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NPT/CONF.2020/1 Final report of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Information Notes

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/INF/1 Information for States parties, observer States and intergovernmental organizations
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/INF/2 Information for participation by non-governmental organizations
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/INF/3 Programme of work (summarized)
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/INF/4 List of non-governmental organizations
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/INF/5 List of secretariat officers
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/INF/6 List of participants
 


Documents of the Conference, including National Reports

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/1

Implementation of the conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Summary update to the reports submitted by Austria

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/2

Implementation of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and previous Review Conference outcomes

Report submitted by the Netherlands

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/3/Rev.1 Financial report
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/4

Implementation of the action plan agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Report submitted by Japan

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/5

Implementation of the action plan agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Report submitted by Canada

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/6

Steps to promote the achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East and the realization of the goals and objectives of the 1995 resolution on the Middle East

Report submitted by Canada

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/7

National Report Pursuant to Actions 5, 20, and 21 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2010 Review Conference Final Document

Report submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/8

Implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the People’s Republic of China

Report submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/9

Implementation of the Action Plan Agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Report submitted by Australia

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/10

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Report submitted by New Zealand

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/11

Implementation of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and previous review conference outcomes

Report submitted by Italy for the period 2015–2019

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/12/Rev.1

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Noncompliance by the Syrian Arab Republic

Joint statement endorsed by Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and United States of America

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/13

Addressing the North Korean nuclear challenge

This statement has been endorsed by the following 70 countries: Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and my own country, France.

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/14 Reflections of the Chair of the 2019 session of the Preparatory Committee


Working Papers

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.1

Procedures in relation to exports of nuclear materials and certain categories of equipment and material under article III (2) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Working paper submitted by Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America as the members of the Zangger Committee

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.2

Nuclear disarmament

Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.3

The inalienable right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes

Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.4

Inter-Chair working paper: conclusions and recommendations for the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Working paper submitted by the Netherlands and Poland

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.5

Addressing “Vienna issues”: the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty; compliance and verification; export controls; cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; nuclear safety; nuclear security; and discouraging withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Working paper submitted by Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden (the Vienna Group of Ten)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.6

Nuclear disarmament

Working paper submitted by the Russian Federation

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.7/Rev.1

Framework for peaceful nuclear cooperation

Working paper submitted by Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Finland,France, Greece, Latvia, Mexico, the Niger, Portugal and Romania

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.8

Security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons

Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.9

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East

Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.10

Elements for a plan of action for the elimination of nuclear weapons

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.11

Substantive recommendations for incorporation into the final document of the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.12

Nuclear disarmament

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.13

Nuclear-weapon-free zones

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.14

Verification

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.15

Security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.16

Nuclear testing

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.17

Safeguards

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.18

The inalienable right to develop research, production and uses of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.19

Regional issues: Middle East

Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.20

Specific regional issues and implementation of the 1995 resolution on the Middle East

Working paper submitted by the Group of Arab States

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.21

Nuclear disarmament

Working paper submitted by the Group of Arab States

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.22

Promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear technology: a tool to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.23

Taking action on de-alerting

Working paper submitted by Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sweden and Switzerland (the De-Alerting Group)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.24

Enhancing national reporting as a key transparency and confidence-building measure

Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.25

Improving gender equality and diversity in the Non-Proliferation Treaty review process

Working paper submitted by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Namibia, Sweden and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.26

Disarmament and non-proliferation education

Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.27

Integrating gender perspectives in the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Working paper submitted by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Namibia, Sweden and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.28

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Working paper submitted by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Iraq, Luxembourg and the Netherlands

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.29

Note verbale dated 23 April 2019 from the Government of Japan addressed to the Chair of the Committee

Working paper submitted by Japan

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.30

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at 50: a brief assessment by the European Union

Working paper submitted by the European Union

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.31

De-alerting

Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.32

Elements proposed for consideration at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, with the objective of their inclusion in the final document of the 2020 Review Conference

Working paper submitted by the States parties1 to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.33

Unlocking disarmament diplomacy through a “stepping stone” approach

Working paper submitted by Sweden

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.34

Twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Working paper submitted by the Republic of Kazakhstan

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.35

Taking forward nuclear disarmament

Working paper submitted by Brazil on behalf of the New Agenda Coalition (Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.36

Security assurance

Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.37

Peaceful uses of nuclear energy

Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.38

Nuclear-weapon-free zones and nuclear issues in the Middle East

Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.39

Nuclear non-proliferation

Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.40

Nuclear disarmament

Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.41

The U.S. Approach to the 2019 NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting

Working paper submitted by the United States of America

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.42

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Working paper submitted by the Russian Federation

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.43

Operationalizing the Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament (CEND) Initiative

Working paper submitted by the United States of America

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.44

Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons

Working paper submitted by Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Malta, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay.

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.45

Fissile material cut-off treaty: contributing to our shared goals under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.46

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as the cornerstone of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime and its relationship to other relevant treaties

Working paper submitted by Austria, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, San Marino and Thailand

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.47

Peaceful Uses Program

Working paper submitted by the United States of America

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.48

Gender in the NPT: Recommendations for the 2020 Review Conference

Working paper submitted by Ireland

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.49 Recommendations by the Chair to the 2020 NPT Review Conference
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.50

U.S. Statement on the Chair’s Recommendations

Working paper submitted by the United States of America


Decisions

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/DEC.1 Decision on the election of the President and other officers


Summary Records

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.1 Summary record of the 1st meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.2 Summary record of the 2nd meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.3 Summary record of the 3rd meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.4 Summary record of the 4th meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.5 Summary record of the 5th meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.6 Summary record of the 6th meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.7 Summary record of the 7th meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.16 Summary record of the 16th meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.17 Summary record of the 17th meeting
NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/SR.19 Summary record of the 19th meeting
   
   


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