§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those states which(a) have signed and ratified the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, (b) have acceded to the treaty but not yet completed a full safeguards agreement, pursuant to article III of the treaty, (c) have signed and ratified the treaty but are known to have breached any article of the treaty through non-compliance and (d) have indicated an intention to sign the treaty but have not yet done so.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg(a) (i) The Following countries have signed and ratified the NPT.
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- United Kingdom
- Russian Federation
- United States of America
- Afghanistan
- Austria
- Australasia
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chad
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Equador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Republic of Korea
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Ivory Coast
- Romania
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Singapore
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Poland
- Taiwan
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia
- Zaire
(ii) the following countries have either acceded or succeeded to the NPT:
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- Albania
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Holy See
- Kiribati
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nauru
- Qatar
- Papua New Guinea
- Portugal
- Rwanda
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Grenada
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Spain
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Western Samoa
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
(b) The following are parties to the treaty but have not yet completed a full-scope safeguards agreement:
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- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Barbados
- Belize
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea
- Grenada
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Latvia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Mozambique
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- Gabon
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
(b) Iraq's proven endeavours to develop a nuclear weapon programme was a flagrant breach of its obligations under the NPT. The failure of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to sign and implement its safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency is also a breach of its obligations under the NPT. However, we welcome the recent signature of this agreement and look forward to its early ratification and implementation.
All those listed in B except Mozambique, Albania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia are in technical breach of their obligation to sign a safeguards agreement with the IAEA within 18 months of depositing their instrument of accession. However, this is of no practical significance as none of the states in question possesses nuclear materials requiring safeguards.
(d) The following states have indicated an intention to accede to the treaty, but have not yet done so:
- 1. France
- 2. China
- 3. Ukraine
- 4. Belarus
- 5. Kazakhstan
- 6. Uzbekistan
- 7. Turkimenistan
- 8. Azerbaijan
- 9. Kirgizstan
- 10. Tajikistan
- 11. Armenia
- 12. Moldova