Statements to the 2017 NPT Preparatory Committee

General debate | Cluster one | Cluster two | Cluster three | Closing remarks

GENERAL DEBATE

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

• Japan, Mr. Fumio Kishida, Foreign Minister
• Austria, Mr. Alexander Marschik, Political Director and Director General for International Affairs
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation, Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Argentina (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), delivered by El Salvador (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• United States, Ambassador Mr. Robert Wood
• Colombia (Ms.)
• Guatemala, Ambassador Mr. Antonio Roberto Castellanos Lopez
• Group of Nordic Countries, delivered by Ambassador Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen of Norway
• Slovenia, Ambassador Mr. Andrej Benedejčič
• Sri Lanka, Ambassador Ms. Priyanee Wijesekera
• Germany, Ms. Susanne Baumann
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• Sweden, Mr. Carl Magnus Eriksson
• China, Ambassador Mr. Fu Cong
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Ireland, Ambassador Mr. Tom Hanney
• Italy, Ambassador Mr. Vinicio Mati
• Holy See, Monsignor Janusz S. Urbanczyk
• New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Ambassador Ms. Patricia O'Brien of Ireland
• Spain (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea, Ambassador Shin Dong-ik
• New Zealand, Ambassador Ms. Dell Higgie
• Argentina, Ambassador Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi
• Estonia, Ambassador Mr. Rein Oidekivi
• Slovakia, Ambassador Mr. Karol Mistrík

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

• Gulf Cooperation Council (Mr.)
• France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
• Turkey (Ms.)
• Hungary, Ambassador Mr. György Molnar
• Switzerland, Ambassador Mr. Rolf Stalder
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Poland, Ambassador Mr. Adam Bugajski
• Thailand, Ambassador Mr. Songsak Saicheua
• Iran, Mr. G. Hossein Dehghani
• Syria (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Brazil, Ambassador Mr. Marcel Biato
• Romania, Ambassador Mr. Cristian Istrate
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Mr. Matthew Roland
• Sudan (Mr.)
• Finland, Ambassador Mr. Jarmo Viinanen
• Latvia (Ms.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations), Ms. Michiko Kaodama
• Mayors for Peace, Mr. Yasuyoshi Komizo and Mr. Tomihisa Taue
• Gensuikyo (The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs), Ms. Yayoi Tsuchida
• Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons, Mr. Kawai Kimiaki of Soka Gakkai International
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Mr. Klaus Renoldner
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Ms. Beatrice Fihn
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Ms. Ray Acheson
• Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, Mr. Zia Mian
• Western States Legal Foundation, Mr. Andrew Lichterman
• International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), Ms. Jacqueline Cabasso
• PAX, Ms. Susi Snyder
• People for Nuclear Disarmament, Mr. John Hallam
• Peace Depot, Mr. Daisuke Daisuke Yamaguchi
• Israeli Disarmament Movement, Ms. Sharon Dolev
• Mundo sin Guerras y sin Violencia, Mr. Tony Robinson
• Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mohamed Mounir Zahran
• Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Ms. Caroline Leroy
• Non-Proliferation and Disarmanent Iniatiative, delivered by Ambassador Biontino of Germany
• Mongolia, Ms. Battungalag Gankhuurai
• Bulgaria (Mr.)
• Nicaragua, Ambassador Mr. Hernan Estrada Roman
• Qatar (Mr.)
• Croatia, Ambassador Mr. Dubravka Plejic Markovic
• South Africa, Ambassador Mr. Tebogo Seokolo
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr. Lou Maresca

Thursday, 4 May 2017

• Venezuela (Mr.)
• Panama, Ambassador Ms. Paulina Franceschi Navarro
• Malaysia, Ambassador Mr. Adnan Othman
• Niger, Mr. Mindaoudou Souley Zeinabou
• Morocco, Ambassador Mr. Lotfi Bouchaara
• Canada, Ambassador Ms. Rosemary McCarney
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Costa Rica, Ambassador Ms. Pilar Saborío de Rocafort
• Vienna Group of Ten, deliverd by Australia (Mr.)
• Lithuania (Ms.)
• Indonesia, Mr. Febrian A. Ruddyard
• Singapore, Mr. Gilbert Oh
• Portugal (Ms.)
• Oman (Mr.)
• United Arab Emirates, Ambassador Mr. Hamad Alkaabi
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• Jordan (Mr.)
• Tanzania, Mr. Deusdedit B. Kaganda
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Cuba, Ambassador Mr. Antonio Fernández Palacios
• Nigeria, Ambassador Mr. Obinna Agbugba
• Namibia, Ambassador Mr. Simon Madjumo Maruta
• Palestine (Mr.)
• Dominican Republic, Ambassador Mr. Ramon Quinones
• Viet Nam, Mr. Vu Tran Phong
• OPANAL, Ambassador Mr. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares

