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International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction$
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Daniel H. Joyner

Print publication date: 2009

Print ISBN-13: 9780199204908

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199204908.001.0001

The Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime

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1 The Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime
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International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Author(s):

Daniel H. Joyner

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199204908.003.0001

This chapter discusses the origins of the nuclear Nnon-proliferation regime. The NPT was opened for signature on July 1, 1968 at Washington, London, and Moscow. It was signed that first day by the three depository governments and by more than fifty other states. The treaty entered into force on March 5, 1970. In 2007, the membership of the NPT stands at 187 states, and the treaty continues to serve as the cornerstone legal instrument of the nuclear non-proliferation system. Articles I, II, III, and VI of the NPT are discussed.

Keywords:   Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, general and complete disarmament, international law, NPT membership

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