The purpose of the NPT Review,
which happens
every five years, is to reaffirm the signatories' commitments to the
treaty's
three purposes: disarmament, nonproliferation, and peaceful use of
nuclear
energy.
Countries without nuclear
weapons that
signed the NPT, such as Iran, were promised full support in developing
other
nuclear technologies in exchange for renouncing nuclear weapons. The
five
nuclear powers that signed the NPT agreed to get rid of their nuclear
weapons.
On March 28, 2005, Former President Jimmy Carter, wrote for the Washington Post, "While claiming to be protecting the world from proliferation threats in Iraq, Libya, Iran and North Korea, American leaders not only have abandoned existing treaty restraints but also have asserted plans to test and develop new weapons."
On May 5, 2005, Kennedy-era Defense
Secretary Robert McNamara said, "I would characterize current U.S.
nuclear
weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary and
dreadfully
dangerous." [1]
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