Article X
1. Each Party shall in exercising its national sovereignty have the right to withdraw from
the Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of this
Treaty, have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. It shall give notice of such
withdrawal to all other Parties to the Treaty and to the United Nations Security Council
three months in advance. Such notice shall include a statement of the extraordinary
events it regards as having jeopardized its supreme interests.
2. Twenty-five years after the entry into force of the Treaty, a conference shall be convened
to decide whether the Treaty shall continue in force indefinitely, or shall be extended
for an additional fixed period or periods. This decision shall be taken by a majority of
the Parties to the Treaty.
Article XI
This Treaty, the English, Russian, French, Spanish and Chinese texts of which are equally
authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Depositary Governments. Duly
certified copies of this Treaty shall be transmitted by the Depositary Governments to the
Governments of the signatory and acceding States.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed this Treaty.
DONE in triplicate, at the cities of London, Moscow and Washington, the first day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight.
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Note: On 11 May 1995, in accordance with article X, paragraph 2, the Review and Extension
Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
decided that the Treaty should continue in force indefinitely (see decision 3).