HISTORY
THE WORLD TODAY
Question
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to eliminate all nuclear weapons
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to share nuclear technology among nations
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to prevent more nations from building nuclear arsenals
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to stop further research into the use of nuclear energy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under Article I of the NPT, nuclear-weapon states pledge not to transfer nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices to any recipient or in any way assist, encourage or induce any non-nuclear-weapon state in the manufacture or acquisition of a nuclear weapon.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Non-Proliferation Treaty prohibits the nations who don’t have nuclear weapons from acquiring them, at the same time prohibiting the nuclear states from helping others in acquiring the weapons.
Detailed explanation-3: -The objectives of the NPT were thus twofold: to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons without impeding the development of peaceful uses of nuclear technology and to promote global disarmament.
Detailed explanation-4: -Created to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Countries that had nuclear weapons could not share them and countries that did not have them could not receive them.