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Updated: Apr 15, 2010

CNS Diplomatic Workshop:
Building Institutional Memory for the NPT

This diplomatic workshop was the first of its kind, held on 15 March 2010 in Nyon, Switzerland.

The Monterey Institute's James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) convened an expert meeting with a number of past Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference presidents and Preparatory Committee chairs on 15 March 2010 in Nyon, Switzerland. This diplomatic workshop was the first of its kind and was designed to build institutional memory for the NPT review process by recounting experiences from previous Review Conferences and Preparatory Committee meetings.

Former NPT Review Conference presidents participated in the meeting, including Mohamed Shaker (Egypt, 1985), Jayantha Dhanapala (Sri Lanka, 1995), Abdallah Baali (Algeria, 2000), and Sergio Duarte (Brazil, 2005). A number of prior NPT PrepCom chairs also attended.

Ambassador Libran Cabactulan, President-designate of the upcoming 2010 NPT Review Conference, paid keen attention to the observations made by past presidents about lessons they derived from their personal experiences. CNS anticipates that the workshop will be helpful to Ambassador Cabactulan in the lead-up to and during the Review Conference.

Workshop attendees

The Swiss government provided financial support for the workshop.
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