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United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons
Stressing the importance of the decisions and the resolution on the Middle East
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, and reaffirming its support for the establishment of a Middle East
zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction and their
delivery systems, on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at by the States of the
region and in accordance with the 1995 resolution on the Middle East, and for the
resumption of dialogue towards this end involving the States concerned,
Welcoming the efforts undertaken towards the development of nuclear
disarmament verification capabilities that can contribute to the pursuit of a world
free of nuclear weapons, including the International Partnership for Nuclear
Disarmament Verification, and stressing in this regard the importance of cooperation
between nuclear-weapon States and non-nuclear-weapon States,
Stressing the need to continue to explore possibilities for overcoming the
ongoing deadlock of two decades in the Conference on Disarmament,
Welcoming the continuing successful implementation 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 successful convening of the ministerial meeting on the
occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear -Test-Ban
Treaty, held in Vienna in June 2016, and the eighth ministerial meeting in support of
the Treaty, held in New York in September 2016, to commemorate the twentieth
anniversary of the Treaty, and commending the accomplishments of the Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization over the
past 20 years, in particular the significant progress made in the establishment of the
International Monitoring System and the International Data Centre,
Expressing deep concern at the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any
use of nuclear weapons, and reaffirming the need for all States to comply at all
times with applicable international law, including international humanitarian law,
while convinced that every effort should be made to avoid the use of nuclear
weapons,
Recognizing that the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that would result
from the use of nuclear weapons should be fully understood by all, and noting in
this regard that efforts should be made to increase such understanding,
Welcoming the recent visits of political leaders to Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
Japan, in particular the visit to Hiroshima by the President of the United States of
America,
Expressing deep concern regarding the growing dangers posed by the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons and related
proliferation networks,
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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)).
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