... Rarotonga [
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].
Some Asian-Pacific NNWSs are active Non-Aligned Movement members, who vocalize their discontent to the NPT (
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
) review process. In their view, negotiations in good faith postulated by
NPT Article VI
are not being pursued as expeditiously as they should. This standpoint has been embodied in the adoption of TPNW (The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) in 2017. Even though the Treaty
formally entered into force
in January 2021, it clearly lacks verification procedures, and its legally-binding capacity is often questioned.
Supporting the argument ...
... “each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and nuclear disarmament.” However, should the Parties begin to withdraw from the NPT, clearly not all of them will transition to the TPNW. Neither the United States nor Russia need more nuclear powers.
— Grounds for further talks. It is one thing to transfer working provisions to a new treaty. Still, it is an entirely different matter to give the opponents of a particular definition ...
... illegal within the international law, and undertook serious work to clarify formal procedures for future signatory states, including cooperation with the IAEA. Thus, the previously existing threat of contradictions between the "future" of the TPNW and the current Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was minimized.
U.S. Nuclear Warheads' Scary Modernization. Interview with RIAC experts
There are notable differences in the approaches of the leading nuclear powers – Russia and the United States – to interacting with their formal and informal ...