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Dorvan Non-Proliferation Treaty

1. This treaty exists to reduce the threat of the use of weapons of mass destruction by limiting their spread.

2. Weapons of Mass Destruction are defined as weapons that can destroy planets or stars in their entirety, who have the power to destroy all sapient life upon a planet, or can render subspace impassible. Weapons that will be covered in these treaty are, but are not limited to, directed radiation weapons such as tholaron radiation emitters, trilithium based weapons, subspace weapons, forced terraforming weapons (Genesis devices), biological weapons, and chemical weapons. These article may be amended to include new classes of weapons with the consent of all signatories.
a. Tri-Cobalt devices are excluded from this treaty.

3. In order to halt the spread of these weapons the signatories of this treaty agree to neither sell nor purchase any weapons of mass destruction or the technology to construct or research them to or from any other entity be it a nation state, organization, or individual be they a signatory of this treaty or not.

4. If any attempt is made or offer received to sell or purchase these weapons by or to a signatory the signatory shall publicly disclose the event as well as the parties involved immediately.

5. To enforce this treaty the signatories shall reserve the right to search any foreign ship be it trade, warship, or private, of another nation that crosses into its territory. They may use whatever means they deem appropriate to conduct the search. The force used to enact a search should be proportional. Signatories do not have the right to conduct searches or scans on vessels inside another nation's territory.

6. If the transfer of banned weapons or technology is discovered the signatories may elect to refer the violation to the larger treaty body as a whole for collective discussion or intervention but the treaty will in no way bind signatories to courses of action they do not endorse or to discussion with the full treaty body. The treaty will not impede the signatories rights as sovereign powers to protect their nations. Additionally nothing in this treaty binds any signatory to either implicitly or explicitly support a course of action taken by one power against another for accused violations of this treaty.

7. Signatories of this treaty may withdraw at any time with public notice of their intentions.