Throughout ABACC history, several agreements were signed. Among the most important, can be remarked the Bilateral Agreement, signed by Argentina and Brazil, and the Quadripartite Agreement, signed by both countries, the ABACC and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

1960s - 1970s
  • 1968

    Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

    The States concluding this Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Parties to the Treaty’. Considering the devastation that would be visited upon mankind by a nuclear war and the consequent need to make every effort to avert the danger of such a war and to take measures to safeguard the security of peoples, Believing that […]

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1980s
  • 1980

    Cooperation Agreement between Brazil and Argentina for the Development and Application of the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

    COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY The Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and The Government of the Argentine Republic, INSPIRED by the traditional friendship between their peoples and by […]

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  • 1985

    Declaration of Iguaçu

    In a solemn ceremony held on November 29, 1985, the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Doctor José Sarney, and the President of the Argentine Republic, Doctor Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín, inaugurated the International Bridge connecting the Brazilian city of Porto Meira with the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú. As it had been timely announced, […]

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  • Joint Declaration on Nuclear Policy

    Only available in Spanish and Portuguese. The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Doctor Jose Sarney, and the President of the Argentine Republic, Doctor Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín, following with the conversations held at Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, and at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, on November 29 through 30, 1985, Whereas: Nuclear science and technology are […]

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  • 1986

    Act for Brazilian-Argentine Integration

    ACT FOR BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE INTEGRATION The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil and The President of the Argentine Nation, CONVINCED OF: The need to summon their people to an effort towards following a common path of growth and modernization that will allow them to overcome the present obstacles and to face the challenges of the […]

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  • Protocol # 17 – Nuclear Cooperation

    NUCLEAR COOPERATION The Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and The Government of the Argentine Republic, CONSIDERING: the objectives of the ‘Joint Declaration on Nuclear Policy’ undersigned at Foz do Iguaçu on November 30, 1985, and in accordance with the discussions held during the meetings of the Work Group on Nuclear Policy created by […]

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  • Joint Declaration on Nuclear Policy, Brasília

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  • 1987

    Declaration of Viedma

    The Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and The Government of the Argentine Republic In view of the commitments made in the Joint Declarations on nuclear policy undersigned at Foz do Iguaçu and in Brasilia, DECIDE TO: Stress that the historical visit by President José Sarney to the facilities of the Pilcaniyeu Enrichment Plant […]

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  • 1988

    Declaration of Iperó

    DECLARATION OF IPERÓ JOINT DECLARATION ON NUCLEAR POLICY The Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and The Government of the Argentine Republic, Taking into account the commitments made in the Joint Declarations of Foz de Iguaçu, Brasilia and Viedma, REITERATE their strong conviction concerning the importance of nuclear energy for the economic and social […]

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  • Declaration of Ezeiza

    JOINT DECLARATION ON NUCLEAR POLICY DECLARATION OF EZEIZA The Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and The Government of the Argentine Republic, CONSIDERING: The commitments made in the Joint Declarations of Foz de Iguaçu, Brasilia, Viedma and Iperó, REITERATE: The unswerving peaceful vocation prompting their respective nuclear programs and the strong conviction regarding the […]

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  • Integration, Cooperation and Development Treaty between Brazil and Argentina

    The Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the Argentine Republic (hereinafter called the “Member States”), Considering: The historical landmark represented by the Declaration of Iguaçu, dated November 30, 1985; The Act for Brazilian-Argentine Integration and the progress made in the Program for Integration and Economic Cooperation, dated July 29, 1986; […]

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1990s
  • 1991

    Bilateral Agreement

    The Government of the Republic of Argentina and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”: Noting the progress achieved in bilateral nuclear co-operation as a result of the joint work under the co-operative agreement on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, signed in Buenos Aires on 20 Hay […]

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  • 1990

    Joint Communiqué of Buenos Aires

    JOINT STATEMENT Invited by the President of the Argentine Republic, Dr. Carlos Saúl Menem, the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Dr. Fernando Collor, paid a visit to Argentina on July 5 and 6, 1990. Both Heads of State performed a thorough analysis of the international situation, characterized by the strengthening of peace and […]

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  • Declaration of a Common Nuclear Policy, Foz do Iguaçu

    DECLARATION ON A COMMON ARGENTINE-BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR POLICY The President of the Argentine Republic, Doctor Carlos Saúl Menem, and the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Doctor Fernando Collor, meeting at Foz de Iguazú, Brazil, CONSIDERING: their decision to strengthen the integration process underway; the importance of the use of nuclear energy for exclusively peaceful […]

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  • 1991

    Agreement between Brazil, Argentina, the ABACC and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Quadripartite Agreement)

    AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL, THE BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS WHEREAS the Republic of Argentina and the Federative Republic of Brazil (hereinafter referred to as ‘the States Parties’) are parties to the Agreement […]

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  • 1993

    Cooperation Agreement between the ABACC and the Agency for the Proscription of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)

