Support for United Nations efforts in the areas of disarmament and nuclear non proliferation

Support for other multilateral efforts in the areas of disarmament and nuclear non proliferation

What of the efforts to make more difficult the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons?

Unilateral activities designed to contribute to nuclear non proliferation

That would go a long way towards preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Proliferation must be halted, first and foremost by careful monitoring.

Bilateral, regional and group efforts to further disarmament and non proliferation should not clash with multilateral efforts.

The NPT is a key legal barrier against the spread of nuclear weapons and material related to the production of such weapons.

Governments also have been working to impede the ability of proliferators to access banking systems and to form partnerships with legitimate companies.

The Conference declares that the NPT provides a key legal barrier to nuclear weapons proliferation and makes a critical contribution to international security.

The NPT was crucial to efforts to halt the vertical and horizontal proliferation of nuclear weapons.

But, of course, the NPT itself remains the cornerstone of the international community apos s non proliferation efforts.

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.

The European Union believes that arms control and disarmament efforts make an important contribution to the non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Avoiding a proliferation of mediation efforts

Universal accession to the Treaty was the sole means of enhancing the credibility of the non proliferation regime.

But that must not preclude further common efforts to build consensus around the global nuclear non proliferation regime and the pursuit of nuclear disarmament.

The nuclear non proliferation regime is under huge pressure.

All countries should spare no effort to curb and fight proliferation, particularly that by non State actors.

The Proliferation Security Initiative, an activity which you named in your opening statement, is a network of cooperation aimed at building national capacities to act with speed and effectiveness, and in partnership, to stop WMD proliferation.

The integrity and viability of the NPT also depend on States parties fulfilling their non proliferation commitments.

working towards universal accession to the NPT

Complacency with proliferation outside the NPT is inconsistent with efforts to strengthen the Treaty's regime and may defeat the purpose of eliminating nuclear weapons.

The NPT was a key instrument in international efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and promote nuclear disarmament and required strengthening to meet the new proliferation challenges.

Argentina's subsequent ratification of the NPT was the culmination of its commitment to non proliferation and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

All States must work for disarmament and non proliferation.

Disarmament and non proliferation efforts must continue.

While legally binding multilateralism should be the basis of the global non proliferation regime, other multi country initiatives, such as the Proliferation Security Initiative, are important elements in international counter proliferation efforts.

What we really want is to arrive right here, so we can stop the epidemic.

The Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was but one of many efforts to improve security, even though it faced many obstacles.

The efforts directed towards non proliferation should be paralleled by simultaneous efforts aimed at disarmament.

The EU is fully committed to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and to the three mutually reinforcing pillars on which it is based.

The Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, despite recent disappointing developments, still remains the cornerstone in our efforts to strengthen the non proliferation regime.

Mr. Vohidov (Uzbekistan) said it must be recognized that the NPT regime, long regarded as the cornerstone of nuclear non proliferation, was fast losing its vitality and that its effectiveness as a curb on nuclear proliferation had eroded dangerously.

IAEA had done much over the years in stemming proliferation by gathering information on compliance or non compliance by States.

And fifthly, full support must be extended to recent initiatives to halt the proliferation of small arms and landmines in areas where they may be used indiscriminately against the civilian population.

We are committed to article VI of the NPT.

Ms. Aghajanian (Armenia) said that the NPT had been a cornerstone for international security by mobilizing international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

Mr. Paulsen (Norway), introducing document NPT CONF.2005 WP.23 entitled NPT a dynamic instrument and core pillar of international security , said that article VI of the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was an essential part of the NPT bargain.

By withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has totally ignored nuclear non proliferation and disarmament efforts.

Efforts to promote disarmament and non proliferation education

We need a concerted effort in the field of non proliferation and disarmament.

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)

He was convinced that the joint voice of civil society would give further impetus to the Conference's efforts to strengthen the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

We are committed to international efforts aimed at disarmament and non proliferation.