| Compliance |
| United Kingdom |
"The
Iraqi regime's refusal to meet its UN disarmament and monitoring obligations
has led to real and justified concerns that, in the absence of international
inspections, the Iraqi leadership is attempting to re-establish its WMD
program." |
| United
States of America |
"Nations seeking nuclear weapons who also harbor terrorists represent a
particularly severe threat to the civilized world…Violations of the NPT by
Iraq and North Korea during the 1990s and their continued non-compliance
with the Treaty underscore the dangers to the global community that arise
from such actions." |
| CTBT |
| Egypt
on behalf of the New Agenda Coalition |
"We
underline the importance and urgency of signatures and ratifications to
achieve the early entry into force of the CTBT without delay and without
condition." |
| Japan |
"The CTBT will not only contribute to preventing the spread of nuclear
weapons but also to constraining qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons.
The CTBT, like the IAEA safeguards, is one of the major pillars of the NPT
regime and a realistic and concrete measure that contributes to the
achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free world." |
| Islamic Republic of Iran |
"By devising such a policy, the US would require to test the new nuclear
weapon systems which would be in clear violation of its legal obligations
stemming from its signatures of the CTBT and its unilateral moratorium to
conduct further nuclear tests."
|
| Disarmament & the Thirteen Steps
|
| Belarus |
"We call upon the two nuclear-weapon states possessing the largest nuclear
weapons stockpiles to sign, at the earliest, a legally binding agreement on
further irreversible reduction of strategic nuclear weapons and means of
their delivery." |
| Mexico |
"We consider the non-observance of past commitments, within the review
process of the NPT, an additional form of non-compliance." |
| United States of America |
"The
United States generally agrees with the conclusions of the 2000 NPT Review
Conference and will contribute to their implementation." |
| Education |
| Mexico |
"I would also like to make reference to the
importance that the government of Mexico gives to educational activities on
disarmament and non-proliferation. We hope that the report which will be
presented by the Group of Experts in this field at the 57th
session of the General Assembly, includes recommendations that allows the
governments and all sectors of society, to raise the level of awareness
around the world on nuclear dangers, and ultimately, on the importance of
strengthening disarmament and non-proliferation." |
| Environment |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
The Kyrgyz Republic noted the need to address the issue of "mitigating
the consequences of past and present nuclear weapons programs". They
also reiterated their call for assistance from governments and organizations
with expertise in the field of cleanup and disposal of radioactive
contaminants. |
| Export
Controls |
| United States of America |
"We must be vigilant for other NPT parties
whose membership in the Treaty belies their real intentions…One way to
uncover real intentions is to monitor procurement practice, including
whether acquisition of a particular item has any reasonable peaceful purpose
for the country in question…Suppliers should spare no effort when it comes
to protecting against the procurement efforts of a nation seeking nuclear
weapons. Sometimes, the only recourse is to deny all nuclear cooperation
with such countries – particularly if they harbor terrorists. Such rigorous
export control policies combined with a robust IAEA safeguards system
facilitate peaceful nuclear cooperation among responsible NPT parties by
minimizing the risk that nuclear commerce will contribute to proliferation."
|
| FMCT |
| United Kingdom |
"It (FMCT) should not be held hostage to other issues. Those who wish to
promote those other issues must rely on the merits of their case, not on
linkages." |
| Maritime Transport of
Radioactive Materials |
| Jamaica |
"Marine pollution and its transboundary implications have disastrous effects
on the fragile ecology of small island developing states such as
Jamaica…Jamaica is extremely concerned with the safety and environmental
risks to which we are exposed by the maritime transport of nuclear waste and
other radioactive material through Caribbean waters. We therefore reiterate
the need for the strengthening of measures and international regulations to
protect states from these risks. While we can appreciate the steps taken by
states to prevent the likelihood of accidents, it can only be emphasized
that if a disaster were to occur, the result would cause untold damage to
our environment with consequent implications for our already fragile
economies…Jamaica recognizes the need for safety and security relating to
these shipments and the right of states under Article IV of the NPT to
benefit from the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. We believe however that
these considerations should not be inimical to the sustainable development
of other states." |
| Nuclear Terrorism/Nuclear Safety |
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
"The development and adoption of
international legally binding norms under the auspices of the Agency have
significantly contributed to the enhancement of nuclear safety worldwide.
To date, conventions have been developed covering the safety of power
reactors, radioactive waste and spent fuel management, early notification
and assistance in case of a nuclear accident or radiological emergency, and
the physical protection of nuclear material. Many States are not yet party
to these conventions, certain key areas of nuclear activity are still not
subject to conventions, and some of the conventions that exist are not
comprehensive in their coverage. Further efforts are needed to make these
conventions universal and comprehensive and to establish legally binding
norms in areas not currently covered by conventions…An effective worldwide
safety regime can best be established through the application of one global
system rather than a set of disparate regional systems." |
| Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones
(NWFZs) |
| Russian Federation |
"The international community has accumulated
a great experience in matters of the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free
zones. It testifies to the fact that when the process of institutionalizing
the zones follows the channel of principles and parameters, which have
become a common practice, when it does not contradict the international law
norms, then the NWFZs receive recognition and respective assurances. And
vice versa, non-observance of these conditions makes the process of
recognition of a zone more difficult, the way it happened to the NWFZ in
South-East Asia." |
| Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Technology |
| Columbia |
"For a country like Columbia that doesn't
have neither has never had aspirations in the field of nuclear weapons, the
participation in a Treaty as the NPT, besides the contribution that can
represent for the international peace and security, has a very concrete
objective, the cooperation for peaceful uses. That was one of the main
motivations in 1968 and it has also been since then one of the biggest
frustrations. In this review exercise that we will carry out in the next
days, it is necessary to recognize that the promised cooperation for
peaceful uses of the nuclear energy has had a very faulty development and
that we must take concrete measures to correct this situation. In this
respect, Columbia insists in the proposal to consider the possibility to
convene an Extraordinary Conference of the Parties, dedicated exclusively to
the development of the cooperation for peaceful uses of the nuclear energy." |
| China |
"China believes that the NPT's two functions
of non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy should be balanced
and that state parties' rights to peaceful uses of nuclear energy should not
be restricted in the name of preventing nuclear weapons proliferation…This
is an important condition for the NPT to keep its vitality and for
non-nuclear Weapon States to strictly abide by their non-nuclear weapon
commitment." |
| Bangladesh |
"Despite the passage of three full decades
since the coming into force of the NPT, the hope of developing state parties
to access nuclear technology for peaceful purposes remains an unfulfilled
dream." |
| Regional
Issues |
| Egypt |
"It is incumbent upon the States party to
the Treaty, particularly the nuclear-weapon States, to take all the steps
necessary to urge Israel to adhere to the Treaty and to place all its
nuclear facilities under the IAEA safeguards. This is all the more urgent
since all states of the Middle east have acceded to the treaty, with the
exception of Israel, which continues to place obstacles before the efforts
made to render the region free from nuclear weapons." |
| Norway |
"We agree that the situation in the Middle
East must be addressed from a universalization as well as a compliance
perspective. We must, however, ensure that other regional challenges, in
particular South Asia, also become the subject of our concern and
attention." |
| Safeguards and Additional
Protocols |
| Australia |
"Universalisation of the Additional Protocol
on strengthened safeguards is a key nonproliferation priority and should be
supported strongly by the PrepCom…We were heartened by the 2000 NPT Review
Conference's reaffirmation of the fullscope safeguards supply condition. At
the same time, non-proliferation cannot remain static. Our view is that the
"Agency's safeguards system" which non-nuclear weapon state NPT Parties are
obliged to accept should come quickly to be regarded as comprising both
classical safeguards (lNFCIRC/153) and the Additional Protocol (INFCIRC/540)." |
| Egypt |
"We maintain that additional measures can
not be accorded a higher priority at the expense of the main objective
namely, the achievement of the universality of the comprehensive safeguards
of the Agency. In principle we support such additional measures as the
additional protocol to the Safeguards Agreement and the integrated
safeguards regime. However, we believe they will be lacking in
effectiveness and credibility unless the universality of the comprehensive
safeguards is achieved…" |
| Non-Aligned Movement |
"We stress the importance of the IAEA's
Safeguards system, including comprehensive safeguards agreements and also
the Model additional Protocols. However, we do not desire to see
international efforts towards achieving universality of comprehensive
safeguards wither in favour of pursuing additional measures and restrictions
on non-nuclear-weapon States, which are already committed to
non-proliferation norms, and which have renounced the nuclear-weapons
option." |
|
Universality |
| United Kingdom |
"The
NPT is thus tantalisingly close to universality. Nevertheless, real
difficulties in completing the last steps have become apparent. There are
four countries that have not yet joined the NPT. We call on two of them,
India and Pakistan, to work together to reduce nuclear tensions in the
region by entering into bilateral dialogue on confidence building measures
as soon as possible, in the belief that this is a vital pre-requisite to
their fulfilling the requirements of UN Security Council resolution 1172,
including accession to the NPT as non-nuclear weapon states. We call upon a
third, Israel, to resolve international concerns about its nuclear status by
acceding to the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state. And we hope that the
fourth, Cuba, will reconsider its position on adherence to the treaty as a
non-nuclear weapon state." |
| Mexico |
"The negative or reticence of Nuclear Weapon States to be held accountable
on the degree of compliance of their commitments and obligations as Parties
to the NPT, increases the certainty that some States pretend to possess
their nuclear arsenals indefinitely, weakens the international regime of
non-proliferation and subtracts feasibility to the universality of the
Treaty." |
| Egypt |
"In principle we support such additional measures as the additional protocol
to the Safeguards Agreement and the integrated safeguards regime. However,
we believe they will be lacking in effectiveness and credibility unless
strenuous efforts are made to deal with the grave imbalance created by the
continued refusal of a few states to abide by the principles which have
become an integral part of the international non-proliferation regime." |
| US nuclear posture review |
| Belarus |
"The Review undermines the basic provisions of the NPT and envisages the
development of new types of nuclear weapons, which may lead to the
resumption of nuclear testing…Lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear
weapons and expanding the circumstances and conditions for their use create
a dangerous precedent." |
| Islamic Republic of Iran |
"The new nuclear posture review submitted by the US
Defense Department to the Congress is the most real setback within the
nuclear non-proliferation context requiring our careful consideration…This
doctrine furthermore is a clear violation of the
United States
multilateral obligations under the NPT and contradicts previous assurances
officially undertaken by the
United States
at the highest level." |
| Japan |
"The
threshold for the use of nuclear weapons should be kept as high as
possible." |
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