    COOPERARION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRASILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND THE AGENCY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN The Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials and the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean; Considering that […]

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  • 2013

    Understanding for Mutual Cooperation between the Brazilian National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) and the ABACC

    Available only in portuguese. A Comissão Nuclear de Energia Nuclear, autarquia federal, vinculada ao Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia, criada pela Lei n. 4.118, de 27 de agosto de 1962, com sede na Rua General Severiano n. 90, Botafogo, Município do Rio de Janeiro, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, inscrita no Cadastro Geral de Contribuintes […]

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  • 1994

    Protocol of Cooperation between the ABACC and the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA)

    COOPERATION PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND THE NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION The National Atomic Energy Commission (hereinafter ‘CNEA’) and the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (hereinafter ‘ABACC’), jointly mentioned as ‘the Parties’, Considering the Agreement between the Argentine Republic and the Federative Republic […]

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  • Agreement between the United States Department of Energy (USDOE) and the ABACC

    Agreement Between the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY and the BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS Concerning Research and Development in Nuclear Material Control, Accountancy, Verification, and Advanced Containment and Surveillance Technologies for International Safeguards Applications The United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of […]

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  • 1995

    Argentine’s Adherence to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

  • 1996

    Protocol for Cooperation between the ABACC and the Argentine National Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ENREN)

    COOPERATION PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR REGULATORY ENTITY The National Nuclear Regulatory Entity (hereinafter ‘ENREN’) and the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (hereinafter ‘ABACC’), jointly mentioned as ‘the Parties’, Considering the Agreement between the Argentine Republic and the Federative Republic […]

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  • 1997

    Joint Declaration in the Occasion of the ABACC’s 5th Anniversary

    The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and the President of the Argentine Republic, Carlos Saúl Menem, in the occasion of the ceremony commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Activities of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC). CONSIDERING: That the cooperation between Brazil and Argentina for […]

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  • 1998

    Cooperation Agreement between the ABACC and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

    CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY AND THE BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS Whereas the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agency’) provides for the conclusion of agreements establishing an appropriate relationship between the Agency and any other organizations the work of which […]

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  • Brazil’s Adherence to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

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  • 1999

    Cooperation Agreement between the ABACC and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)

    COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS (ABACC) AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY The Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC), represented by its Secretariat, Mr. Elías Palacios and The European Atomic Energy Community, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’, represented by the Commission of […]

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2000s
  • 2004

    Renewal of the Understanding for Mutual Cooperation between the Brazilian CNEN and the ABACC

    MUTUAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ENTERED BY THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY COMMISSION (CNEN) AND THE BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS (ABACC), AS FOLLOWS: The BRAZILIAN NATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY COMMISSION, a federal autarchic agency reporting to the Ministry of Science and Technology, created by Act # 4118 dated August 27, 1962, with headquarters […]

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  • 2005

    Joint Declaration on Nuclear Policy, Puerto Iguazú

    During a meeting held at Puerto Iguazú on the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration of Foz de Iguazú, the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the President of the Argentine Republic, Mr. Néstor Kirchner: Ratify the nations’ inalienable right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and […]

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  • Puerto Iguazú Commitment Development, Justice and Integration

    Presidents Kirchner (Argentina) and Lula (Brazil) celebrated today the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Iguazú, undersigned by Presidents Alfonsín and Sarney (respectively) during their historical meeting of November 30, 1985. The Presidents renewed the commitment by their people and their governments concerning the strengthening of the cooperation, integration and friendship between them, which support […]

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  • 2006

    Technical Cooperation Arrangement Between the ABACC and the Korea Institute of Nuclear Non-proliferation and Control

    The Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (hereinafter referred to as ‘ABACC’) and the Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control (hereinafter referred to as ‘the KINAC’), (hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘the Parties’), Recognizing the advantages to the Parties of effective cooperation in the further development and application of nuclear material […]

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  • Joint Declaration – 15th Anniversary of the Creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control (ABACC)

    Invited by the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Jorge Enrique Taiana, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Celso Amorim, visited Argentina on December 12, 2006. In this occasion, they celebrated the 15th anniversary of the creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control (ABACC). In […]

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  • Statement of San Juan

    On 3 August 2010, the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the President of the Argentine Republic, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, held a working meeting in the city of San Juan, Argentina. On this occasion, both the heads of state reviewed the wide range of themes of the […]

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  • 2011

    Statement of Buenos Aires

    Official visit of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, to the President of the Argentine Republic, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Extract) On 31 January 2011, the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and the President of the Argentine Republic, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, held a working meeting in […]

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  • “Joint Communiqué” distributed during the official visit of the President of the Argentine Republic, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to the Federative Republic of Brazil

    (Provided by MRECIC-DIGAN) Joint Communiqué Official Visit by the President of the Argentine Republic, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to the Federative Republic of Brazil On 29 July 2011, the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and the President of the Argentine Republic, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, held a working meeting in Brasilia. […]

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