Use the scenarios below to see how your country or area can improve its NTI Index score by taking specific actions. Within each scenario, the actions the country or area is already taking are indicated by check marks. A scenario with a check mark means the country or area is taking all necessary actions to achieve a full score. When countries and areas take the actions listed without check marks, they will increase their overall score by the amount shown.
Ratify Treaties to Bolster the Global Architecture
Increase your score by taking actions to close gaps in the global nuclear security architecture by ratifying the following key nuclear security treaties:
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Full adoption would mean changing these sub-indicators:
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The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM).
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The 2005 Amendment to the CPPNM.
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The International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorist (ICSANT).
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An IAEA safeguards agreement providing complete coverage of peaceful nuclear facilities and the Additional Protocol.
Support Global Norms through Voluntary Actions
Increase your score by supporting, contributing to, or participating in at least six of the following global nuclear security initiatives to help bolster the global nuclear security architecture. Six or more of these actions will result in a full score for this indicator.
+10
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Full adoption would mean changing these sub-indicators:
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Become a member of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism.
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Become a member of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction.
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Provide financial or in-kind contributions to the World Institute for Nuclear Security (at least every two years).
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Provide financial or in-kind contributions to the IAEA Nuclear Security Fund (at least every two years).
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Provide or receive bilateral/multilateral nuclear security assistance (at least every two years).
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Open a Center of Excellence or Nuclear Security Support Center to offer nuclear security training.
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Participate in the latest IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security at the ministerial level.
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Participate in the IAEA Incident and Trafficking Database.
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Participate in the Nuclear Security Guidance Committee.
Subscribe to Nuclear Security INFCIRCs
Increase your score by subscribing to nuclear security INFCIRCs, which demonstrates commitment to nuclear security and helps to raise nuclear standards globally:
+12
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Full adoption would mean changing these sub-indicators:
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Subscribe to INFCIRC/869 on strengthening nuclear security implementation.
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Subscribe to INFCIRC/908 on insider threat mitigation
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Subscribe to at least three of the eight other nuclear security INFCIRCs (899, 901, 904, 905, 909, 912, 917 and 918).
Score Change from 2020
-3
