Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Acronym Institute Coverage, 1995 - 2003

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The NPT PrepCom 2003

Rogues and Rhetoric: The 2003 NPT PrepCom Slides Backwards, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No. 71, June - July 2003
Appendix: Chair's Factual Summary, May 9, 2003
NPT PrepCom Final Interim Report, by Rebecca Johnson, May 9, 2003
NPT PrepCom Second Interim Report: Nuclear Disarmament, by Rebecca Johnson, May 4, 2003
NPT Interim Report, by Rebecca Johnson, May 3, 2003
Incentives, Obligations And Enforcement: Does the NPT Meet its States Parties' Needs?, by Rebecca Johnson, to be published in Disarmament Diplomacy 70, April - May 2003
Introduction to the second NPT PrepCom Meeting, April 2003

Statements & Documents

NPT-related News and Analysis, 2003

US-DPRK-China Talks, Beijing, April 23/25
'Arms Control Is Largely The Agenda Of The Past': Speech by Linton Brooks, Administrator, US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), April 23
UN Disarmament Commission Session Concludes Without Agreement, April 17
'Today's Darkness At Noon': Remarks by UNSG Jayantha Dhanapala, April 12
'If The US Is Ready To Make A Bold Switchover...The DPRK Will Not Stick To Any Particular Dialogue Format': Remarks by North Korean Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, April 12
No Breakthrough in North Korean Nuclear Crisis as Pyongyang Vows To Avoid 'Miserable Fate' of Iraq
US Insists Iran Poses Gathering Nuclear Proliferation Threat
Further Escalation of Political, Nuclear Tensions in South Asia
Duma Postpones Ratification of Moscow Treaty on Eve of US-Led War in Iraq
Pentagon Consideration of 'Mini Nukes' Hits Headlines Again
'A Mere Extension Of The Continuum': US Nuclear Use Policy In The Spotlight
Senior Senate Democrats Introduce Resolution Demanding 'Comprehensive' Non-Proliferation Strategy
Republican House Policy Committee Sets Out Ambitious Nuclear Weapons Agenda
Work to Prepare CTBT Regime Continues Into Seventh Year
'Even The Signing Of A Non-Aggression Treaty With The US Would Not Help Avert A War': North Korean Foreign Ministry Statement, April 6
International vs. Domestic Nuclear Safeguards: The Need for Clarity in the Debate over Effectiveness, by Roger G. Johnston and Morten Bremer Maerli, Disarmament Diplomacy 69, February - March 2003
Good News for Non-Proliferation? The Changing Relationship Between Russia, NATO and the NPT , by Sverre Lodgaard, Disarmament Diplomacy 69, February - March 2003
North Korea Turns Its Back on NPT in Spiralling Diplomatic Confrontation, News Review, Disarmament Diplomacy 69, February - March 2003
US Outlines Plans for Missile Defence, Nuclear Weapons Programmes, News Review, Disarmament Diplomacy 69, February - March 2003
'Pie In The Sky': North Korea Response To Us Offer of Talks, January 15, 2003
North Korea Announces Withdrawal from NPT, January 10: Statement and Reaction
Challenging 'the Very Existence of WMD': Speech by Jayantha Dhanapala, December 3
News Review item on Cuba and the NPT, October - November 2002
Cuba Announces Intent to Join NPT, September 14

Useful Links

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NPT Preparatory Committee, April 8 - 19, 2002

NPT Report: The 2002 PrepCom: Papering over the Cracks? , May - June 2002, by Rebecca Johnson
Chair's factual summary, April 18, 2002
Further information and speeches from NPT PrepCom 2002

NPT Review Conference 2000

Reports and Analysis

The 2000 NPT Review Conference: A Delicate, Hard-Won Compromise, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy No. 46, May 2000.
The NPT: Surviving the Storm, by Ambassador Thomas Graham, Disarmament Diplomacy No. 46, May 2000.
Acronym Institute Briefings on the Sixth NPT Review Conference, by Rebecca Johnson and Jenni Rissanen, April 24 to May 20, 2000.
The Review Conference Opens: Dominant Issues and Contested Claims, by Rebecca Johnson and Jenni Rissanen, Disarmament Diplomacy No 45, April 2000
ACRONYM No 13 - The Non-Proliferation Treaty: Challenging Times, February 2000
Rebecca Johnson analyses the issues facing States Parties at the 2000 NPT Review Conference. This report includes full text of the treaty, related agreements, signtories and background information.
Preparing for the 2000 NPT Review Conference, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy, November 1999

Official Documents

2000 NPT Conference Agreement on a Programme of Action (Next Steps) on Nuclear Disarmament
UN NPT Page
Official Statements reprinted in Disarmament Diplomacy No. 45:
House of Commons Debate on the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review.
For full text go to the UK Parliament Web Site.

NPT Preparatory Committee meeting 1999:

Acronym Institute briefings on the 1999 NPT PrepCom
Documents from the 1999 NPT PrepCom
The Third NPT PrepCom: What happened and how, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy, May 1999

NPT Preparatory Committee meeting 1998:

Acronym No 12 - Reviewing the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Problems and Processes, by Rebecca Johnson, September 1998
A report of the Second Preparatory Committee meeting of the 2000 Review Conference of the NPT, Geneva, April 27 to May 8, 1998.
Acronym Institute Briefings from the 1998 NPT PrepCom
Documents from the 1998 NPT PrepCom
PrepCom Opinion: Farewell to the NPT's Strengthened Review Process?, by Tariq Rauf, Disarmament Diplomacy, May 1998
Acronym No 11 - Reviewing the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Preparing for the Future, by Rebecca Johnson, April 1998
Information, ideas and documents on the Strengthened Review Process of the NPT for participants to the second PrepCom, Geneva, 27 April to 8 May, 1998.

NPT Preparatory Committee meeting 1997:

Reviewing the NPT: the 1997 PrepCom, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy, April 1997

NPT Review and Extension Conference 1995:

Acronym No 7 - Indefinite Extension of the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Risks and Reckonings, by Rebecca Johnson, September 1995
A report of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference, New York, 17 April - 12 May 1995

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