Recently, the foreign ministers of the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council issued a joint statement on the successful implementation 50 years ago of the first global arms-control treaty, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which came into force on March 5, 1970.
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Objectives: The NPT is a international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
Significance: The Treaty represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States.
Timeline: Opened for signature in 1968, the Treaty entered into force in 1970. On 11 May 1995, the Treaty was extended indefinitely.
Members: A total of 191 States have joined the Treaty, including the five nuclear-weapon States.
Safeguards: The Treaty establishes a safeguards system under the responsibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Safeguards are used to verify compliance with the Treaty through inspections conducted by the IAEA.
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