CLUSTER ONE

Thursday, 4 May 2017

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. M. Zaim A. Nasution of Indonesia
• European Union (Ms.)
• Thailand, Ms. Morakot Sriswasdi
• Bulgaria (Mr.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• New Agenda Coalition, Ambassador Ms. Patricia O'Brien of Ireland
• Colombia (Mr.)
• Sweden, Mr. Carl Magnus Eriksson
• Dealerting Group, delivered by Mr. Carl Magnus Eriksson of Sweden
• France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
• Ireland, Ms. Helena Nolan
• Canada (Ms.)
• China (Ms.)
• Hungary (Mr.)
• Germany, Ambassador Mr. Biontino
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Mr. Matthew Rowland
• Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland
• Japan, Ambassador Mr.Nobushige Takamizawa
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Australia, Ambassador Mr. John Quinn

Friday, 5 May 2017

• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Argentina, Ambassador Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Italy, Ambassador Mr. Vinicio Mati
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Switzerland, Ambassador Mr. Rolf Stalder
• Austria, Ambassador Mr. Franz Josef Kuglitsch
• Ukraine, Ambassador Mr. Ihor Prokopchuk
• Malaysia, Ms. Sharon Ho
• United States, Ambassador Mr. Robert Wood
• Indonesia, Mr. Zaim A. Nasution
• New Zealand, Ambassador Ms. Dell Higgie
• Turkey, Ms. Berna Kasnakli
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Nicaragua, Ambassador Mr. Hernan Estrada
• Egypt, Ambassador Mr. Omar Amer
• Romania, Ms. Amira Mihailescu
• Belgium, Mr. Bart Pennewaert
• Iran, Mr. Gholam Hosein Dehghani
• Libya (Mr.)
• Kenya, Mr. Kennedy Mokoya
• Morocco, Ms. Maryem Haddaoui
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Finland, Ambassador Mr. Pasi Patokallio
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• South Africa, Mr. Johnny Pitswane
• Poland (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Ms.)
• Algeria (Mr.)

Specific issue 1: nuclear disarmament and negative security assurances

Friday, 5 May 2017

• Ireland, Ms. Jackie O'Halloran
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. M. Zaim A. Nasution of Indonesia
• China (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Ms.)
• Japan (Mr.)

Monday, 8 May 2017

• UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
• Iran (Mr.)

CLUSTER TWO

Monday, 8 May 2017

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Ms. Zelda Kartika of Indonesia
• European Union (Mr.)
• Germany, Ambassador Mr. Michael Biontino
• Viet Nam, Mr. Vu Tran Phong
• Netherlands, Mr. Pieter-Henk Schroor
• United States, Ambassador Mr. Robert Wood
• Argentina, Ambassador Mr. Rafael M. Grossi
• Poland, Mr. Jacek Sawicz
• France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
• Australia, Ms. Alison Drury
• Italy, Ambassador Mr. Vinicio Mati
• Ukraine, Ambassador Mr. Ihor Prokopchuk
• Mexico, Ambassador Ms. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu
• Indonesia, Mr. Kamapradipta Isnomo
• Canada, Ambassador Mr. Mark Bailey
• Republic of Korea, Ambassador Mr. In-Chul Kim
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Mr. Matthew Rowland
• Sweden, Mr. Carl Magnus Eriksson
• Egypt, Mr. Omar Amer
• New Zealand, Ambassador Ms. Nicole Roberton
• Philippines, Ms. Arlene Gonzales-Macaisa
• Malaysia, Ms. Sharon Ho Swee Pang
• Brazil, Ambassador Mr. Marcel Biato
• China, Ms. Yang Yi
• South Africa, Ms. Melinda Williams-Maluka
• Kazakhstan, Mr. Anuar Tanalinov
• Russian Federation, Mr. Mikhail Ulyanov
• Hungary, Ms. Szilvia Balazs
• Norway (Mr.)
• Japan, Ambassador Mr. Mitsuru Kitano
• Turkey (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Ireland, Ms. Helena Nolan
• Thailand, Ms. Suphanvasa Chotikajan Tang
• Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
• Colombia (Ms.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Romania (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)

Specific issue 2: Middle East WMD free zone

Monday, 8 May

• Russian Federation, Mr. Mikhail Ulyanov
• United States, Ambassador Mr. Robert Wood
• France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
• Egypt (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Japan, Ambassador Mr. Mitsuru Kitano
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Italy, Ambassador Mr. Vinicio Mati
• Jordan, UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Libya, Yemen, delivered by Sudan (Mr.)
• Ireland, Ms. Helena Nolan
• Canada (Mr.)
• Turkey (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Syria (Mr.)
• Gulf Cooperation Council, delivered by Kuwait (Mr.)

