Kazakhstan Nuclear Nonproliferation Leadership Infographic

1. Kazakhstan has a long record of working to make the world a safer place, free of nuclear weapons. In 1991, the newly
independent Kazakhstan inherited from the Soviet Union the fourth largest nuclear weapon arsenal in the world. President
Nazarbayev renounced nuclear weapons and in fewer than four years, Kazakhstan was nuclear weapons-free. Kazakhstan is
an example of a country gaining security by giving up nuclear weapons.
KAZAKHSTANfor a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
1994Kazakhstan was home to
one of the Soviet Union’s
first anti-nuclear
movements, Nevada
Semipalatinsk. In 1989,
this movement actively
campaigned for the
closing of the
Semipalatinsk test site,
one of most-used nuclear
testing sites in the world.
Kazakhstan ratified the
Nonproliferation Treaty
and joined the Nunn-Lugar
Cooperative Threat
Reduction program.
Under the Budapest
Memorandum
Kazakhstan obtained
security assurances
from nuclear powers
Russia, US, UK and
later from France
and China.
Kazakhstan co-signed
the Central Asian
Nuclear Weapon
Free Zone treaty
with Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and
Uzbekistan.
Kazakhstan installed
nuclear detection
equipment at 19 ports,
airports, and other
border crossings in an
effort to deter the
illegal smuggling and
transfer of nuclear
material.
The UN General
Assembly unanimously
adopted a resolution
proposed by Kazakhstan
designating August 29,
the International Day
Against Nuclear Tests.
The UN General Assembly
unanimously adopted a
resolution designating August
29, as the International Day
Against Nuclear Tests. The day
represents the first day of
nuclear testing at the
Semipalatinsk proving site and
the day Semipalatinsk was
shut down.Completion of
transportation and
disposal of spent
nuclear fuel from the
world's first fast
breeder reactor
BN-350 to a long-term
storage facility.
Kazakhstan hosts the
International Forum
for Nuclear Weapons
Free World.
Kazakhstan
hosted two
rounds of talks
between Iran and
P5+1 countries.
The IAEA agreed to
deploy the world’s first
international nuclear
fuel bank in Kazakhstan.
The Presidents of
Kazakhstan, the US and
Russia adopted a Joint
Statement on Trilateral
Cooperation at the
former Semipalatinsk
test site.
1989
2006
2007
2009 2010
2011
2012
2013
Kazakhstan signed the
Lisbon Protocol to the
Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons
Treaty and declared
itself a non-nuclear
weapons state.
1992
1993
1994
1995
2000
2001
Keeping with their
promise, Kazakhstan
becomes rid of all
nuclear warheads
inherited from the
former Soviet Union.
The testing
infrastructure at
Semipalatinsk is
completely
destroyed.
Kazakhstan hosts the
International
conference "XXI
Century: Towards a
Nuclear-Weapon-Free
World."
Kazakhstan signed
an additional
Protocol with the
International Atomic
Energy Agency, on
inspections by the
IAEA to guarantee
nuclear security.
2004
Kazakhstanis know the horrors
of nuclear weapons. The Soviet
Union conducted more than
450 nuclear tests at the
Semipalatinsk test site.
The explosions have claimed
1.5 million victims and have
in some way affected all citizens
of Kazakhstan.
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2004 2010 2013
1990 1995 2000 2001