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2010 Review Conference of the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Analisis of the outcome

AuthorIKV Pax Christi
6-03-1-20-21.pdf
DateJune 2010
Classification 6.03.1.20/21 (PROLIFERATION - NON PROLIFERATION TREATY - REVIEW CONFERENCES)
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          2010 Review Conference of the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
                            Analysis of the Outcome


The outcome of the 2010 Review Conference of the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was
balanced, and the action plan was a consensus document. For the first time ever, an action plan on
non proliferation and peaceful uses was also developed. There was also a suggested plan of action to
implement the 1995 Resolution on the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone.

The final document is divided into two parts a review and an action plan. The review section of the
final document was not a consensus document, instead it was “the responsibility of the President,
and reflects to the best of his knowledge what transpired with regard to matters of review.”1
Delegations insisted that there was no time to do a thorough paragraph-by-paragraph review of the
report section in the same way that they did on the action plan. The part of the document titled
“Conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions” was adopted by consensus, and provides a
mild time-bound framework for reporting on some of the actions contained therein.

The Action Plan presents sixty-four (64) points of action, described as achievable before the next
Review Conference in 2015. Some actions request reports on progress sooner than that, and the
actions related to the implementation of the 1995 Resolution on the Middle East have a shorter
time-frame attached (a Conference in 2012 of all states in the region).

This paper analyses the outcome document- NPT/Conf.2010/50 (Vol. I). It is divided into four
sections- Disarmament, Non Proliferation, Peaceful Uses, and the Middle East Weapons of Mass
Destruction Free Zone. Nuclear Weapon State in this document refers to the Permanent Five (P5)2
members of the United Nations Security Council, or those States recognized under the NPT as
nuclear weapons States.

The document was prepared by Susi Snyder, IKV Pax Christi Programme Leader for Nuclea