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Pros And Cons Of The Nuclear Non-Proliferation

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For decades, nuclear weapons are instruments that have been a growing concern throughout the world. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) created the structure for controlling the advancement of nuclear weapons and expertise around the world. A large portion of the world’s countries—both nonnuclear and nuclear countries—adhere to the treaty agreeing that they will not transfer, build, accept, assist, or acquire nuclear weapons. Nonnuclear countries also allow the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor the countries nuclear facilities to safeguard that they are using the facilities for peaceful purposes. There are two countries that have agreed to the NPT previously, that are causing tensions: North Korea, and Iran. North Korea agreed to the treaty in 1970, and then violated the treaty in the 1990s by making the steps toward building nuclear weapons; in 2006, North Korea tested a nuclear weapon. Equivalent to North …show more content…

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