Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement

Subject – IR

Context – India, Pak exchange list of nuclear installations

Concept –

India and Pakistan exchanged a list of their nuclear installations that cannot be attacked in case of an escalation in hostilities, as part of an annual ritual that has been in practice between the two neighbours for more than three decades.
The lists of nuclear installation and facilities were exchanged as per the provisions of the Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities, signed on December 31, 1988 and ratified on 27 January 1991.
- According to this agreement, both countries have to inform each other of the nuclear facilities.
- The treaty was drafted in 1988, and signed by the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her Indian counterpart, Rajiv Gandhi on 21 December 1988.
The exchange is done each year on January 1, under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and Facilities, also referred to as the Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement.
The treaty provides a confidence-building security measure environment and refrained each party from “undertaking, encouraging, or participating indirectly or indirectly, any action aimed at causing destruction or damage to any nuclear installation or facility in each country”.