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International cooperation to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction has a proven track record. Using chemical and biological weapons has been outlawed; the Chemical Weapons Convention (1992) and the Biological Weapons Convention (1975) oversee their elimination. Countries like Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Japan, South Africa and South Korea have forsaken nuclear ambitions. And Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine inherited nuclear weapons after the break-up of the Soviet Union, but rejected them, choosing a new identity as independent non-nuclear weapon states.

Greenpeace works for a world free of nuclear weapons, with each region of the world being a nuclear free zone. Region by region these zones could rid entire parts of the world of nuclear weapons and shrink the geographical space in which they can play a role. These zones of safety and security also build cooperation and trust among peoples and nations. More than 50% of the world is already in nuclear weapons free zones; we need to support those we have and build more.

Greepeace is also working to support and build upon international disarmament frameworks such as the Nuclear Non-Profliferation Treaty. Almost all countries in the world are members of this Treaty and it remains the only legally binding commitment we have from the five declared nuclear weapons states to disarm.

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