Threats to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

This month's review at the UN faces daunting challenges

Published May 4, 2005

Every five years, diplomats gathers in New York City at the United Nations to hold a full-scale review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The treaty is one of the world's most important multilateral agreements, dating from 1968 when it came into force; 189 states around the world are signatories. The NPT has helped to curtail nuclear proliferation to just nine countries -- in the 1960s, many...

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