Very Basics Of NPT

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT or NNPT) is a treaty to limit the spread of nuclear weapons, opened for signature on July 1, 1968. There are currently 189 countries party to the treaty, five of which have nuclear weapons: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the People's Republic of China (the permanent members of the UN Security Council).
The Treaty entered into force with the deposit of US ratification on 05 March 1970.

Only four recognized sovereign states are not parties to the treaty: India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea.

**Main Points of this treaty one should know :-

• Each nuclear-weapons state (NWS) undertakes not to transfer, to any recipient, nuclear weapons, or other nuclear explosive devices, and not to assist any non-nuclear weapon state to manufacture or acquire such weapons or devices.

• Each non-NWS party undertakes not to receive, from any source, nuclear weapons, or other nuclear explosive devices; not to manufacture or acquire such weapons or devices; and not to receive any assistance in their manufacture.

• Each non-NWS party undertakes to conclude an agreement with the IAEA for the application of its safeguards to all nuclear material in all of the state's peaceful nuclear activities and to prevent diversion of such material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.
  
  
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  Signed at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968
  Ratification advised by U.S. Senate March 13, 1969
  Ratified by U.S. President November 24, 1969
  U.S. ratification deposited at Washington, London, and Moscow March 5, 1970
  Proclaimed by U.S. President March 5, 1970
  Entered into force March 5, 1970
  
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