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United action towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons
Stressing the importance of 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, and reaffirming the necessity of fully implementing the action
plan adopted at the Review Conference,5
Noting the deliberations and results of the third session of the Preparatory
Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 2015 being the year of the seventieth
anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, and noting
also the importance of achieving a successful outcome of the Review Conference,
Noting also 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,
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 and its continuing successful
implementation,
Welcoming also the announcements and recent updates 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 arsenal, which further enhance transparency and increase
mutual confidence,
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
and peaceful uses of nuclear energy, welcoming the Nuclear Security Summits, the
most recent of which was held in The Hague on 24 and 25 March 2014, and looking
forward to the Nuclear Security Summit to be held in the United States of America
in 2016,
Condemning in the strongest terms the nuclear tests conducted by the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, its launches using ballistic missile
technology and its continued development of its nuclear and ballistic missile
programmes, recognizing the importance of the implementation of the 2005 joint
statement of the Six-Party Talks and full compliance with Security Council
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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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