The Treaty’s principles remain bold: the pact’s five acknowledged nuclear weapons states – the US, Britain, France, Russia, and China – promise to eliminate their nuclear arsenals, and the remaining parties commit not to acquire nuclear weapons in exchange for the right to develop civil nuclear power, with international assistance, subject to binding safeguards.
Los principios del Tratado siguen vigentes: los cinco estados del pacto que admiten tener armas nucleares –Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña, Francia, Rusia y China- prometen eliminar sus arsenales nucleares, y las partes restantes se comprometen a no adquirir armas nucleares a cambio del derecho de desarrollar un poder nuclear civil, con asistencia internacional, sujeto a salvaguardas vinculantes.