Question
6.
The chart below summarizes two provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuciear Weapons (1970).
• Only the permanent members of the UN Security
Council are recognized as lawful nucear weapon
states*: United States, Great Britain, Russia, China
and France.
• The five nuclear weapon states agree not to transfer
their
"nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive
devices" and "not in any way to assist, encourage, or
Induce any other nation to acquire nuciear weapons,
What is the primary reason why the United States and 190 other nations signed this treaty?
A O to reduce the risk of nuclear war
Answer
B. to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations