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Pakistan has ratified the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM). The Instrument of Ratification was signed by President Mamnoon Hussain on the advice of the Prime Minister. Earlier, in its meeting held on February 24, under the chairmanship of the PM, the National Command Authority (NCA) gave its approval in principle for the ratification of the Amended Convention.
The original CPPNM, which entered into force on February 8, 1987, is a legally binding international instrument in the area of physical protection of nuclear material. It establishes measures related to the prevention, detection and punishment of offences related to nuclear material. On July 8, 2005, states parties to the CPPNM adopted by consensus an amendment to the CPPNM which expands the scope of the convention to cover nuclear facilities and nuclear material in peaceful use, storage and international as well as domestic transportation.-PR

Copyright Business Recorder, 2016

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