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

• Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
• Australia (Ms.)
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Mr. Matthew Rowland
• Lebanon (Mr.)
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. Kamapradipta Isnomo of Indonesia

CLUSTER THREE

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. Kamapradipta Isnomo of Indonesia
• European Union (Mr.)
• United States, Mr. Andrew Schofer
• Netherlands, Ambassador Mr. Marco Hennis
• Canada (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• New Zealand, Ambassador Ms. Nicole Roberton
• Kuwait (Ms.)
• South Africa (Ms.)
• China (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Japan, Ambassador Mr. Mitsuru Kitano
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Czech Republic (Mr.)
• Russian Federation, Mr. Mikhail Ulyanov
• Indonesia (Ms.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Italy, Ambassador Ms. Maria Assunta Accili
• Argentina, Ambassador Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi
• Germany, Ambassador Mr. Michael Biontino

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

• France, Ms. Anne Lazar-Sury
• Finland, Ambassador Mr. Jarmo Viinanen
• Colombia, Ms. Sandra Mikan
• Switzerland, Ambassador Mr. Rolf Stalder
• Romania, Ms. Amira Mihailescu
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Mr. Robert Leigh Turner
• Ireland, Ambassador Mr. Tom Hanney
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Iran, Ambassador Mr. Reza Najafi
• Algeria, Ambassador Mr. Mourad Abjabi
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Nigeria, Mr. Nze Nnamdi
• Egypt, Ambassador Mr. Omar Amer
• Morocco (Mr.)
• Belgium, Mr. Bart Pennewaert
• Norway, Ms, Kristin Kathrine Johansen
• Australia, Ambassador Mr. Brendon Hammer
• Turkey (Mr.)
• Malaysia, Mr. Ikram Mohd Ibrahim
• Syria, Ambassador Mr. Bassam Sabbagh
• Sweden, Mr. Carl Magnus Eriksson
• Thailand, Ms. Pajaree Varathorn
• Hungary, Mr. Gjoerg Molnar
• United Arab Emirates, Ambassador Mr. Hamad Al Kaabi
• Kenya (Ms.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Nicaragua (Mr.)

Specific issue 3: peaceful uses of nuclear energy and other provisions of the treaty

• Japan, Mr. Kenju Murakami
• Iran, Ambassador Mr. Reza Najafi
• United States, Mr. Mark W. Goodman
• France, Mr. Jean-Louis Falconi
• South Africa
• Netherlands, Mr. Pieter-Henk Schroor
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Ecuador, Mr. Fernando Luque
• Canada, Ambassador Ms. Rosemary McCarney

Strengthening the review process

• Japan, Mr. Kenju Murakami
• Netherlands, Mr. Pieter-Henk Schroor
• Canada, Ambassador Ms. Rosemary McCarney
• United States, Mr. Mark W. Goodman
• Poland (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Thailand, Mr. Nawin Chirapant
• Iran, Ambassador Mr. Reza Najafi

CLOSING REMARKS

• United States, Ambassador Mr. Robert Wood
• Iran, Ambassador Mr. Reza Najafi
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Syria (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• China (Mr.)
• Canada, Ambassador Ms. Rosemary McCarney
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Germany, Ambassador Mr. Michael Biontino
• Gulf Cooperation Council, delivered by Kuwait (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• New Zealand, Ambassador Ms. Dell Higgie
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Italy, Ambassador Mr. Vinicio Mati
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Mr. Matthew Rowland
• New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Ambassador Mr. Tom Hanney of Ireland [Working paper]
• Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland
• Austria, Mr. Robert Gerschne
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Sweden, Mr. Carl Magnus Eriksson
• Argentina, Ambassador Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi
• Egypt, Ambassador Mr. Omar Amer
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Australia, Ambassador Mr. John Quinn
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Thailand, Ms. Suphanvasa Chotikajan Tang
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Venezuela (Ms.)
• Morocco (Ms.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)