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Nuclear proliferation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It has involved cooperation in developing nuclear energy while ensuring that civil uranium, plutonium, and associated plants are used only for peaceful purposes and do not contribute in any way to proliferation or nuclear weapons programs. In 1990 each side ratified a treaty not to attack the other's nuclear installations, and at the end of 1991 they provided one another with a list showing the location of all their nuclear plants, even though the respective lists were regarded as not being wholly accurate. Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons production technology and knowledge to nations that do not already have such capabilities. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nuclear_proliferation   (6520 words)

CNN.com - North Korea leaves nuclear pact - Jan. 10, 2003 North Korea announced Friday that it is withdrawing from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, but does not intend to produce nuclear weapons, according to a statement from the official North Korean news agency KCNA. In 1968, Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the treaty agreeing not to transfer nuclear weapons to other nations, or to assist or encourage other nations to develop their own nuclear devices. However, North Korea announced in December it was reactivating nuclear facilities frozen under the pact, maintaining it was forced to produce energy after Washington stopped sending fuel shipments to North Korea, which it said was a violation of the agreement. www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/01/10/nkorea.treaty   (616 words)

U.S. Statement at the 2005 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Strict compliance with nonproliferation obligations is essential to regional stability, to forestalling nuclear arms races, and to preventing resources needed for economic development from being squandered in a destabilizing and economically unproductive pursuit of weapons. Handling the proliferation challenges we face requires a robust IAEA safeguards system that not only helps to protect our common security against nuclear proliferation, but also builds confidence that peaceful nuclear development is not being abused. When this Treaty is fully implemented by the end of 2012, the United States will have reduced the number of strategic nuclear warheads it had deployed in 1990 by about 80%. www.state.gov /t/ac/rls/rm/45518.htm   (2307 words)

David Krieger, Devon Chaffee, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Failure The NPT was to be the cornerstone for disarmament, arms control and the peaceful prevention of the further proliferation of nuclear weapons, a role that the treaty is clearly failing to fulfill. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan international education and advocacy organization that works to advance initiatives to eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to all life, to foster the global rule of law, and to build an enduring legacy of peace through education and advocacy. Instead of warning or discouraging nuclear threshold states such as Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear arsenals, the lesson that these countries are most likely to learn from the Iraq example is that they must accelerate their nuclear weapons programs in order avoid to the fate of the Ba'th regime. www.transnational.org /forum/meet/2003/Krieger_NNPTreaty.html   (2120 words)

BBC NEWS Americas An old treaty for a new world? Other than the big five nuclear powers, all other countries joined the treaty as non-nuclear armed states. As Gary Samore told me, "none of the nuclear weapon states are prepared to give up their nuclear arsenals" and each of them in some ways, perhaps with the exception of the UK, are actually taking measures to prolong their capability or even to find new roles for nuclear bombs. None of the nuclear weapon states are prepared to give up their nuclear arsenals news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4504511.stm   (947 words)

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty If the diversion of nuclear materials from peaceful purposes was not prevented by an international nuclear nonproliferation regime, and if a growing number of nations came to possess nuclear weapon arsenals, it was believed that the risks of nuclear war as a result of accident, unauthorized use, or escalation of regional conflicts would greatly increase. General provisions were included in the Treaty affirming the intentions of the parties to negotiate in good faith to achieve a cessation of the nuclear arms race, nuclear disarmament, and general and complete disarmament. The Soviet draft prohibited the transfer of nuclear weapons "directly or indirectly, through third States or groups of States not possessing nuclear weapons." It also barred nuclear powers from transferring "nuclear weapons, or control over them or their emplacement or use" to military units of non-nuclear allies, even if these were placed under joint command. www.usun-vienna.rpo.at /npt1.htm   (4722 words)

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Raising concerns that the nuclear powers had not been taking their disarmament obligations seriously enough and that progress had stalled since the end of the Cold War, the non-nuclear powers identified several important steps which must be pursued over the next five years in addition to the bilateral strategic arms reductions currently underway. Because of long-standing disagreements between the nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states over the fulfilment of disarmament obligations, previous Conferences since 1985 were unable to gather consensus to adopt their final documents. Increased transparency by the nuclear-weapon states with regard to their nuclear weapons capabilities and the implementation of agreements pursuant to Article VI and as a voluntary confidence-building measure to support further progress on nuclear disarmament. www.acronym.org.uk /npt/npt18.htm   (2120 words)

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace This new blueprint for the international nuclear non-proliferation regime reflects input from experts and officials in the United States and twenty countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the former Soviet states and Russia. To clinch a nuclear weapons deal, the president had to give in to demands from the Indian nuclear lobby to exempt large portions of the country’s nuclear infrastructure from international inspection. Joseph Cirincione discussed Iran's attempts to restart its nuclear program, possible US military options and the solution to the problem of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. www.carnegieendowment.org /npp   (1406 words)

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency : Non-Proliferation Treaty The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was concluded in 1968 and entered into force on March 5, 1970. Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Expert Group Report submitted to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, published February 22, 2005. Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Expert Group Report submitted to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, published February 22, 2005. www.acronym.org.uk /npt   (1811 words)

Arms Control Association: Fact Sheets: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty at a Glance The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), which entered into force in March 1970, seeks to inhibit the spread of nuclear weapons. To verify these commitments and ensure that nuclear materials are not being diverted for weapons purposes, Article III tasks the International Atomic Energy Agency with the inspection of the non-nuclear-weapon states' nuclear facilities. Under Articles I and II of the treaty, the NWS agree not to help NNWS develop or acquire nuclear weapons, and the NNWS permanently forswear the pursuit of such weapons. www.armscontrol.org /factsheets/nptfact.asp   (546 words)

Dennis Kucinich on Weapons and Non-Proliferation Abide by the principles of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. I have been a strong supporter of the Mine Ban Treaty and of its ratification by the United States. Persist towards total, worldwide elimination of all nuclear weapons. www.kucinich.us /issues/nuclearnp.php   (197 words)

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [NPT] The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also referred to as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), obligates the five acknowledged nuclear-weapon states (the United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, and China) not to transfer nuclear weapons, other nuclear explosive devices, or their technology to any non-nuclear-weapon state. There is no confirmed instance of State Party governmental transfers of nuclear weapon technology or unsafeguarded nuclear materials to any non-nuclear-weapon state. However, it dismantled all of its nuclear weapons before signing the Treaty. www.fas.org /nuke/control/npt   (653 words)

ArmsControlWonk an arms control weblog: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Hanging the four new nuclear states—Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea—on the NPT is bizarre, since all four built their weapons outside the NPT regime. Pakistan also acquired its nuclear capabilities outside the regime, largely through industrial espionage and Chinese assistance (before China was a signatory to the NPT). Of 44 nuclear capable states (precisely: states listed in Annex II of the CTBT), only nine have nuclear weapons. www.armscontrolwonk.com /index.php?id=749   (1100 words)

The Real Nuclear Option - The Non-Proliferation Treaty is a mess. We have to save it anyway. By Fred Kaplan In sum, the treaty has three major loopholes: It lets countries get to the brink of nuclear weapons and then quit the treaty and build the weapons; it provides no penalties for quitting or violating the treaty; and it doesn't really require the big five to cut back on their nuclear weapons. First, the treaty requires the recipients of nuclear technology to allow international inspectors to monitor nuclear facilities in order to ensure nothing is diverted. It may well be that, in order to stop or seriously curtail the proliferation of nuclear weapons, countries must sacrifice a little bit of sovereignty. www.slate.com /id/2117940   (1573 words)

USATODAY.com - Nuclear non-proliferation treaty Cuba is a member of a treaty establishing a nuclear-free zone in Latin America. Non-weapon states agree not to try to get nuclear arms. Countries that have nuclear weapons will not help other countries obtain or develop them. www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-01-10-nuclear-treaty-facts_x.htm   (141 words)

Democracy Now! U.S. Enters New Nuclear Age as Bush Seeks Funds for New Generation of Nukes But the United States cannot make a new generation of nuclear weapons under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. And in that treaty, we are required to successfully negotiate complete nuclear disarmament. This is part of a discriminatory approach to nuclear weapons that is undermining our attempts to roll back potential proliferation in Iran and North Korea. www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=06/03/02/148233   (1351 words)

Liaquat Ali Khan: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Poised to Fall Apart It allows a signatory state to withdraw from the non-proliferation regime "if it decides that extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of this Treaty, have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. But no good faith effort, as the Treaty requires, is being made towards complete nuclear disarmament. The collapse of the Soviet Union was a godsend that ceased the superpowers, nuclear arms race. www.counterpunch.org /khan05042005.html   (1947 words)

A Nuclear Blunder? - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com In a landmark speech at the National Defense University in February 2004, the president called for a toughened Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and other new initiatives. The treaty’s provisions had to be updated to prevent countries like Iran from enriching uranium under cover of a peaceful civilian program—which is technically permitted under the NPT—when what Tehran really sought was a bomb, according to the administration. The No. 1 security challenge for America post-9/11 is to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists or rogue regimes. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7817986/site/newsweek   (900 words)

Iran's Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Most experts agree that Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions will be high on the agenda as delegates from more than 180 countries continue to meet in New York to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the legal cornerstone of non-proliferation efforts. Graham Allison from Harvard University, who has written extensively on nuclear issues, says the fact that the talks are going on is a good sign. Daryl Kimball heads the Arms Control Association, a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. He says ultimately, for the talks to succeed, the United States must be directly involved. www.payvand.com /news/05/may/1120.html   (601 words)

Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Ourmedia Professor Michael Wallace present the little,known facts aabout chapter five of the Non-proliferation Treaty Quick Time movie 16 Mgbts, 16 minutes. Submitted by VCTA on September 21, 2005 - 5:51am. www.ourmedia.org /node/61361   (172 words)

Non-Proliferation Treaty They repeated their call on those three States, (India, Pakistan, Israel) which are not parties to the NPT and which operate un-safeguarded nuclear facilities, to accede to the Treaty as non-nuclear weapon States and to place their nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] safeguards. Four nations have not signed the treaty -- India and Pakistan (both conducted nuclear tests in 1998), Israel (which is believed to have nuclear weapons), and Cuba. The five first nuclear states committed themselves to nuclear disarmament in return for non-nuclear states agreeing not to acquire nuclear weapons. www.peacecourier.com /Articles/npt.htm   (962 words)

Non-Proliferation Treaty The 1970 NPT is the cornerstone of both non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament. The NPT is the cornerstone of both non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament. With Korea having already announced withdrawal from the Treaty, the possibility that another nation may follow, and regressive changes in nuclear doctrine by some Nuclear Weapon States — predominantly the United States, it is clear that the Treaty is vulnerable and in need of strengthening. www.wcpeace.org /npt.htm   (3093 words)

NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY U.S. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is the cornerstone of international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and promote arms control and disarmament, to achieve and maintain an effective international safeguards system, and to promote peaceful cooperation in nuclear energy. The United States is strongly committed to the NPT, to efforts that further strengthen the Treaty, and to the broader international nonproliferation and arms control regime. A cutoff treaty based on the 1995 consensus negotiating mandate agreed to by the CD would halt worldwide production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices and thus would be an important nuclear disarmament and nonprolifera- tion step. dosfan.lib.uic.edu /acda/factshee/wmd/nuclear/npt/commnpt.htm   (4261 words)

BBC NEWS Middle East Non-Proliferation treaty explained The Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty is the cornerstone of international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and to open up access to the peaceful uses of nuclear technologies as widely as possible. The five "nuclear-armed states", all permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, are bound under the treaty not to transfer nuclear weapons or to help non-nuclear states to obtain them. The weakness of the treaty is that the technology used to make fuel for a reactor can also be used to make material for a nuclear bomb. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2645379.stm   (632 words)

Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations In April, negotiators from more than 160 countries will meet in New York to decide the fate of the 25-year-old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #486306 - Non-proliferation treaty at 25 Critics, especially countries without nuclear weapons, say the treaty unfairly guarantees military superiority to the NPT`s five-member{open_quotes}nuclear club.{close_quotes} They also charge the nuclear powers, especially the United States and Russia, with not living up to the treaty`s requirement that they vigorously seek to halt the arms race and eliminate nuclear weapons. www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=486306   (205 words)

Non-proliferation Treaty The aim of the international Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the resulting nuclear material monitoring is the timely detection of nuclear material diversion for the manufacture of nuclear weapons or deterrence of such deviation through the risk of detection. www.euronuclear.org /info/encyclopedia/n/non-proliferation-treaty.htm   (64 words)

NATO Update - 1970 In 1970, the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty comes into force. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed on 1 July 1968 comes into force. This is followed in 1972 by an interim agreement on strategic arms limitations (SALT 1) and on anti-ballistic missile systems (the ABM Treaty), both signed during President Nixon's visit to Moscow in May. On 21 November, SALT II negotiations, intended to work out more detailed means of limiting offensive strategic weapons, open in Geneva. www.nato.int /docu/update/70-79/1970e.htm   (244 words)

NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY General provisions were included in the Treaty affirming the intentions of the parties to negotiate in good faith to achieve a cessation of the nuclear arms race, nuclear disarmament, and general and complete disarmament. In an accompanying memorandum, the Soviet Union declared that the greatest danger of proliferation was posed by the MLF and the alternative British proposal for an Atlantic nuclear force (ANF). This Treaty shall enter into force after its ratification by the States, the Governments of which are designated Depositaries of the Treaty, and forty other States signatory to this Treaty and the deposit of their instruments of ratification. dosfan.lib.uic.edu /acda/treaties/npt1.htm   (4721 words)

NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY EXTENSION CONFERENCE President has decided to extend the moratorium on U.S. nuclear tests until a CTB Treaty enters into force. Limited term of treaty would undermine the possibility of further nuclear reductions On the assumption that a treaty will be signed before September 30, 1996, and subject to the same understandings that govern our current moratorium, the www.osti.gov /html/secretry/tp950504.html   (1872 words)

Arms Control and Counter Proliferation The launch of "Weapons of Mass Destruction: Australia's Role in Fighting Proliferation" and Open a workshop on On Site Inspection for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 10 October 2005 Statement at the Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty, 21 September 2005 Key Nuclear Policy Treaties and Key Treaties for Arms Control www.dfat.gov.au /security   (278 words)

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