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Working papers and other documents submitted to the 2019 NPT Preparatory Committee

CONFERENCE PAPERS

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/INF/3
Programme of work (summarised) 

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/INF/4
List of non-governmental organisations

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.II/1
Estimated cost of the 2020 Review Conference

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/MISC.1
Provisional list of participants

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/12
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Noncompliance by the Syrian Arab Republic

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/13
Relever le défi nucléaire nord-coréen
Joint Declaration on behalf of 70 states

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/14
Reflections of the Chair of the 2019 session of the Preparatory Committee

CONFERENCE ROOM PAPERS

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/CRP.1
Draft provisional agenda of the 2020 Review Conference 

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/CRP.2
Draft rules of procedure for the 2020 Review Conference

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/CRP.3
Draft decision on the allocation of items to the Main Committees of the 2020 Review Conference

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/CRP.4
Recommendations to the 2020 Review Conference

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/CRP.4/Rev1
Recommendations to the 2020 Review Conference (revised)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/CRP.5
Election of the President and other officers

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/CRP.6
Background documentation

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/CRP.7
Draft Final report of the Preparatory Committe for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

WORKING PAPERS

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.1
Procedures in relation to exports of nuclear materials and certain categories of equipment and material under article III (2) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Working Paper submitted by Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America as the members of the Zangger Committee

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.2
Nuclear disarmament
Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.3
The inalienable right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes
Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.4
Inter-Chair working paper: conclusions and recommendations for the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by the Netherlands and Poland

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.5
Addressing “Vienna issues”: the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty; compliance and verification; export controls; cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; nuclear safety; nuclear security; and discouraging withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden (the Vienna Group of Ten)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.6
Nuclear disarmament
Working paper submitted by the Russian Federation

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.7
Framework for peaceful nuclear cooperation
Working paper submitted by France

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.8
Security assurances against the use of threat of use of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.9
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free-zone in the Middle East
Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.10
Elements for a plan of action for the elimination of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.11
Substantive recommendations for incorporation into the final document of the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.12
Nuclear disarmament
Working paper submitted by he Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.13
Nuclear-weapon-free-zones
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.14
Verification
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.15
Security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.16
Nuclear testing
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.17
Safeguards
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.18
The inalienable right to research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapon

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.19
Regional issues: Middle East
Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapon

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.20
Specific regional issues and implementation of the 1995 resolution on the Middle East
Working paper submitted by the Group of Arab States

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.21
Nuclear disarmament
Working paper submitted by the Group of Arab States

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.22
Promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear technology: a tool to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.23
Taking action on de-altering
Working paper submitted by Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sweden and Switzerland (the De-Alerting Group)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.24
Enhancing national reporting as key transparency and confidence-building measures
Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.25
Improving gender equality and diversity in the Non-Proliferation Treaty review process
Working paper submitted by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Namibia, Sweden and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.26
Disarmament and non-proliferation education
Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.27
Integrating gender perspectives in the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Namibia, Sweden and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.28
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Working paper submitted by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Iraq, Luxembourg and the Netherlands

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.29
Note verbale dated 23 April 2019 from the Government of Japan addressed to the Chair of the Committee
Working paper submitted by Japan

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.30
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at 50: a brief assessment by the European Union
Working paper submitted by the European Union

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.31
De-alerting
Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.32
Elements proposed for consideration of the III Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, with the objective of their inclusion in the Final Document of the 2020 Review Conference
Working paper submitted by the States Parties1 to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.33
Unlocking disarmament diplomacy through a “stepping stone” approach
Working paper submitted by Sweden

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.35
Taking forward nuclear disarmament
Working paper submitted by the New Agenda Coalition (Brazil on behalf of Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa)

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.36
Security assurance
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.37
Peaceful uses of nuclear energy
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.38
Nuclear-weapon-free zones and nuclear issues in the Middle East
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.39
Nuclear non-proliferation
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.40
Nuclear disarmament
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.41
The U.S. Approach to the 2019 NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting
Working paper submitted by the United States of America

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.42
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Working paper submitted by the Russian Federation

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.43
Operationalizing the Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament (CEND) Initiative 
Working paper submitted by the United States of America

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.44
The humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Malta, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay.

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.45
Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty: Contributing to our shared
goals under the NPT
Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland,Turkey and the United Arab Emirates

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.46
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as the cornerstone of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime and its relationship to other relevant treaties
Working paper submitted by Austria, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, San Marino, and Thailan

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.47
Peaceful Uses Program
Working paper submitted by the United States of America

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.III/WP.48
Gender in the NPT: Recommendations for the 2020 Review Conference
Working paper submitted by Ireland