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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 446 

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation 

of Nuclear Weapons. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 8, 2010 

Mr. CASEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Treaty on the 

Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. 

Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 

Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow, 

July 1, 1968, and entered into force on March 5, 1970, 

has limited the spread of the most dangerous weapons 

across the globe for 40 years; 

Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 

Weapons (also known as the NPT) is the cornerstone of 

the global nuclear nonproliferation regime; 

Whereas 189 members of the United Nations have acceded 

to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, only three states have never signed it, and only one, 

North Korea, has declared its withdrawal from the Treaty; 


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Whereas more countries have ratified the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons than any other arms 

control or nonproliferation agreement in history; 

Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 

Weapons commits non-nuclear weapon states that want 

to benefit from the peaceful application of nuclear technology not to develop nuclear weapons and commits the 

5 recognized nuclear weapon states to take measures to 

achieve, at the earliest possible date, the elimination of 

their nuclear weapon stockpiles; 

Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 

Weapons assigns to the International Atomic Energy 

Agency the responsibility of maintaining a safeguards 

system to verify that non-nuclear weapons states party to 

the Treaty are not diverting nuclear technology from 

peaceful uses to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; 

Whereas, as of December 15, 2009, only 94 countries and 

one regional organization had brought into force an Additional Protocol to their Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency; 

Whereas President John F. Kennedy stated that nuclear 

weapons pose ‘‘the greatest possible danger’’ to the 

United States and warned that the United States could 

soon face a world in which there were 15–20 nuclear 

weapon states, but today, as a result of the global norms 

and mutual assurances established by the Treaty on the 

Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the world has 

only 9 presumed nuclear weapons states; 

Whereas United States policies and bilateral and multilateral 

treaties have reduced the number of nuclear weapons in 


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the world from a Cold War high of approximately 70,000 

to approximately 24,000, and the United States has reduced its stockpile of nuclear weapons from a high of 

32,000 warheads and bombs to fewer than 10,000 today; 

Whereas, at the fifth Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, in 1995, states party to the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons agreed to extend the 

Treaty indefinitely; 

Whereas the seventh Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, in 2005, failed to respond collectively on a number of issues, including noncompliance, nuclear programs 

in Iran and North Korea, the withdrawal clause, nuclear 

terrorism, clandestine nuclear supply networks, negative 

security assurances, nuclear disarmament, the nuclear 

fuel cycle, and enforcement mechanisms; 

Whereas, on September 24, 2009, a United Nations Security 

Council summit chaired by President Barack Obama 

unanimously adopted United Nations Security Council 

Resolution 1887, which reaffirms the Security Council’s 

commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 

Nuclear Weapons, calls on states not yet signatories to 

accede to the Treaty, urges full compliance with the 

Treaty by member states, including members facing 

‘‘major challenges’’ with their obligations, and sets goals 

to strengthen the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the 2010 Review Conference; 

Whereas the eighth Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference will take place May 3–28, 2010, in New York to 

discuss disarmament, security assurances, nonproliferation, peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the nuclear fuel 

cycle, the mandate of the International Atomic Energy 

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versality, Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones, export controls, 

and the Treaty’s withdrawal clause; and 

Whereas the eighth Review Conference presents an opportunity to refocus states party to the NPT on the danger 

that the spread of nuclear weapons poses, to discuss potential ways to deal with countries that continue to pose 

a nuclear security threat, and to find common solutions 

so as to further reduce the number of nuclear weapons 

in the world and enable increased use of nuclear energy 

while improving safeguards to ensure that illicit nuclear 

programs are not occurring: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) reaffirms its support for the Treaty on the 

3 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to prevent 

4 the spread of nuclear weapons, to further reduce the 

5 number of nuclear weapons, and to promote the 

6 sharing of nuclear energy technology for peaceful 

7 purposes; 

8 (2) urges the President to work to achieve uni9 versality in adherence to the Treaty on the Non-Pro10 liferation of Nuclear Weapons; 

11 (3) encourages the President to work with 

12 international partners of the United States and 

13 states party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation 

14 of Nuclear Weapons to have the Model Additional 

15 Protocol to Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements 

16 become the global standard for safeguards and a re17 quirement for nuclear commerce; 


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1 (4) urges the President to ensure that the 

2 International Atomic Energy Agency has the nec3 essary resources, personnel, and technology to con4 duct its oversight responsibilities as they relate to 

5 the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 

6 Weapons; and 

7 (5) encourages the President to work with other 

8 states party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation 

9 of Nuclear Weapons to strengthen enforcement 

10 mechanisms and develop collective responses to any 

11 notification of withdrawal from the Treaty. 

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