The Pros And Cons Of Non-Proliferation

By 1967, Non-Proliferation Treaty was in final form and developed as a fruit of twenty years of efforts in the United Nations General Assembly, and its specialized committees. Then on March 11, 1968. Therefore, United Nations General Assembly issued a final decision and invited States to singe in (12 June 1968), and opened for signature ( more than 70 countries singed it at the time). In addition, Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons became effective in the year (1970), the treaty included a provision to review every five years in general conferences, as there was a clause stating that the period of validity of the treaty is twenty-five years. It decided that the entry into force of the Treaty indefinitely on the Review Conference held in the year …show more content…
Moreover, the Treaty committed states which possession of weapons, do not transfer any nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices directly, or indirectly, to any party such weapons or devices. The treaty also obliged those states not to help, encourage or induce any state that does not possess nuclear weapons to manufacture or acquire such weapons or explosive devices. The treaty indicated clearly the right of all states parties in the research, development, production, and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes within the safeguards system, without disrupting for this use, and asserted the right of States parties to the exchange of scientific and technological information for the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Treaty obliged all States in a position to contribute individually or with others, or within international organizations in achieving this goal. The treaty furthermore stipulated in Article (3) that all states do not offer any equipment or specially designed or intended for the manufacture or production of fissile material tools to any non-nuclear