Partial Test Ban Treaty: Section 1: Sentences 1-4 Summary

It's Party Time

  • The attendance list: the U.S., the U.K., and the USSR, a.k.a. the "Original Parties."
  • The purpose of the document is stated: the original parties, in cahoots with the United Nations, all want to quickly reach an agreement regarding the end of the competitive development of weapons, especially nuclear weapons. This treaty is a step forward in that direction.
  • The original parties agree to stop contaminating the planet with radiation by limiting nuclear testing.