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entry into force of the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions between the
Russian Federation and the United States of America, 2 which should serve as a step
for further nuclear disarmament, and the efforts for nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation by the international community,
Welcoming the ongoing efforts aimed at the reduction of nuclear-weaponsrelated materials deployed within the framework of international cooperation, such
as the Cooperative Threat Reduction programme,
Reaffirming the conviction that further advancement in nuclear disarmament
will contribute to consolidating the international regime for nuclear nonproliferation, ensuring international peace and security,
Welcoming the continuation of a moratorium on nuclear-weapon-test
explosions or any other nuclear explosions since the last nuclear tests, in 1998,
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,
Recognizing the active discussions at the third session, held from 26 April to
7 May 2004, of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review Conference of the
Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and emphasizing
the importance of a successful Review Conference in 2005, the year of the sixtieth
anniversary of the atomic bombings,
Welcoming the steady increase in the number of States that have signed and/or
concluded additional protocols to their International Atomic Energy Agency
safeguards agreements in recent years, and sharing the hope that the Agency’s
safeguards system will be further strengthened through the universalization of
safeguards agreements and the additional protocols,
Encouraging the Russian Federation and the United States of America to
implement fully the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions and 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
and the Joint Ministerial Statement of the second meeting of Friends of the
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in September 2004,
Encouraging all States to make maximum efforts to bring about the early entry
into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, progress on which would
contribute to a positive outcome of the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
Recognizing the importance of preventing terrorists from acquiring or
developing nuclear weapons or related materials, radioactive materials, equipment
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2
See CD/1674.
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.
3
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