Statements to the 2013 NPT Preparatory Committee

General debate
Cluster one
Cluster one specific issue
Cluster two
Cluster two specific issue
Cluster three
Cluster three specific issue (a)
Cluster three specific issue (b)
Closing statments
Civil society presentations

General debate

Monday, 22 April 2013

Chair of the 2012 Preparatory Committee, Ambassador Peter Woolcott of Australia
Chair of the 2013 Preparatory Committee, Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Angela Kane
Non-Aligned Movement, Mr. Mohammad-Mehidi Akhondzaheh of Iran
European Union, Mr. Jacek Bylica
United Arab Emirates, Mr. Faris Mohammad Al Mazrouei
Arab Group, Ambassador Moncef Baati (in Arabic)
New Agenda Coalition, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro of Brazil
Vienna Group of Ten, Ambassador Peter Woolcott of Australia
Egypt, Ambassador Hisham Badr
United States of America, Mr. Thomas Countryman
Switzerland, Mr. Georges Martin
Australia, Ambassador Peter Woolcott
Peru, Ambassador Enrique Roman-Morey (in Spanish)
Singapore, Ambassador Tan Yee Woan
Turkey, Ambassador Bulent Meric
Estonia, Ambassador Juri Seilenthal
France, Ambassador Jean-Huges Simon-Michel (in French)
New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
Japan, Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano
South Africa, Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Christophe Carle
United Kingdom, Ambassador Jo Adamson
Russian Federation, Mr. Mikhail Uliyanov (in Russian)
Cuba, Ambassador Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo
China, Mr. Pang Sen (in Chinese)
Philippines, Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan
Sri Lanka, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha
Romania, Ambassador Maria Ciobanu

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Sweden, Ms. Anna Maj Hultgård
Denmark, Ambassador Uffe A. Balslev
Malaysia, Ambassador Hussein Haniff
Kazakhstan, Ambassador Mukhtar Tileuberdi
Thailand, Ambassador Thani Thongphakdi
Belarus, Mr. Vladimir Gerasimovich
Ireland, Ambassador Gerard Corr
Nepal, Ambassador Shanker Das Bairagi
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative, Mr, Theodorus Peters of the Netherlands
Netherlands, Ambassador Paul Van Den Ijssel
Brazil, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro
Iran, Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh
Iraq, Ambassador Ahmad Bamarni
Kyrgyz Republic, Ambassador Gulnara Iskakova
Ecuador, Ambassador Marcelo Vázquez
Belgium, Mr. Werner Bauwens
Spain, Mr. Javier Gil-Catania
Norway, Ambassador Steffen Kongstad
Canada, Ambassador Elissa Golberg
Lithuania, Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas
Uganda, Ambassador Rosette Rossette Nyirinkindi Katungye
Jordan,
Republic of Korea, Ambassador Kwon Haeryong
Mexico, Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho
Lesotho,
Bangladesh, Ambassador Abdul Hannan
Syria, Mr. Faysal Hamoui
Ukraine, Mr. Mykola Maimeskul
Kenya, Ambassador John O. Otachi
Costa Rica, Mr. Manuel B. Dengo
Nigeria, Mr. Humphrey Orjiakor
CTBTO
Qatar, Ambassador Ahmed Al-Hammadi
Chile, Ambassador Pedro Oyarce

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Ghana, Mr. Alexander Ben-Acquaah
Namibia, Mr. Hendrik Ritcher
Morocoo, Mr. Abderraazak Laasel
Kuwait, Mr. Jassim Almubaraki
Argentina, Ms. Miriam Chaves
Austria, Mr. Alexander Kmentt
South Africa on behalf of 80 members on the Humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty
Algeria
OPANAL, Ambassador Gioconda Ubeda (in Spanish)
ICRC, Mr. Lou Maresca

Cluster one: implementation of the provisions of the Treaty relating to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, disarmament, and international peace and security

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Non-Aligned Movement,
European Union,
New Agenda Coalition, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro of Brazil
Dealerting Group, Nigeria
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative, Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann of Germany
Mexico
Egypt, Ambassador Dr. Sameh AboulEnein
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel
United Kingdom, Ambassador Jo Adamson
Poland
Iraq

Thursday, 25 April 2013

Malaysia
Republic of Korea
United States, Ambassador Laura Kennedy
Austria, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt
Indonesia
Russian Federation
China
Japan
Thailand
New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
Switzerland, Ambassador Benno Laggner
Canada, Ambassador Elissa Golberg
Slovakia
Australia, Mr. Paul Wilson
Norway, Ms. Inga Nyhammar
Chile, Ambassador Pedro Oyarce
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Spain
Ireland, Mr. Gerard Keown
Argentina
Philippines
Syria
Algeria
Japan on disarmament and non-proliferation education
Brazil
Iran, Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh
Finland

Cluster one specific issue: nuclear disarmament and security assurances

Algeria
Malaysia
Non-Aligned Movement
Philippines
United States
Japan
Argentina
Australia, Ms. Emily Street
France
South Africa

Friday, 26 April 2013

Iran, Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh
Bangladesh
Ukraine

Cluster two: implementation of the provisions of the Treaty relating to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, safeguards, and nuclear weapon free zones

Friday, 26 April 2013

Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia
European Union
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initaitve, delivered by Mexico
Indonesia
New Zealand
France (in French)
United Kingdom
Japan
Malaysia
Republic of Korea
China
Spain
Switzerland
United States
Russian Federation (in Russian)
Mexico

Monday, 29 April 2013

Cluster two specific issue: regional issues, including with respect to the Middle East and the implementation of the 1995 Middle East resolution

Facilitor of the ME conference, Ambassador Jaakko Laajava of Finland
United Kingdom, Ambassador Jo Adamson
Arab Group, deliverd by Tunesia
Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia
Russian Federation
United States, Mr. Thomas Countryman
Turkey
League of Arab States
Peru (in Spanish)
Switzerland
European Union
Iran
South Africa
Iraq
Ireland
Japan
China
Lebanon
Philippines
Morocco
France
Canada
Egypt

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Japan
United States
United Kingdom
Republic of Korea
Australia
Iran
Japan
Bahrain
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Brazil
Republic of Korea
Lesotho
Mexico
Mautritania
Germany
Kuwait
Malaysia
Qatar
New Zealand
Jordan
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Libya
Indonesia
Australia
Sudan
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Italy
Greece
Nigeria
Facilitator of the ME conference, Ambassador Jaakko Laajava of Finland

Cluster three: implementation of the provisions of the Treaty relating to the inalienable right of all parties to the Treaty to develop research, production, and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination and in conformity with articles I and II

Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia
European Union
Australia
France
United Kingdom
Russian Federation
Iraq
Japan
Malaysia
Republic of Korea
China
Switzerland
United States
New Zealand
Mexico
South Africa
Indonesia
Argentina
Philippines
Iran

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Cluster three specific issue (a): peaceful uses of nuclear energy and other provisions of the Treaty

France
United States
Philippines
Iran
Australia
Japan
Brazil
South Africa

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Cluster three specific issue three (b): improving the effectiveness of the strengthened review process

United Kingdom
Canada
European Union
Japan
Mexico
Chair
Ireland
Belarus
Spain
Peru (in Spanish)
Kenya
Greece
Australia
Ukraine
Germany
New Zealand
France
Netherlands
South Africa
Switzerland
Brazil
Philippines
United States
Iran

Closing statments
Non-Aligned Movement
Singapore
Belarus
Arab Group
Myanmar
South Africa
Switzerland
European Union
United Kingdom
Syria
France
Mexico
Australia
China
Lebanon
Republic of Korea
Iran
Tunisia
South Africa
Peru
Non-Aligned Movement

Civil society presentations

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Introduction, Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Rethinking Nuclear Weapons, Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow and director of the Rethinking Nuclear Weapons Project at BASIC
Mayor of Hiroshima, Matsui Kazumi, Mayor of Hiroshima and President of Mayors for Peace
Mayor of Nagasaki, Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki and Vice President of Mayors for Peace
Hibakusha, Fujimori Toshiki, Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo)
Youth Speech, Mayra Castro and Christian N. Ciobanu, Ban All Nukes generation and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Civil Society Panel:

Chair; Tim Wright, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Bob Mtonga, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
Beatrice Fihn, Reaching Critical Will of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Katherine Prizeman, Global Action to Prevent War
Cesar Jaramillo, Project Plougshares