Article V
Each Party to the Treaty undertakes to take appropriate measures to ensure that,
in accordance with this Treaty, under appropriate international observation and
through appropriate international procedures, potential benefits from any peaceful
applications of nuclear explosions will be made available to non-nuclear-weapon States
Party to the Treaty on a non-discriminatory basis and that the charge to such Parties
for the explosive devices used will be as low as possible and exclude any charge for
research and development. Non-nuclear-weapon States Party to the Treaty shall
be able to obtain such benefits, pursuant to a special international agreement or
agreements, through an appropriate international body with adequate representation
of non-nuclear-weapon States. Negotiations on this subject shall commence as soon
as possible after the Treaty enters into force. Non-nuclear-weapon States Party to the
Treaty so desiring may also obtain such benefits pursuant to bilateral agreements.
Article VI
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.
Article VII
Nothing in this Treaty affects the right of any group of States to conclude regional treaties
in order to assure the total absence of nuclear weapons in their respective territories.
Article VIII
1. Any Party to the Treaty may propose amendments to this Treaty. The text of any proposed
amendment shall be submitted to the Depositary Governments which shall circulate
it to all Parties to the Treaty. Thereupon, if requested to do so by one-third or more of
the Parties to the Treaty, the Depositary Governments shall convene a conference, to
which they shall invite all the Parties to the Treaty, to consider such an amendment.
2. Any amendment to this Treaty must be approved by a majority of the votes of all the
Parties to the Treaty, including the votes of all nuclear-weapon States Party to the Treaty
and all other Parties which, on the date the amendment is circulated, are members of
the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The amendment