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CNS Annecy Workshop Full Conference Report The non-attributable workshop report is now available. [PDF format, 25pp, 412k] NPT Resources Page CNS Experts: Jean du Preez jean.dupreez[at]miis.edu William Potter wpotter[at]miis.edu Larry Scheinman lscheinman[at]miis.edu

Preparing for 2010: Striking a Balance between Nuclear Disarmament & Nuclear Nonproliferation

A CNS workshop report

CNS hosted a two-day diplomatic workshop on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) on 7 and 8 March 2008 in Annecy, France.

April 15, 2008

In keeping with its longstanding practice, the Monterey Institute's James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) hosted a two-day diplomatic workshop on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) on 7 and 8 March 2008 in Annecy, France, entitled: "Preparing for 2010: Striking a Balance between Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation."[PDF] With the specter of the 2005 Review Conference still looming in the minds of many, and a 2007 Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) session whose outcome was precariously perched on the edge of failure, the 2008 Annecy NPT workshop sought to build upon the outcome of the 2007 PrepCom, identify areas for progress, share recommendations and proposals on how to resolve key challenges facing the nonproliferation regime, and consider avenues for ensuring that the PrepCom will be able to pass on substantive recommendations to the 2010 Review Conference. As such the workshop focused in particular on progress made in nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament, as well as on ways to move these two agendas forward. Workshop participants also exchanged views on ways to tackle the most pertinent challenges facing the nonproliferation regime.

The workshop was designed to assist the PrepCom Chairman-elect, Volodymyr Yelchenko of Ukraine, in his consultation with key ambassadors and senior representatives from NPT States Parties as well as senior staff from the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The workshop also benefited from the participation of representatives from several nongovernmental organizations and think tanks.

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