Items for study, analysis and evaluation of
the selected countries’ performance are built mainly upon the following
documents that reflect views with wide support on the issues of nuclear
disarmament, non-proliferation and nuclear security. Items are also chosen with
the aim of providing a certain degree of objective measurements for evaluation.
Ø The Action Plan and recommendations pertaining to the implementation
of the 1995 Middle East resolution contained in the Final Document adopted in
the 2010 NPT Review Conference;
Ø Seventy-six recommendations contained in the 2009 International Commission
on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) report titled “Eliminating
Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers”;
Ø Proposals sponsored or co-sponsored by Japan at the 2012 NPT Preparatory
Committee (PrepCom); and
Ø “Resolution towards the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons” launched by
the Mayors for Peace in 2011.
A number of measures have been proposed
internationally on nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and nuclear security
issues. Among them, the 64-point Action Plan contained in the Final Document
adopted by consensus at the 2010 NPT Review Conference is certainly one of the
most important reflecting the commitment of the 190 states parties to the NPT. The
Action Plan, however, is a result of compromise and bargaining needed to reach
a consensus, and does not necessarily contain strong and clearly stated
measures for action. Thus, the Research Committee of this project described
below decided to refer to the three other documents mentioned above in tandem
with the 64-point Action Plan. The three additional sources fit with the
project’s intent to contribute to Hiroshima’s and Japan’s efforts to lay out
“the roadmap for the abolition of nuclear weapons.”
The following items were selected for measuring
countries’ performances.
l Nuclear disarmament
l Nuclear disarmament
Ø The status of nuclear forces (estimates)
Ø Commitment to achieve a world without nuclear weapons
Ø The reduction of nuclear weapons
Ø Diminishing the role and significance of nuclear weapons in the
national security strategies and policies
Ø De-alerting or measures for maximizing decision time to authorize
the use of nuclear weapons
Ø CTBT and nuclear tests
Ø FMCT
Ø Transparency in nuclear forces, fissile material for nuclear
weapons, and nuclear strategy/doctrine
Ø Verification of nuclear weapons reductions
Ø Irreversibility
Ø Disarmament and non-proliferation education and cooperation with
civil society
l Nuclear non-proliferation
Ø Acceptance and compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation
obligations under the NPT and nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties
Ø IAEA safeguards
Ø Cooperation with the IAEA
Ø Implementing appropriate export controls on nuclear-related items
and technologies
Ø Transparency in the peaceful use of nuclear energy
l Nuclear security
Ø Amount of fissile material
Ø Accession to and participation in multilateral frameworks regarding
nuclear security/safety and the establishment of the national implementation
system
Ø Efforts to maintain the highest possible standards of nuclear
security/safety
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