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The States concluding this Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the "Parties to the Treaty",

Considering the devastation that would be visited upon all mankind by a nuclear war and the consequent need to make every effort to avert the danger of such a war and to take measures to safeguard the security of peoples,

Believing that the proliferation of nuclear weapons would seriously enhance the danger of nuclear war,

In conformity with resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly calling for the conclusion of an agreement on the prevention of wider dissemination of nuclear weapons,

Undertaking to co-operate in facilitating the application of International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on peaceful nuclear activities,

1. ↑ See p. 295 of this volume for the texts of the declarations made upon ratification.
2. ↑ The Government of the Federal Republic of Cameroon informed the Government of the United States of America, by a note of 24 April 1969, of its objection to the reservation made by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon ratification.
3. ↑ See p. 295 of this volume for the texts of the declarations made upon ratification.
4. ↑ Came into force on 5 March 1970, after its ratification by the Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, designated as depositary Governments, and 40 other signatory States, in accordance with article IX (3).

   Instruments of ratification were deposited at London (L), Moscow (M) and Washington (W) on the dates indicated hereafter, to take effect on 5 March 1970 or, for those States which deposited their instruments after 5 March 1970, i.e., on the respective dates of deposit of their instrument:

   State	Date of deposit of the instruments
   Afghanistan	4 Feb. 1970 (W)
   	5 Feb. 1970 (M)
   	5 March 1970 (L)
   Austria	27 June 1969 (L, M, W)
   Botswana	28 April 1969 (L)
   Bulgaria	5 Sept. 1969 (W)
   	18 Sept. 1969 (M)
   	3 Nov. 1969 (L)
   Cameroon	8 Jan. 1969 (W)
   Canada	8 Jan. 1969 (L, M, W)
   Costa Rica	3 March 1970 (W)
   Cyprus	10 Feb. 1970 (M)
   	16 Feb. 1970 (M)
   	5 March 1970 (L)
   Czechoslovakia	22 July 1969 (L, M, W)
   Denmark	3 Jan. 1969 (L, M, W)
   Ecuador	7 March 1969 (W)
   Ethiopia	5 Feb. 1970 (M)
   	5 March 1970 (L, W)
   Finland	5 Feb. 1969 (L, M, W)
   German Democratic Republic	13 Oct. 1969 (M)
   Ghana	4 May 1970 (L)
   	5 May 1970 (W)
   Greece	11 March 1970 (W)
   Hungary	27 May 1969 (L, M, W)
   Iceland	18 July 1969 (L, M, W)
   Iran	2 Feb. 1970 (W)
   	10 Feb. 1970 (M)
   	5 March 1970 (L)
   Iraq	29 Oct. 1969 (M)
   Ireland	1 July 1968 (W)
   	2 July 1968 (M)
   	4 July 1968 (L)
   Jamaica	5 March 1970 (L, M, W)
   Jordan	11 Feb. 1970 (W)
   Laos	20 Feb. 1970 (M)
   	5 March 1970 (L, W)
   Lesotho	20 May 1970 (W)
   Liberia	5 March 1970 (W)
   Malaysia	5 March 1970 (L, M, W)
   Maldives	7 April 1970 (W)
   Mali	10 Feb. 1970 (M)
   	5 March 1970 (W)
   Malta	6 Feb. 1970 (W)
   Mauritius	8 April 1969 (W)
   	14 April 1969 (L)
   	25 April 1969 (M)
   Mexico	21 Jan. 1969 (L, M, W)
   Mongolia	14 May 1969 (M)
   Nepal	5 Jan. 1970 (W)
   	9 Jan. 1970 (M)
   	3 Feb. 1970 (L)
   New Zealand	10 Sept. 1969 (L, M, W)
   Nigeria	27 Sept. 1968 (L)
   	7 Oct. 1968 (W)
   	14 Oct. 1968 (M)
   Norway	5 Feb. 1969 (L, M, W)
   Paraguay	4 Feb. 1970 (W)
   	5 March 1970 (L)
   Peru	3 March 1970 (W)
   Poland	12 June 1969 (L, M, W)
   Republic of China	27 Jan. 1970 (W)
   Romania	4 Feb. 1970 (L, M, W)
   Somalia	5 March 1970 (L)
   Swaziland	11 Dec. 1969 (L)
   	16 Dec. 1969 (W)
   	12 Jan. 1970 (M)
   Sweden	9 Jan. 1970 (L, M, W)
   Syria[1]	24 Sept. 1969 (M)
   Togo	26 Feb. 1970 (W)
   Tunisia	26 Feb. 1970 (L, M, W)
   Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	5 March 1970 (L, M, W)
   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (In respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Associated States (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla and St. Lucia), and territories under the territorial sovereignty of the United Kingdom, as well as in the State of Brunei, the Kingdom of Tonga and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. With a declaration that the provisions of the Treaty shall not apply regard to Southern Rhodesia unless and until the Government of the United Kingdom informs the other depositary Governments that it is in a position to ensure that the obligations imposed by the Treaty in respect of that territory can be fully implemented.[2])	27 Nov. 1968 (L, W)
   	29 Nov. 1968 (M)
   United States of America	5 March 1970 (L, M, W)
   Upper Volta	3 March 1970 (W)
   Yugoslavia[3]	4 March 1970 (W)
   	5 March 1970 (L, M)