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BASIC's Project on Getting to Zero

Working Towards a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Review Conference, New York, 3-28 May 2010

Conclusion of the 2010 Review Conference

  • NPT Review Conference Day 20
    NPT RevCon ends with adoption of consensus Final Document. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 28 May 2010.
  • Final Document (PDF) - adopted 28 May 2010 (online via Reaching Critical Will).
  • For information on official documents and statements, see UN NPT 2010.

See below for all updates from the 2010 NPT RevCon.



BASIC Executive Director Paul Ingram shares his perspective on how the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference is progressing in Week Two. Click here for video from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, posted on YouTube, 21 May 2010.

 

BASIC Chair Dr. Trevor McCrisken
How are we doing on the road to zero? from NPT TV on Vimeo.

Also see NPT-TV interviews with:

  • Amb. James Goodby, Board Member, on the US Nuclear Posture Review and the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
  • Paul Ingram, Executive Director, on NATO's nuclear posture

Full list of updates from BASIC Program Director Anne Penketh at the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference

  • NPT Review Conference Day 20
    RevCon ends with adoption of consensus Final Document. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 28 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 17
    NPT Review Conference president moves towards the endgame. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 25 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 14
    Disarmament timeline could be deal-breaker at Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 20 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 13
    Russia rejects German proposal on tactical nuclear weapons. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 19 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 12
    Security Council draft resolution on Iran overshadows NPT Review Conference. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 18 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 10
    Lines drawn at Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: Draft documents from main committees released - including discussion summaries of the past two weeks and action plan for the future. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 14 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 8
    The issue of the US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe featured on Day 8 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference as 10 EU states backed the "irreversible reduction and elimination" of the weapons through future disarmament talks. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 12 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 6
    BASIC afternoon event attended by around 60, focuses on NATO's deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe and prospects for change in the light of NATO's new Strategic Concept review. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 10 May 2010.
    Event also covered on page 12 of NPT News in Review, Emma Rosengren, "Prospects for a shift in NATO's nuclear posture in 2010," 11 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 4
    General debate ends with Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction emerging as one of several key issues; RevCon continues in committees next week. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 6 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 3
    Nuclear Weapon States reaffirm "continuing responsibility to take concrete and credible steps towards irreversible disarmament". Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 5 May 2010.
  • NPT Review Conference Day 2
    Splits emerge over call for strengthened nuclear inspections amid renewed calls for rapid entry into force of global test ban. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 4 May 2010
  • NPT Review Conference Day 1
    RevCon opens - tensions over Iran crisis highlight the day; United States announces release of active warhead numbers. Report from Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, in New York, 3 May 2010.

BASIC Publications and other media

  • Nuclear Options for NATO (PDF), Paul Ingram, Executive Director, BASIC Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2010 Papers —4, April 2010.

BASIC Executive Director Paul Ingram was interviewed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on prospects for the NPT Review Conference, during the Wilton Park Conference, 14-18 December 2009. (Interviews in the FCO "Nuclear Debate" series are also available on YouTube.)

Related reading

Select US and UK statements and documents on the NPT Review Conference 2010

Quick links to other resources

 

 

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Working Towards a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

BASIC's work is made possible by the generous support of our donors: the Ploughshares Fund, the Ford Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Polden Puckham Charitable Foundation, Marmot Trust, Allan and Nesta Ferguson Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Network for Social Change, the Nuclear Education Trust, Rockefeller Family & Associates, and individual contributors to BASIC. We are grateful to all of them for their support.

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