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Recalling that the 2000 Review Conference, in its final document, inter alia,
reaffirmed the conviction that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones
enhances global and regional peace and security, strengthens the nuclear
non-proliferation regime and contributes towards realizing the objectives of nuclear
disarmament,
Recognizing that the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in its final document, 5 encouraged the
establishment of further nuclear-weapon-free zones, and expressing the hope that
this encouragement will be followed by concerted international efforts to create
nuclear-weapon-free zones in areas in the world where they do not currently exist,
especially in the Middle East,
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Noting with satisfaction the agreement at the 2010 Review Conference on
practical steps to fully implement the 1995 resolution on the Middle East,
Welcoming the holding in New York on 30 April 2010 of the second
Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish NuclearWeapon-Free Zones and Mongolia, and taking note of its outcome document, 6
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Welcoming also the conclusion and signature of the Treaty on Measures for the
Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, and the commitment
by its signatories, the Russian Federation and the United States of America, to seek
its early entry into force and full implementation, while noting the encouragement
of the 2010 Review Conference to both States to continue discussions on follow-on
measures in order to achieve deeper reductions in their nuclear arsenals, and
stressing the need for all nuclear-weapon States to take effective nuclear
disarmament measures which comply with the fundamental principles of
transparency, verification and irreversibility,
Welcoming further the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the
United States of America concerning the Management and Disposition of Plutonium
Designated as No Longer Required for Defence Purposes and their commitment to
conclude legally binding agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency
to implement verification measures,
Recalling that the 2010 Review Conference reaffirmed and recognized that the
total elimination of nuclear weapons is the only absolute guarantee against the use
or threat of use of nuclear weapons and the legitimate interest of non-nuclearweapon States in receiving unequivocal and legally binding security assurances
from nuclear-weapon States,
Welcomes the adoption by the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to
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the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of a substantive final
document containing conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions
relating to nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, peaceful uses of nuclear
energy and the Middle East, particularly implementation of the 1995 resolution on
the Middle East;5
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Also welcomes, in particular, the fact that the 2010 Review Conference
resolved to seek a safer world for all and to achieve the peace and security of a
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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)).
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NWFZM/CONF.2010/1.
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