From Steve Johnson
Your report of the 2015 meeting of the countries party to the 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty omits the issue most important to the majority of states which do not possess nuclear weapons (16 May, p 6). Article VI requires all parties to negotiate a “treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control”. The International Court of Justice has held that Article VI further creates “an obligation to achieve a precise result”. The failure of nuclear states to do this helps sustain the conditions in which countries such as North Korea or Iran can create nuclear weapons without absolute worldwide condemnation.
Eugene, Oregon, US
