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CNS-PPNN Meeting on the First PrepCom for the 2005 NPT Review Conference

(The following documents are in PDF format.)

In conjunction with the launch of its study, "Putting the Final Document into Practice," the Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PPNN) and the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute for International Studies (CNS) convened a meeting with Ambassadors from the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva on March 8-9, 2002, in Annecy, France. The purpose was to address and discuss issues likely to be prominent in discussions at the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 NPT Review Conference to be held in New York from April 8-19, 2002. Six presentations were made during this meeting, which was chaired jointly by Ben Sanders, Executive Chairman of PPNN and William Potter, Director of CNS. Copies of the text of these presentations can be found below, and the PPNN study can be found on its website. The presentations were, in order of delivery:

• The Evolving Political and Strategic Context after 11 September and Commitments in the 2000 Final Document -- Harald Müller, Director, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)

• Core Non-Proliferation Regime Problems -- Non-Compliance and Universality -- John Simpson, Programme Director, Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Southampton

• Disarmament -- General Principles and Multilateral Actions -- Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director, The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, London

• Disarmament -- Unilateral and Bilateral Actions -- Lewis Dunn, Senior Vice President, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia

• Dealing with the Risks of Nuclear Terrorism: Physical Protection, Nuclear Safety and Other Initiatives -- Grigori Berdennikov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna

• The Nature of the Revised Review Process and the New Reporting and Consultation Process -- Tariq Rauf, Director, International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey