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and phased programme with agreed time frames, wherever feasible, for the
progressive and balanced reduction of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery,
leading to their ultimate and complete elimination at the earliest possible time,
Reaffirming the conviction of the States parties to the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons 4 that the Treaty is a cornerstone of nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament and the importance of the decision on
strengthening the review process for the Treaty, the decision on principles and
objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, the decision on the
extension of the Treaty and the resolution on the Middle East, adopted by the 1995
Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 5
Stressing the importance of the thirteen steps for the systematic and
progressive efforts to achieve the objective of nuclear disarmament leading to the
total elimination of nuclear weapons, as agreed to by the States parties in the Final
Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons, held in New York from 24 April to 19 May
2000, 6
Reiterating the highest priority accorded to nuclear disarmament in the Final
Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly and by the
international community,
Reiterating its call for an early entry into force of the Comprehensive NuclearTest-Ban Treaty, 7
Noting with appreciation the entry into force of the Treaty on the Reduction and
Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START I), 8 to which Belarus, Kazakhstan,
the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the United States of America are States parties,
Also noting with appreciation the entry into force of the Treaty between the
United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive
Reductions (“the Moscow Treaty”) 9 as a significant step towards reducing their
deployed strategic nuclear weapons, while calling for further irreversible deep cuts
in their nuclear arsenals,
Further noting with appreciation the unilateral measures taken by the nuclearweapon States for nuclear arms limitation, and encouraging them to take further
such measures,
Recognizing the complementarity of bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral
negotiations on nuclear disarmament, and that bilateral negotiations can never
replace multilateral negotiations in this respect,
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.
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.
6
See 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part I, section entitled “Article VI and eighth
to twelfth preambular paragraphs”, para. 15.
7
See resolution 50/245.
8
The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 16: 1991 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.92.IX.1), appendix II.
9
See CD/1674.
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