[E-rundbrief] Info 1430 - Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), review conference 2015

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1430 - James Martin, Center for Nonproliferation 
Studies (USA): Two Conflicting Trends Threaten NPT Review Conference 
Success.

Bad Ischl, 27.4.2015

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Two Conflicting Trends Threaten NPT Review Conference Success

April 27, 2015-- Tensions are high as the world's governments gather 
today for the five-year review conference of the Treaty on the 
Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The list of issues the 
four-week meeting will address is long, but the slow pace of nuclear 
disarmament and issues relating to proliferation and disarmament in 
the Middle East top the agenda.

The non-nuclear weapon states are vocally unhappy with the lackluster 
implementation of the disarmament part of the 2010 Action Plan and the 
continued modernization of nuclear arsenals by some nuclear weapon 
states. Others--particularly Arab states--remain gravely disappointed 
that the 2010 commitment to convene a conference on creating a 
weapon-of-mass-destruction-free-zone in the Middle East failed to 
materialize.

"Going into the 2015 Review Conference, there seem to be two 
conflicting trends," says Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, director of 
International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program at the James 
Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). "One is pessimism 
about disarmament prospects in the near future due to deteriorating 
Russia-West relations and the stalemate in the US-Russian arms control 
dialogue. Another trend is the growing sense of urgency and calls for 
the prohibition of nuclear weapons generated in large part by the 
conferences on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons."

"At the very least, states should reaffirm the decisions of the 2010 
Review Conference and extend the facilitator's mandate to convene a 
conference on the establishment of a Middle East WMD-free zone," says 
Chen Kane, senior research associate at CNS. "What was achieved so far 
through informal multilateral consultations on the conference should 
not be lost, and parties should not set the process back to square one."

CNS experts will be on the ground at the review conference and will be 
available for comment.


EXPERTS:

     Dr. William Potter, CNS Director, wpotter at miis.edu; @PotterCNS
     Ms. Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, International Organizations and 
Nonproliferation Program Director, gaukhar at miis.edu; 614-371-9017 
(mobile); @GaukharM
     Dr. Chen Kane, Senior Research Associate, Middle East Project 
Manager, ckane at miis.edu; 857-222-9774 (mobile); @ACRSME
     Ms. Masako Toki, Research Associate, Education Project Manager, 
mtoki at miis.edu; @CNS_MasakoToki

For background information and resources for the Review Conference, 
see: 
http://www.nonproliferation.org/2015-npt-review-conference-resources/.


Address

James Martin
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
460 Pierce Street
Monterey, CA 93940 USA


     Contact

Email: cns at miis.edu
Phone: +1 (831) 647-4154

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