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United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons
non-proliferation regime and an essential foundation for the pursuit of the three
pillars of the Treaty, namely, nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation and the
peaceful uses of nuclear energy,
Recalling the decisions and the resolution of the 1995 Review and Extension
Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons 2 and the Final Documents of the 2000 3 and 2010 4 Review Conferences of
the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
Welcoming the successful outcome of the 2010 Review Conference, held from
3 to 28 May 2010, in the year of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombings
in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, and reaffirming the necessity of fully
implementing the action plan adopted at the Review Conference, 5
Welcoming also the deliberations and results of the second session of the
Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, held from 22 April to 3 May 2013,
Noting the high-level meeting on revitalizing the work of the Conference on
Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations, convened by
the Secretary-General on 24 September 2010, and the plenary meeting of the General
Assembly to follow up on the high-level meeting, held from 27 to 29 July 2011,
Noting also the meetings of the Open-ended Working Group “to take forward
multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations” held in Geneva from 14 to 24 May,
on 27 June and from 19 to 30 August 2013, as well as the high-level meeting of the
General Assembly on nuclear disarmament, held on 26 September 2013,
Welcoming the entry into force on 5 February 2011 of the Treaty between the
Russian Federation and the United States of America on Measures for the Further
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms,
Welcoming also the announcements on overall stockpiles of nuclear warheads
by France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the
United States of America, as well as the update of the Russian Federation on its
nuclear arsenals, which further enhance transparency and increase mutual
confidence,
Welcoming further the high-level national statement made on 19 June 2013
regarding the long-term goal of achieving the peace and security of a world without
nuclear weapons, and expressing renewed determination to increase momentum for
global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation,
Expressing deep concern regarding the growing dangers posed by the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, inter alia, nuclear weapons, including
that caused by proliferation networks,
Recognizing the importance of the objective of nuclear security, along with the
shared goals of Member States of nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation
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2
See 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I) and Corr.2), annex.
3
2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final
Document, vols. I–III (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I–IV)).
4
2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final
Document, vols. I–III (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vols. I–III)).
5
Ibid., vol. I, part I.
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