The 1997 NPT PrepCom
7 - 18 April, New York

From April 7-18, the first Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting for the 2000 NPT Review Conference took place at the United Nations in New York. As the first PrepCom under the new review process agreed at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference, this meeting set important precendents for the rest of the run up to the 2000 Review Conference.

BASIC and our NETS colleagues attended the entire PrepCom, tracking developments and inserting ideas into the debate. The following publications were prepared for or during the PrepCom; a large number of official and unofficial PrepCom documents are also available.

• Basic Publications
• Official Documents and Statements
• Disarmament Intelligence Review
• Links

BASIC Publications

• What Outcome for the NPT PrepCom? This note calls for a productive and meaningful PrepCom and suggests ways for it to conclude with substantive results. BASIC Note, March 1997
  
  
• 1997 NPT PrepCom: Principles and Objectives on the Agenda. This paper urges those chairing the PrepComs to take steps ensuring effective PrepComs which will aid in the implementation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. BASIC Paper #19, 6 February 1997
  
  
• The NPT Review: Testing the World's Bulwark Against Nuclear Anarchy Press Briefing, 3 April 1997
  
  
• South Africa sees nuclear non-proliferation problems in NATO expansion and European deterrence and calls for a legal guarantee against nuclear attack from Britain, China France, Russia and US by 2000 Press Release, 8 April 1997

Disarmament Intelligence Review

Disarmament Intelligence Review (now known as the Acronym Institute), produced a series of reports during the PrepCom, most of which are available here. The Acronym Institute was established to monitor arms control, disarmament and environmental issues, including multilateral negotiations and related agreements. For more information, please contact the Acronym Institute.

• Getting Started, 1997 NPT Briefing 2, by Rebecca Johnson, with thanks to Sharon Riggle
• Nuclear Disarmament, 1997 NPT Briefing 3, by Rebecca Johnson
• Safeguards, 1997 NPT Briefing 4, by Rebecca Johnson, April 14, 1997
• Substantive Debate Concludes, 1997 NPT Briefing 5, by Rebecca Johnson,
• NGO ideas on the NPT, 1997 NPT Briefing 6, by Rebecca Johnson

• PrepCom Report Agreed, 1997 NPT Briefing 7, by Rebecca Johnson, April 19, 1997

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