Updates from the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting, including a Twitter feed and photos.
Four years after the adoption of the NPT Action Plan, progress on nuclear disarmament is disappointing.
Next year’s Conference promises to be contentious, with the changing debate on nuclear disarmament taking center stage.
APRIL 15, 2014: Seminar with Ambassador Alexander Marschik, the Austrian permanent representative to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union.
MARCH 14-15, 2014: CNS hosted a 2-day diplomatic workshop in Annecy, France.
Video of a seminar with Ambassador Alfredo Labbé Villa and Ambassador Susan Burk on November 14, 2013.
Statements on Cluster 3 issues continued, the plenary session was quiet as regional groups met with Chair in closed meetings discussing the Chair’s summary.
The Conference continued at its usual pace with no real surprises, suggesting Egypt’s walkout may not have as great an effect as its delegation may have hoped.
Egypt announced that its delegation was withdrawing from the remainder of the PrepCom due to the perceived lack of seriousness in establishing a WMD-Free Zone in the Middle East.
Friday, April 26, 2013, featured the conclusion of Cluster 1 debates on negative security assurances and the commencement of Cluster 2, nonproliferation issues.
