Rarotonga Treaty

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Rarotonga Treaty

Agreement that formally declares the South Pacific a nuclear-free zone. The treaty came into effect in December 1986, having been signed by members of the Pacific Islands Forum. China and the USSR later signed protocols concerning nuclear-armed powers. The treaty takes its name from Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands, where an anti-nuclear Declaration on Natural Resources and the Environment was adopted at an international conference in 1982.

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Pacific Islands Forum			[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A southern hemisphere free of nuclear weapons With the entry-into-force of the Pelindaba Treaty, all sovereign territories in the southern hemisphere, plus Antarctica, are now in legally binding nuclear-weapon-free zones: * South America--the Tlatelolco Treaty * the South Pacific--the Rarotonga Treaty * Southeast Asia--the Bangkok Treaty * Antarctica--the Antarctic Treaty. Africa as a nuclear-weapon-free zone by Regehr, Ernie / Ploughshares Monitor Unlike the Treaty of Tlatelolco, the Rarotonga Treaty prohibits nuclear States from carrying out nuclear tests, even for peaceful purposes, in the application zone. Nuclear-weapon-free zones: a step towards nuclear disarmament? by Shapiro, Adam / UN Chronicle			Raphael Sanzio Raphael, Frederic Raphael, Günther Raphael, Max Raphall, Morris Jacob Raphia Raphoe Rapid City Rapid Deployment Force rapid reaction force Rapido River, Battle of Rapimento di Cefalo, Il Rapin, Paul de Rapoport, Judith Livant Rapp, George Rappahannock Rappresentazione di anima e di corpo rapprochement Rapsodie espagnole raptor RARE rare gas rare-earth element rarefaction Raritan Rarotonga Treaty Ras al Khaimah Ras Nouâdhibou rasch Raselius, Andreas rash Rashdun Rashomon Rasht Rasi, Francesco Raskin, Judith Rasmussen, Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen, Poul Nyrup raspberry Raspe, Rudolf Erich Rasputin Rassam, Hormuzd Rastafarianism Rastatt Rastatt, Treaty of Rastell, John raster graphics raster image processor rat rat-tail rata			Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity Raritan Valley Montessori Academy Raritan Valley Mothers of Multiples Raritan Valley Road Runners Raritan Valley Symphonic Band Raritan Valley Technology Group, Incorporated rarities rarities rarity rarity rark up RARL RARM RARMP RARMS RARN RARO RARO RARO RARO RARO RAROA Raroc Raroc RAROLC RARORAC Rarotonga Rarotonga Rarotonga Island Rarotonga Island Rarotonga Treaty Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Rarotonga Rarotongan Rarotongan Rarotongans Rarotongans RARP RARP RARPA RARPD RARR RARS RARS RART RARU rarus Rarytkin RAS RAS RAS RAS RAS Ras (disambiguation) Ras (disambiguation) Ras (disambiguation) Ras Addar Ras Al Haymah Ras al Kaima Ras al Kha'imah Ras Al Khaima Ras al Khaimah

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