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3. The chart below summarizes two provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (1970).
Only the permanent members of the UN Security Council are recognized as lawful
"nuclear weapon states": United States, Great Britain, Russia, China and France.
What is the primary reason why the United States and 190 other nations have signed
this treaty?
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The five nuclear weapon states agree not to transfer their "nuclear weapons or other
nuclear explosive devices" and "not in any way to assist, encourage, or induce" any
other nation to acquire nuclear weapons.
A. to reduce the risk of nuclear war
B. to avoid nuclear pollution of the atmosphere
C. to recognize the special status of the world's great powers
D. to assist the non-nuclear states in obtaining peaceful nuclear technology
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