Inside Story The United Nations chief warns of the waning influence of the global agreement.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the most extensive arms-control agreement in the world.

It has 191 signatories and is based on a simple principle: Countries without nuclear weapons won’t acquire them, and those that do will give them up.

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But in recent years, implementation of the treaty has flagged.…