Working papers submitted to the 2024 NPT Preparatory Committee

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.2
Failure by the nuclear-weapon States to progress their nuclear disarmament obligations and commitments is contributing to unprecedented levels of nuclear risk
Working paper submitted by New Zealand on behalf of the New Agenda Coalition (Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa)*

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.3
Disarmament and non-proliferation education
Working paper submitted by Japan

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.4
Strengthening the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review process: practical steps to improve the process and reinforce best practices
Update: building on the work of the working group
Working paper submitted by the United States of America

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.5
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, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, 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.2026/PC.II/WP.6
Enhancing transparency and accountability in the implementation of Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons obligations and commitments
Working paper submitted by the European Union

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.7
International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification: 10 years of progress
Working paper submitted by Switzerland and the United States of America

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.8
Nuclear energy: report on the expertise of France
Working paper submitted by France

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.9
Nuclear energy: a path toward net zero
Working paper submitted by France

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.10
Nuclear safety and security serving the development of nuclear energy and its applications
Working paper submitted by France

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.11
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, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Norway and Sweden (the Vienna Group of Ten)

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.12
Towards a fissile material cut-off treaty: advancing the objective of stopping fissile material production for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices in the 2026 Non-Proliferation Treaty review cycle
Working paper submitted by Argentina, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Japan, Peru, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and the European Union

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.13
Stepping up efforts: towards a successful review cycle
Working paper submitted by the members of the Stockholm nitiative for Nuclear Disarmament (Argentina, Canada, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Norway, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland)

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.14
Nuclear-weapon-free zones as a nuclear risk reduction measure
Working paper submitted by the States parties* to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.15
Addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by Kazakhstan, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.16
Measures to reduce the breadth of risks associated with nuclear weapons and measures to avoid increasing this risk
Working paper submitted by Austria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ireland, Kiribati, Mexico, Paraguay, San Marino and Thailand

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.17
Nuclear disarmament
Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.18
The inalienable right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and realization of article IV
Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.19
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East
Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.20
Security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.21
Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by Syrian Arab Republic

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.22
Nuclear disarmament
Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.23
Nuclear testing
Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.24
Nuclear-weapon-free zones
Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.25
The inalienable right to develop research, production and uses of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes
Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.26
Regional issues: Middle East
Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.27
Safeguards
Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.28
Security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.29
Verification
Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.30
Upscaling the non-power applications of atomic energy
Working paper submitted by Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Ghana, Greece, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Viet Nam

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.31 
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 (Kingdom of the), Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates) 

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.32
Enhancing transparency for nuclear disarmament, non proliferation and strengthening accountability in the review process for the NPT 
Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands (Kingdom
of the), Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates)

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.33
No-first-use of Nuclear Weapons Initiative
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.34
Security Assurances
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.35
Nuclear arms control
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.36
US-UK-Australia nuclear submarine cooperation
Working paper submitted by China

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.37
France and the CTBT: an exemplary nuclear-weapon State supporting a unique tool in the disarmament and non-proliferation architecture
Working paper submitted by France

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.38
Update on the Sustained Dialogue on Peaceful Uses to Support Enhanced Cooperation as Envisioned under Article IV of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Panama, Paraguay, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and Vietnam.

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.39
Joint statement on addressing the North Korean nuclear challenge
Statement endorsed by Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Samoa, Serbia, the Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Ukraine, Uruguay and the European Union.

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.40
Nuclear science for sustainable development 
Joint statement by Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Nigeria, the Republic of Korea, San Marino, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America 

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.41
Joint statement on Ukraine
Statement by Albania, Argentine Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova, the Principality of Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, the United States of America, the European Union and Uruguay

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.42
Statement of the Arab Group on the Draft Factual Summary
Arab Group

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.43
Towards 2026: Reflections of the Chair of the 2024 session of the Preparatory Committee 
Submitted by the Chair 

NPT/CONF.2026/PC.II/WP.44
Chair's summary
Submitted by the Chair