Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Agenda

08:45 Registration

09:15 Opening

Professor William Potter (CNS)
Ambassador Rezlan Jenie (Indonesia)

09:30 The road to 2005: Where are we?

On what issues did States parties' views converge during the course of the PrepCom? What were the major areas of disagreement? Are there ways to reconcile some of the principle disagreements evident in the PrepCom?

Moderator:

Professor William Potter (CNS)
Speakers:
Ambassador Sudjadnan Parnohadinigrat (Indonesia)
Dr. Rebecca Johnson (Disarmament Diplomacy)
Discussant:
Ambassador Lazlo Molnar (Hungary)

10:30 Tea/Coffee

11:00 Strengthening Article IV and Safeguards: Plugging the Fuel Cycle Loophole

What can be done to strengthen the link between the inalienable right to nuclear technology for peaceful uses and safeguards and nonproliferation obligations? Is there a need to revisit this right? What measures can be taken to limit the proliferation dangers of the most sensitive parts of the nuclear fuel cycle? What is the IAEA's role in this? Are safeguards enough? Can limits on the development of fuel cycle technologies be accompanied by demonstrable and significant progress on disarmament?

Moderator:

Mr. Takeshi Nakane (CNS)
Speaker:
Dr. Lawrence Scheinman (CNS)
Discussant:
Mr. Gustavo Zlauvinen (IAEA)

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Nuclear disarmament: Moving the agenda forward

What are the prospects for implementing the 13 practical steps? Should a multilateral verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons be the next step? If so, how can it be achieved? What would be the mandate for Conference on Disarmament subsidiary on nuclear disarmament? How can further reductions in non-strategic nuclear weapons occur? Can the three non-state parties be incorporated into disarmament efforts?

Moderator:

Ambassador Rastam Isa (Malaysia)
Speakers:
Ambassador John Freeman (United Kingdom)
Mr. Alaa Isa (Egypt)
Discussant:
Mr. Rudiger Ludeking (Germany)

15:30 Tea/Coffee

16:00 The 2005 Review Conference: Agreement at any cost?

What outstanding issues should be addressed prior to the 2005 Review Conference? How will this be done? Is there a need for the Review Conference to reaffirm recommendations made during the 2000 and 1995 Conferences? How should a successful review conference be measured? What will be the consequences of a "failed" Conference? Will changes in the review process procedures enhance State parties' ability to forge agreement?

Moderator:

Dr. Lewis Dunn (SAIC)
Speakers:
Ambassador Sergio Duarte (Brazil)
Ambassador Paul Meyer (Canada)
Discussant:
Mr. Andrew Semmel (United States)

17:00 Concluding Remarks:

Mr. Jean du Preez (CNS)