Just the facts, man, the facts!

From a CNN article:

The [non-proliferation] treaty went into effect in 1970, and today only four other countries -- Cuba, India, Israel and Pakistan -- are not signatories. (NPT Factbox)

North Korea announced in 1993 that it was withdrawing from the treaty, but later suspended the decision and entered talks with the United States.

Under a separate pact, the 1994 Agreed Framework with the U.S., Pyongyang agreed to abandon its nuclear weapons program in return for aid from the United States, Japan and South Korea.

However, North Korea announced in December (2002) it was reactivating nuclear facilities frozen under the pact, maintaining it was forced to produce energy after Washington stopped sending fuel shipments to North Korea, which it said was a violation of the agreement.

This, of course, was after the "Axis of Evil" speech. We let George do it, and he did it.

Don Firth