That pattern of proliferation represented the gravest threat to the future of the NPT.

The concern about proliferation outside the Treaty is legitimate.

The issue of non proliferation should be addressed in a comprehensive manner.

Austria regards the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as the cornerstone of the global non proliferation regime and the essential foundation for the pursuit of nuclear disarmament.

However, we cannot come to grips with this danger through the so called Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), a non transparent and selective mechanism which limits itself to fighting horizontal proliferation, while ignoring vertical proliferation and disarmament.

The United States is pleased to see the support given to the Proliferation Security Initiative and to Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) as useful new initiatives to combat the threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including by non State actors.

The Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has contributed immensely to international peace and stability.

The proliferation of such conventional arms, especially to regional trouble spots, has implications for regional military balances as well as for the international community.

The Code considers the question of proliferation from one particular perspective, and thus fails to address the reasons for such proliferation.

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If it continued to be applied selectively, the non proliferation regime would be weakened and the risk of vertical proliferation would increase.

Towards this end, Brunei Darussalam has become a party to the following international treaties and agreements aimed at curbing the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Stressing the importance of education on disarmament and non proliferation for future generations and of efforts to tackle the current non proliferation and disarmament problems,

As the cornerstone of the global non proliferation regime, the Treaty had helped to slow, and at times reverse the spread of military nuclear capability, but had not been able to prevent it completely.

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Proliferation of nuclear weapons would be more dangerous in regions with tension.

The EU Council identified a number of issues which we consider fundamental, covering the NPT's three pillars non proliferation, disarmament and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

The Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons remains the cornerstone of the non proliferation regime.

The existing NPT non proliferation objectives must be applied rationally safeguards could not be separated from the principles of efficiency and effectiveness, and automatic, mechanical verification procedures would debase the entire regime.

The European Union Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, adopted in December 2003, provides an important tool for addressing the threat of proliferation.

The Treaty is the first line of defence against the spread of nuclear weapons.

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The Conference stresses the important contribution of the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to worldwide security and its undoubted effectiveness in checking nuclear proliferation, and thus preventing the destabilization caused by nuclear arms races.

The spread of enrichment and reprocessing technology poses a particularly dangerous risk.

The Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is a seminal instrument in the field of global, multilateral non proliferation.

It is currently impossible to separate the matters of vertical and horizontal proliferation.

The 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) ended on what one may euphemistically call a strategic pause.

Papers such as Is the NPT up to the challenge of proliferation?, Strengthening non proliferation rules and norms the three state problem, A.Q.

I have the privilege of drawing the attention of the Committee to the fact that last year marked the tenth anniversary of Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

The Union notes that all the countries in the region but one are at present parties to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Export controls have no purpose other than to prevent the irresponsible spread of materials, equipment and technologies that might be used in breach of the aims of non proliferation.

Agreeing on mines would mean abandoning efforts to make progress on nuclear disarmament and non proliferation.

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1. When a nuclear device is detonated underground, seismic waves radiate out in all directions.

That has had a negative impact on all efforts aimed at dealing with the non proliferation of nuclear weapons in general, and in the Middle East in particular.

Japan has promoted dialogues and cooperation on non proliferation in order to address threats posed by proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery.

Thus, it seems that any country is open to the threat of use of nuclear weapons if it is considered to pose a proliferation risk nuclear, chemical or biological.