United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons
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programmes, recalling that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea cannot have
the status of a nuclear-weapon State in accordance with the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, reiterating the opposition of the international
community to its possession of nuclear weapons, and expressing serious concern
about its ongoing nuclear activities, including its uranium enrichment and plutonium
production programmes,
1.
Renews once again the determination of all States to take united action
towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons, with a view to achieving a safer
world for all and a peaceful and secure world free of nuclear weapons;
2.
Reaffirms, in this regard, the unequivocal undertaking of the nuclearweapon States to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals, leading
to nuclear disarmament, to which all States parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons1 are committed under article VI thereof;
3.
Emphasizes that deep concerns about the humanitarian consequences of
any use of nuclear weapons continue to underpin efforts by all States towards a
world free of nuclear weapons;
4.
Calls upon all States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons to comply with their obligations under all the articles of the
Treaty and to implement the steps agreed to in the Final Documents of the 1995
Review and Extension Conference2 and the 20003 and 20104 Review Conferences;
5.
Calls upon all States not parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons to accede as non-nuclear-weapon States to the Treaty promptly and
without any conditions to achieve its universality and, pending their accession to the
Treaty, to adhere to its terms and to take practical steps in support of the Treaty;
6.
Calls upon all States to take further practical steps and effective
measures towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons, based on the principle of
undiminished and increased security for all;
7.
Encourages the Russian Federation and the United States of America to
commence negotiations at an early date to achieve greater reductions in their
stockpiles of nuclear weapons, with a view to concluding such negotiations as soon
as possible;
8.
Calls upon all nuclear-weapon States to reduce all types of nuclear
weapons, strategic and non-strategic, deployed and non-deployed, including through
unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures, in order to facilitate further
reductions of global stockpiles;
9.
Calls upon all States to apply the principles of irreversibility, verifiability
and transparency in relation to the process of nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation;
10. Calls upon States concerned to continue to review their military and
security concepts, doctrines and policies, with a view to reducing further the role
and significance of nuclear weapons therein;
11. Urges all States possessing nuclear weapons to continue to undertake all
efforts necessary to comprehensively address the risks of unintended nuclear
detonations;
12. Encourages the nuclear-weapon States to continue to convene regular
meetings, with a view to facilitating nuclear disarmament actions, to build upon and
expand their efforts to enhance transparency and to increase mutual confidence,
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