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In the Final Document of the 2010 NPT
RevCon, the NWS were called upon to report on actions taken towards
“accelerat[ion of] concrete progress on the steps leading to nuclear
disarmament” to the 2014 PrepCom (Action 5). However, it is pointed out that
“[t]he prospect of achieving concrete progress against the Action Plan before
the 2014 reporting deadline is low.”[1]
On the other hand, at the fourth P5 Conference held in April 2013, the five NWS
“reaffirmed their objective to submit a P5 glossary [of definitions] of key
nuclear terms to the 2015 NPT Review Conference.”[2]
China reported at the 2013 NPT PrepCom that their “experts have reached a preliminary agreement on a
list of key nuclear terms.” China also indicated the prospect that the “[w]ork
on the compilation and translation of the Glossary is scheduled to be concluded
in [the]
next 2 years, [and its]
outcome [would] be reported to the 2015 NPT Review Conference.”[3]
In 2013, no nuclear-weapon/armed states
took additional, significant transparency measures regarding nuclear forces,
fissile material for nuclear weapons, or nuclear strategy/doctrine. The NPDI submitted
a working paper “Transparency of Nuclear Weapons” to the 2012 PrepCom, which included
a draft form for standard nuclear disarmament reporting on nuclear warheads,
delivery vehicles, fissile material for nuclear weapons, and nuclear
strategy/policies.[4] Using
the draft form, the following table summarizes the degree of transparency taken
by the nuclear-weapon/armed states.
(TABLE (to be added))
(Drafted by Hirofumi Tosaki, CPDNP)
[1] Andrea Berger and Malcolm Chalmers, “Great Expectations: The P5
Process and the Non-Proliferation Treaty,” Whitehall
Report, No. 3-13 (August 2013), p. 33.
[2] “Fourth P5 Conference: On the Way to the 2015 NPT Review Conference,”
Washington, DC, April 19, 2013, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/04/207768.htm.
[3] “Statement by
Mr. Pang Sen, Head of the Chinese Delegation, Director-General of the
Department of Arms Control and Disarmament of MFA of the People's Republic of
China at the General Debate in the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee
for the 2015 NPT Review Conference,” Geneva, April 22, 2013.
[4] NPT/CONF.2015/PC.I/WP.12, 20 April 2012.
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