or Declaration was deposited upon signature or ratification. .