In 1994, we launched a global program in the key nuclear countries to complement our grassroots outreach work in the United States. Our global outreach program is designed to enable networking among activists around the world and to provide technical information on nuclear weapons-usable materials and technologies to an international audience. For example, we are currently working on the problem of plutonium disposition from dismantled weapons in the United States and Russia. We also have a Fellows program, in which we invite scientists and activists from other countries to the United States for a few months to do research and speaking tours. This program enables us to bring international perspectives to non-governmental organizations, media, and policymakers in the United States.
Nuclear disarmament is required under international law.
Article VI of the NPT binds the non-nuclear weapons states to forego developing their own weapons in return for a commitment by the nuclear powers to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. When the NPT was indefinitely extended in 1995, this agreement was reiterated. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty has been negotiated and ratified by three nuclear weapons states. However, overall progress towards disarmament has been stagnant in the last five years. The US Senate has rejected the CTBT and is unlikely to revisit the ratification question in the near future.