Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

By the time of the development of the CWC RevCon provisions in the late 1980s, the convening of Review Conferences of other multilateral arms control treaties at approximately five-yearly intervals had become an estabhshed norm, in particular for the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the BWC. The CWC negotiators readily agreed that CWC RevCons should be held no later than one year after the expiry of the fifth and the tenth year after entry into force of this Convention . Although the actual procedures to initiate RevCons under the CWC dif-... 

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Concerning Ceau escu s conception of the nuclear fuel cycle it is worth noting reports that prior to 1990 Romania did undertake some, at the time undeclared, research into plutonium separation, producing minute quantities of this nuclear weapons proliferation sensitive material. Romania, however, never developed a nuclear weapon and it is a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (FAS, 2008). 

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Shaker M (1980) The nuclear non-proliferation treaty origin tmd implementation 1959-1979 (Volume 1). Oceana Publications, London... 

The United States Will Lead tim CNirge to Esetend Inctefintteiy the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, to Enact a Comprehensive Nuci r T Ban and to ELIMINATE CHEMICAL WEAPONS ... 

Decides that none of the obligations set forth in this resolution shall be interpreted so as to conflict with or alter the rights and obligations of State Parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention or alter the responsibilities of the International Atomic Energy Agency or the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ... 

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