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... (b) Uses in any way radioactive material or a device, or uses or damages a
nuclear facility in a manner which releases or risks the release of radioactive
material: ...
... (b) Exchanging accurate and verified information in accordance with their
national law and in the manner and subject to the conditions specified herein, and
coordinating administrative and other measures taken as appropriate to detect,
prevent, suppress and investigate the offences set forth in article 2 and also in order
to institute criminal proceedings against persons alleged to have committed those
crimes. In particular, a State Party shall take appropriate measures in order to inform
without delay the other States referred to in article 9 in respect of the commission of
the offences set forth in article 2 as well as preparations to commit such offences
about which it has learned, and also to inform, where appropriate, international
organizations. ...
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1. The State Party in the territory of which the alleged offender is present shall,
in cases to which article 9 applies, if it does not extradite that person, be obliged,
without exception whatsoever and whether or not the offence was committed in its
territory, to submit the case without undue delay to its competent authorities for the
purpose of prosecution, through proceedings in accordance with the laws of that
State. Those authorities shall take their decision in the same manner as in the case of
any other offence of a grave nature under the law of that State.
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... 6. The States Parties involved in the disposition or retention of the radioactive
material, device or nuclear facility pursuant to the present article shall inform the
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency of the manner in which
such an item was disposed of or retained. The Director General of the International
Atomic Energy Agency shall transmit the information to the other States Parties. ...
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The States Parties shall carry out their obligations under this Convention in a
manner consistent with the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity
of States and that of non-intervention in the domestic affairs of other States.
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