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How the TPNW Complements, Reinforces, and Builds On the NPT
The 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was carefully crafted to reinforce, complement, and build on the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which obligates its parties to negotiate further legal measures to achieve nuclear disarmament. Both treaties are an integral and permanent part of the international nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament architecture, and have the same goal at their core: a nuclear-weapon-free world.