NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATIESBY LUBNA YASMIN
What’s going on in the 1940s?
1. US TESTS NUCLEAR BOMBJuly 16, 1945Trinity
HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKIAugust1945Hiroshima & Nagasaki
UNAEC24 January1946
BARUCH PLAN OF 1946
THE START OF THE COLD WAR
2. SOVIET UNION TESTS NUCLEAR BOMBAugust 291949RDS-1
What’s going on in the 1950s?
3. UK TESTS NUCLEAR BOMBOctober 31952“Hurricane”
EURATOMMarch 251957Signed in RomeEnters into force in January 1, 1968
IAEAJuly 291957
ANTARCTIC TREATYDecember 11959Washington
What’s going on in the 1960’s?
4. FRANCE TESTS NUCLEAR BOMBFebruary 131960GerboiseBleue
PARTIAL TEST-BAN TREATYAugust 51963
5. CHINA TESTS NUCLEAR BOMBOctober 161964“596”
DRAFT NPT17 August 1965The United States submits draft treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
US & SOVIET AGREEMENTAugust 241967US and SU submit separate but identical texts of draft Treaty to the ENDC
OUTER SPACE TREATYJanuary 271967
TREATY OF TLATELOLCOFebruary 141967
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY1 July 1968Open for signature in London, Moscow and Washington
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATYMarch 51970 The NPT enters into force.
TO BE CONTINUED…

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