Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the
implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments
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reaching well beyond national borders and also imperilling the achievement of the
Sustainable Development Goals, the lack of capacity of St ates and international
organizations to deal with the aftermath and the risk of an occurrence, due to an
accident, systems failure or human error,
Noting the research findings presented to the Vienna Conference regarding the
strongly disproportionate and gendered impact of exposure to ionizing radiation for
women and girls,
Recalling the convening, on 26 September 2013, of the high-level meeting of
the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament and its resolution 70/34 of
7 December 2015 on the follow-up to that meeting and the decisions contained
therein, and taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to
that resolution, 2
Welcoming the commemoration and promotion of 26 September as the
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons,
Welcoming also the convening of the Open-ended Working Group established
pursuant to resolution 70/33 of 7 December 2015 on taking forward multilateral
nuclear disarmament negotiations, as well as the report on its work submitted
pursuant to that resolution, 3
Underlining the importance of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
education,
Reaffirming that transparency, verifiability and irreversibility are cardinal
principles applying to nuclear disarmament and nuclear non -proliferation, which are
mutually reinforcing processes,
Recalling the decisions and the resolution adopted at the 1995 Review and
Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non -Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, 4 the basis upon which the Treaty was indefinitely extended, and
the Final Documents of the 2000 5 and the 2010 6 Review Conferences of the Parties
to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and in particular the
unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear-weapon States to accomplish the total
elimination of their nuclear arsenals, leading to nuclear disarmament, in accordance
with commitments made under article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, 7
Reaffirming the commitment of all States parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to applying the principles of irreversibility,
verifiability and transparency in relation to the implementation of their treaty
obligations,
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A/71/131.
A/71/371.
4
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.
5
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)).
6
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)).
7
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.
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