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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
• Full list of updates
• Publications and other media
• US and UK statements and documents for 2010
• Quick links to other resources (including Treaty text)
  
  

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).

• Key points of nuclear non-proliferation declaration, Reuters, 28 May 2010.

• Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, quoted in Nuclear arms treaty agreed with hope for deal on Middle East, Ian Black, The Guardian, 28 May 2010.

• 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.

• Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, discusses Middle East nuclear weapons free zone during Greenpeace event held on the side of the NPT RevCon, 21 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

• Anne Penketh: To bring Tehran and Tel Aviv on board would be giant step, BASIC Program Director, opinion in The Independent, 3 May 2010.

• Keeping the "Non" in the Non-Nuclear Weapon States (PDF), Chris Lindborg, Analyst, BASIC Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2010 Papers —5, April 2010.

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

• BASIC expert comment on critical nuclear weapons conference in New York from next week and NPT scorecard, BASIC Press Release (PDF), 27 April 2010.

• Non-proliferation requires disarmament, and vice versa: Advice to the Iranian Government as it seeks to challenge the nuclear order at the NPT Review Conference (PDF), Paul Ingram, Executive Director, BASIC Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2010 Papers —3, April 2010.

• Treading Water in 2010: The Nuclear Weapon States and Nuclear Disarmament (PDF), Chris Lindborg and Nicholas Meros, BASIC Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2010 Papers - 2, April 2010.
  
  
• Peeling the Onion: Towards a Middle East nuclear weapons free zone (PDF), Anne Penketh, BASIC Program Director, BASIC Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2010 Papers - 1, 18 March 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

• Taking Responsibility: what can NPT states realistically do to build on today's momentum behind nuclear disarmament?
  Paul Ingram, BASIC Executive Director, BASIC Getting to Zero Papers, No. 1, 15 July 2008

• NPT Review Conference 2005
  BASIC's complete coverage of the last Review Conference

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

• The NPT Review Conference as Viewed from Vienna
  Ambassador Susan F. Burk, US Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Roundtable Discussion, Vienna, 16 March 2010
  
  
• The NPT and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security
  Ambassador Susan F. Burk, US Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Moscow Nonproliferation Conference Center for Energy and Security Studies, 5 March 2010

• The Road to 2010: Addressing the nuclear question in the twenty first century
  Presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister, by Command of Her Majesty, United Kingdom, July 2009

Quick links to other resources

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
  Official site of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs on the NPT, including the text of the Treaty
  
  
  • 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), 3-28 May, United Nations and United Nations Webcast
    
    
  • List of official documents from the Preparatory Committee meeting, 4-15 May 2009
    
    
• Provisional Agenda of 2010 NPT Review Conference
  Adopted 6 May 2009 during NPT Preparatory Committee meeting in New York (via website of Reaching Critical Will)

• Reaching Critical Will - 2010 NPT Review Conference
  Calendar of related events and meetings, governmental documents and statements, and resources for non-governmental organizations

• Towards 2010 and Beyond - Proposals, Positions and Prospects: Issues facing the 2010 NPT Review Conference
  Michael Spies, in Disarmament Diplomacy, a publication of The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, Issue No. 90, Spring 2009

• NPT Briefing Book 2010, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

• Major Proposals to Strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: A Resource Guide for the 2010 Review Conference, Cole Harvey with the ACA Research Staff, Arms Control Association, March 2010

• Preparing for 2010 website, The International Atomic Energy Agency

• NPT Review Conference in the Nuclear Politics debategraph
  The Defense Strategy Review Page, from the Project on Defense Alternatives

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