Israel cited as holdout on global nuke pact
by JERUSALEM (JPS) -- A draft statement on the U.N. review of the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (NPT), singles, Egypt has focused attention on Israel, arguing that the treaty "cannot have any credibility with the states of the region as lon
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Israel is not formally participating in the monthlong review conference at U.N. headquarters in New York. The NPT, which was designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology, divided the world into the nuclear "haves" and "have-nots." The five "recognized nuclear-weapon states" -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- were to pursue good-faith negotiations on nuclear disarmament.
States without nuclear weapons, in turn, agreed not to acquire them, and to submit to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
India, Pakistan and Cuba also have not signed the NPT.
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