Doha: Governments from most countries around the world are set to participate in the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non Proliferation

The NPT is essentially a bargain struck in the late 1960s between the states that had nuclear weapons and those that did not. The first five nuclear-armed states – also permanent members of the UN Security Council with veto rights – committed to end the nuclear arms race and eliminate their arsenals.

Present fears that some country may transfer nuclear warheads to Iran may ultimately prove as overblown as many of these past historic fears.