The Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty Review Conference 2005 has now finished.
Read
Remember
Your Humanity - A Message from Professor Sir Joseph
Rotblat to the Seventh Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
in 2005.
Follow events at the NPT on the following Websites:
- Reaching
Critical Will
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The
Official UN Website
Intergroup
Briefing Paper: the EU and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
QCEA has prepared a short
briefing paper for the Intergroup on Peace Initiatives (a forum
for MEPs to discuss and debate peace issues) on the subject of the
EU and the NPT.
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Testimony
to the Foreign Policy Committee of the European Parliament by the
Mayor of Hiroshima
On
the 19th January 2005 Mr. Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima, addressed
the European Parliaments Foreign Policy Committee, on the need for
the world to turn away from the nuclear threat and the Mayors for
Peace campaign for the total abolition of nuclear weapons.
The
text of his speech is avaiable on the
QCEA website.
To
learn more about the Mayors for Peace please visit: http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/mayors/english/index.html.
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Breakthrough
or Bust in `05? – BASIC/ORG Paper
Oxford
Research Group (ORG) and the British
American Security Information Council (BASIC) have produced a
concise overview of the NPT. This paper introduces a series of concise,
issue-based briefings that will be published by ORG and BASIC in the
run up to the 2005 Review Conference. The briefings provide concrete,
achievable recommendations to strengthen the non-proliferation, compliance
and disarmament functions of the NPT. Read
"The Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: Breakthrough
or Bust in '05?" online.
Other
Briefings in the series:
-
Strengthening the NPT Regime, BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing
No.1, February 2005
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Nuclear Weapons Free Zones: The Untold Success Story of Nuclear
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing
No.2, February 2005
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Turning Security Assurances into a Legally Binding Instrument,
BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing No.3, February 2005
- Turning Security Assurances into a Legally
Binding Instrument, BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing No.3, February
2005
- Test Moratorium and the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty, BASIC/ORG Project , Briefing No.4, March
2005
- The US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement: Contributing
to vertical proliferation?, BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing
No.5, March 2005
- Challenging
the NPT: North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme,
BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing No.6, March 2005
- The
Importance of a Fissile Material Treaty, BASIC/ORG Project,
Briefing No.7, March 2005
- NATO:
Nuclear Sharing or Proliferation?, BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing
No.8, March 2005
- The
Illegality of Nuclear Weapons, BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing
No.9, March 2005
- A Promise
Not Realised: Nuclear Disarmament by the Nuclear Weapon States,
BASIC/ORG Project, Briefing No.10, March 2005
- Towards
a Universal Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime, BASIC/ORG
Project, Briefing No.11, March 2005
- The
Need for a Strengthened IAEA Safeguards System, BASIC/ORG
Project, Briefing No.12, March 2005
The
Briefing Papers are available online at: http://www.basicint.org/npt/index.htm.
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European Parliamentary Hearing on the future of the NPT
On the 14th September 2006 a group of eight speakers came together to discuss their opinions on the future of the NPT with a view to both internal and external issues, the rising energy crisis, and also the growing threat of nuclear terrorism. The topic for discussion was whether the NPT is still the most effective tool for handling today's nuclear landscape.
Click here to read a report about this hearing
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Take
Action on the NPT
Call
of Lobbying Action – Contact your MEP – Urgent
Members
of the European Parliament Intergroup
for Peace Initiatives have just tabled a written declaration
on the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This declaration needs to be
signed by as many MEPs as possible before it is then sent to the
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in time for the commemorations
in early August. If the declaration is signed at least half the
Members of the EP, it will be considered to be an official declaration
of the European Parliament as a whole.
More
information on the declaration and how to contact your MEP
Is
your Mayor a ‘Mayor for Peace’?
To
find out if your Mayor has joined the Mayors for Peace campaign
visit: http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/mayors/english/membercity/index.html.
To
find out how to get your Mayor to join the campaign visit: http://www.abolitionnow.org/mayors.html.
Join
the ‘Abolition Now!’ Campaign
To
find out 10 things you can do to support the call for nuclear abolition
visit: http://www.abolitionnow.org/tenthings.html.
For
information on initiatives in Germany, France, UK and Belgium visit:
http://www.abolitionnow.org/local.html.
For
more information on nuclear abolition work in Europe please visit:
http://www.abolition2000europe.org/index.php.
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