1995 Review and Extension Conference
of the Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
10 May 1995
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
New York, 17 April-12 May 1995
STRENGTHENING THE REVIEW
PROCESS
FOR THE TREATY
Draft decision proposed by the
President
- The Conference of the Parties to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
examined the implementation of article VIII, paragraph 3,
of the Treaty and agreed to strengthen the review process
for the operation of the Treaty with a view to assuring
that the purposes of the Preamble and the provisions of
the Treaty are being realized.
- The States party to the Treaty
participating in the Conference decided, in accordance
with article VIII, paragraph 3, that Review Conferences
should continue to be held every five years and that,
accordingly, the next Review Conference should be held in
the year 2000.
- The Conference decided that, beginning in
1997, the Preparatory Committee should hold, normally for
a duration of 10 working days, a meeting in each of the
three years prior to the Review Conference. If necessary,
a fourth preparatory meeting may be held in the year of
the Conference.
- The purpose of the Preparatory Committee
meetings would be to consider principles, objectives and
ways in order to promote the full implementation of the
Treaty, as well as its universality, and to make
recommendations thereon to the Review Conference. These
include those identified in the Decision on principles
and objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and
disarmament, adopted on 11 May 1995. These meetings
should also make the procedural preparations for the next
Review Conference.
- The Conference also concluded that the
present structure of three main Committees should
continue and the question of an overlap of issues being
discussed in more than one Committee should be resolved
in the General Committee, which would coordinate the work
of the Committees so that the substantive responsibility
for the preparation of the report with respect to each
specific issues is undertaken in only one Committee.
- It was also agreed that subsidiary bodies
could be established within the respective Main
Committees for specific issues relevant to the Treaty, so
as to provide for a focused consideration of such issues.
The establishment of such subsidiary bodies would be
recommended by the Preparatory Committee for each Review
Conference in relation to the specific objectives of the
Review Conference.
- The Conference agreed further that Review
Conferences should look forward as well as back. They
should evaluate the results of the period they are
reviewing, including the implementation of undertakings
of the States parties under the Treaty, and identify the
areas in which, and the means through which, further
progress should be sought inthe future. Review
Conferences should also address specifically what might
be done to strengthen the implementation of the Treaty
and to achieve its universality.