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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: <strong>Part</strong> <strong>II</strong><br />

34<br />

and United Nations Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001), 1540 (2004)<br />

and 1673 (2006). The non-binding international instruments are the IAEA<br />

Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and the<br />

supplementary Guidance on the Import and Export of Radioactive Sources.<br />

In addition, the document entitled “Nuclear Security Recommendations on<br />

Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities” 75 provides a<br />

comprehensive basis for guiding States on the requirements that should be<br />

met by systems for the physical protection of nuclear material and facilities.<br />

Table. Status of key international instruments relating to<br />

nuclear security<br />

(As at 31 December 2011)<br />

Instrument Binding Adherents<br />

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Yes 145<br />

Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of<br />

Nuclear Material<br />

Yes 51<br />

Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources No 106<br />

Code of Conduct’s supplementary Guidance on the Import and<br />

Export of Radioactive Sources<br />

No 69<br />

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear<br />

Terrorism<br />

Yes 77<br />

Nuclear security guidance for Member States<br />

Three of the second “top-tier” documents of the Nuclear Security<br />

Series (NSS) were published in the first quarter of 2011, presenting best<br />

practices that should be adopted by States in the application of the Nuclear<br />

Security Fundamentals. These were the NSS No. 13—“Nuclear Security<br />

Recommendations on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear<br />

Facilities (INFCIRC/225/Revision 5)”; 76 NSS No. 14—“Nuclear Security<br />

Recommendations on Radioactive Material and Associated Facilities”; 77 and<br />

NSS No. 15—“Nuclear Security Recommendations on Nuclear and other<br />

Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control”. 78 The primary publication<br />

75 IAEA, document INFCIRC/225/Revision 5. Available from http://www-pub.iaea.org/<br />

MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1481_<strong>web</strong>.pdf (accessed 9 May 2012).<br />

76 Available from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1481_<strong>web</strong>.pdf<br />

(accessed 21 May 2012).<br />

77 Available from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1487_<strong>web</strong>.pdf<br />

(accessed 21 May 2012).<br />

78 Available from http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1488_<strong>web</strong>.pdf<br />

(accessed 21 May 2012).

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