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The list of parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. On 1 July 1968, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was opened for signature. The three depositary states were the Soviet Union (and later its ...
Libya had signed (in 1968) and ratified (in 1975) the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and was subject to IAEA nuclear safeguards inspections, but undertook a secret nuclear weapons development program in violation of its NPT obligations, using material and technology provided by the A.Q. Khan proliferation network [128] —including actual ...
Date signed Date of entry into force Number of states parties Antarctic Treaty [9] December 1, 1959 June 23, 1961 55 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean [10] 14 February 1967 22 April 1968 33 South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone: NA 27 October 1986 24 South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty [11]
In 2014, a group of non-nuclear-armed nations known as the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) presented the idea of a nuclear weapons–ban treaty to NPT states parties as a possible "effective measure" to implement Article VI of the NPT, which requires all states parties to pursue negotiations in good faith for nuclear disarmament. The NAC argued that ...
At present, 189 countries are States Parties to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, more commonly known as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT. These include the five Nuclear Weapons States (NWS) recognized by the NPT: the People's Republic of China , France , Russian Federation , the UK , and the United States .
All five nuclear weapons states recognized under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) signed the treaty, with 66 other states following that day. [2] Fiji became the first state to ratify the treaty on October 10, 1996. As of November 2024, 187 states have signed and 178 states ...
Signed Date: 21 October 1994 by ... On 10 January 2003, North Korea again announced its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. [44] On February 10 ...
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is signed in Washington, Moscow, and London INFCIRC/66/Rev.2 1970 March NPT enters into force [9] 1971 Comprehensive Safeguards (INFCIRC/153) are established [9] 1975 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) established 1980 Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials is signed in New York 1981