NPT Review Conference
Recently the United Nations has organized its tenth Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference for nuclear disarmament.
In this treaty, Russia has blocked the final nuclear deal.
The final document of the agreement at this conference required the approval of all the countries that were parties to the NPT. However, Russia indicated that no agreement had been reached on this.
The NPT Review Conference is scheduled to be held every five years. But, the event has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The review conference of the year 2015 ended without any agreement. The agreement could not be reached due to serious differences in the conference on the establishment of a ‘Middle East Zone’ free from weapons of mass destruction.
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
NPT is an international treaty. It has the following objectives:
- Preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology,
- Promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and spreading the goal of disarmament.
- It was opened for signature in the year 1968 and the treaty came into force in the year It was extended indefinitely in the year 1995.
- India is not a party to this treaty. India considers the NPT to be discriminatory.
- The treaty establishes a safeguards system under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA also plays a central role in the areas of technology transfer for peaceful purposes under this treaty.
Source – The Hindu
