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 Non-Proliferation Treaty
surface form: nuclear-weapon States Parties to the NPT
negotiationForumReferenced Conference on Disarmament
surface form: Conference on Disarmament (as a principal multilateral disarmament negotiating forum)
normType disarmament obligation in a multilateral treaty
partOf Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
surface form: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
pillarOf disarmament pillar of the NPT
recognizedBy United Nations conferences
surface form: 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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