Status of Latin-American countries regarding IAEA conventions

A review is made on the status (as of March 1999) of Latin-American countries regarding IAEA conventions, namely the Vienna convention on civil liability for nuclear damage, the joint protocol relating to the application of the Vienna convention and the Paris convention, the protocol to amend the Vienna convention of civil liability for nuclear damage, the convention on supplementary compensation for nuclear damage, the convention on the physical protection of nuclear material, the convention on nuclear safety, the convention on early notification of a nuclear accident, the convention on assistance in the case of a nuclear accident or radiological emergency, the joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactive waste management