Article VI

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Article VI is the provision of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that obligates nuclear-armed and non-nuclear-armed states to pursue negotiations in good faith toward nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provision of international law ⓘ
treaty article ⓘ
aimsAt cessation of the nuclear arms race ⓘ
general and complete disarmament ⓘ
nuclear disarmament ⓘ
appliesTo all States Parties to the NPT ⓘ
non-nuclear-weapon States as defined by the NPT ⓘ
nuclear-weapon States as defined by the NPT ⓘ
bindingOn all States Parties to the NPT without reservation ⓘ
centralConcept good faith in international negotiations ⓘ
containsPhrase undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith ⓘ
contrastsWith non-proliferation obligations in Articles I and II of the NPT ⓘ
criticizedFor perceived lack of implementation by nuclear-weapon States ⓘ
dateOfEntryIntoForceWithTreaty 1970-03-05 ⓘ
hasFullText "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 to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control." ⓘ
hasNature obligation of conduct rather than obligation of result (as often argued in legal scholarship) ⓘ
influenced negotiation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ
interpretedBy International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (1996) ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor claims that NPT nuclear-weapon States have an obligation to disarm ⓘ
disarmament negotiations under the NPT framework ⓘ
legalObligationFor non-nuclear-weapon States Parties to the NPT ⓘ
nuclear-weapon States Parties to the NPT ⓘ
negotiationForumReferenced Conference on Disarmament (as a principal multilateral disarmament negotiating forum) ⓘ
normType disarmament obligation in a multilateral treaty ⓘ
partOf Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ
pillarOf disarmament pillar of the NPT ⓘ
recognizedBy NPT Review Conferences ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
referencedIn NPT 2000 Review Conference Final Document ⓘ
NPT 2010 Review Conference Final Document ⓘ
NPT Review and Extension Conference 1995 decisions ⓘ
relatedTo Article III of the NPT ⓘ
Article IV of the NPT ⓘ
requires negotiations on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control ⓘ
negotiations on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date ⓘ
negotiations on effective measures relating to nuclear disarmament ⓘ
pursuit of negotiations in good faith ⓘ
shortName Article VI of the NPT ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly analysis in international disarmament law ⓘ
state practice reports submitted to NPT review conferences ⓘ
supports norm of eventual elimination of nuclear weapons ⓘ
topicOf debates on the disarmament pillar of the NPT ⓘ

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