United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs

Preparatory Committee for the 2005
Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Third Session
26 April – 7 May 2004, New York

The Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) held its third session from 26 April to 7 May 2004 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Chairman of the third session was Ambassador Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat of Indonesia.

Representatives from 123 States parties participated in the work of the third session of the Preparatory Committee.  The open meetings of the session were also attended by representatives from five international and regional intergovernmental organizations:  the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty Organization, the European Commission, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the League of Arab States; and by representatives of 69 non-governmental organizations (NGOs).  One meeting of the session was devoted to 13 presentations by NGOs.

Final Report of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons


Official documents (in all official languages)

Press Release: Preparatory Committee for 2005 Review Conference of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York, 26 April  – 7 May

Press Release: Final Preparatory Session for 2005 Review Conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Opens at Headquarters

Press Release: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty being used as ‘Cover’ by four States for development of weapons programmes, Preparatory Committee told

Press Release: Nuclear-weapon threat haunts humanity ‘As Intensely As Ever’, Preparatory Committee told, as General Debate concludes

Press Release: Third Session of Preparatory Committee for 2005 Review Conference of Parties to NPT concludes in New York