1.   To gain extension of the nonproliferation treaty, the five declared powers pledged to finish negotiations on a test ban treaty by next year.

2.   Chief among these is a lack of commitment from the five declared powers to get rid of their nuclear weapons according to a schedule.

3.   Israel has accepted the compromise, as have the remaining declared powers.

4.   Instead, India has led a campaign for nuclear disarmament by the declared powers.

5.   The five declared powers include the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China.

6.   He also predicted that the declared powers would continue simulating tests in laboratories rather than out in the open.

7.   A report on disarmament presented to Australian Prime Minister John Howard by an international team Wednesday called on the five declared powers to take the lead eliminating nuclear weapons.

8.   Critics of the pact say that it is discriminatory as the five declared powers will continue to carry out laboratory testing.

9.   It wants Israel and Pakistan, as well as the five declared powers, to be subject to the same condition.