Reinforcing the NPT regime: International challenges and opportunities

The Treaty on Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons consists of a series of mutually reinforcing and legally binding obligations. They pertain both to nuclear non-proliferation and to nuclear disarmament The latter is the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty on the part of the nuclear-weapon States with respect to the goal of nuclear disarmament. These fundamental obligations are accompanied by a system of international safeguards and an assurance concerning the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. This paper addresses all who care about disarmament and non-proliferation, the non-governmental organizations in particular to hold firm on global standards with the main goal of building the societal resistance to nuclear weapons and protecting the world from nuclear anarchy