The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference: Issues for Congress


 

Publication Date: May 2005

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: International relations; Military and defense

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Abstract:

Member states of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will meet in New York from May 2 through May 27, 2005, to review treaty implementation. These Review Conferences have taken place every five years since the treaty entered into force in 1970. The NPT was designed to: