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Welcoming the continuation of a moratorium on nuclear-weapon-test
explosions or any other nuclear explosions since the last nuclear tests,
Welcoming also the successful adoption of the Final Document of the 2000
Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons, 3 and stressing the importance of implementing its conclusions,
Welcoming further the constructive discussions at the second session, held
from 28 April to 9 May 2003, of the Preparatory Committee for the Review
Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
to be held in 2005,
Welcoming the successful convening of a series of seminars and conferences
aiming at further reinforcement of International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards,
including the International Conference on Wider Adherence to Strengthened
International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards, held in Tokyo on 9 and
10 December 2002, and sharing the hope that, by making utmost use of the
outcomes from the foregoing seminars and conferences, the International Atomic
Energy Agency safeguards system will be further strengthened, by means of
universalization of safeguards agreements and the additional protocols,
Encouraging the Russian Federation and the United States of America to
continue their intensive consultations in accordance with the Joint Declaration on
the New Strategic Relationship between the two States, 2
Welcoming the Final Declaration of the third Conference on Facilitating the
Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, convened in
Vienna from 3 to 5 September 2003 4 in accordance with article XIV of the Treaty, 5
Recognizing the importance of preventing terrorists from acquiring or
developing nuclear weapons or related materials, radioactive materials, equipment
and technology and underlining the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency
in this regard,
Stressing the importance of education on disarmament and non-proliferation
for future generations, and welcoming the recommendations contained in the report
of the Secretary-General on the United Nations study on disarmament and
non-proliferation education, submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh
session, 6
Reaffirms the importance of achieving the universality of the Treaty on
1.
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,1 and calls upon States not parties to the
Treaty to accede to it as non-nuclear-weapon States without delay and without
conditions;
Also reaffirms the importance for all States parties to the Treaty on the
2.
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to fulfil their obligations under the Treaty;
Stresses the central importance of the following practical steps for the
3.
systematic and progressive efforts to implement article VI of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and paragraphs 3 and 4 (c) of the decision
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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
CTBT-Art.XIV/2003/5, annex I.
5
See resolution 50/245.
6
A/57/124.
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