Documents from the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Conference documents

Indicative timetable
Indicative timetable summarised
Provisional agenda
Decisions adopted in the period between Meetings of States Parties
Draft list of participants, 27 November 2023
Decisions to be taken by 2MSP, 30 November 2023
Draft report, 30 November 2023
Draft declaration, 30 November 2023
Revised draft declaration, 1 December 2023

Reports by working groups and other entities

National reports

Voluntary report on universalisation, Aotearoa New Zealand
Voluntary report on Articles 6 and 7, Aotearoa New Zealand
Assessments of the consequences of nuclear tests on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Working papers

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.1
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: toward an ethic of disarmament
Working paper submitted by the Holy See

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.2
Intersessional structure for the implementation of the Treaty
Working paper submitted by the President

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.3
Thematic debates of Meetings of States Parties to the Treaty
Working paper submitted by the President

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.4
Policy recommendations for the second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty
Working paper submitted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.5
Promoting inclusivity in the intersessional work on the Treaty
Working paper submitted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.6
How the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons complements, reinforces and builds on the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Working paper submitted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.7
Applying the prohibition on assistance to financing the production, development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.8
Observing Meetings of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

TPNW/MSP/2023/WP.9
Universalizing the security concerns of States under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by Austria

NGO working papers

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/1
Policy Recommendations on National Plans of Affected States and Articles 6 and 7
Working paper submitted by Affected Communities and Allies Working Group and Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/2
Advancing Articles 6 and 7 of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Implementation, Reporting, and a Trust Fund
Working paper submitted by Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/3
The vital role of scientific evidence in advancing nuclear disarmament and the effective implementation of the TPNW
Working paper submitted by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/4
Policy Recommendations on Trust Fund, International Cooperation, Articles 6 and 7, Preamble, and Article 1
Working paper submitted by Affected Communities and Allies Working Group and Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/5
Statement on the occasion of the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo)

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/6
Priorities for next steps on articles 6 and 7 on victim assistance, environmental remediation and international cooperation and assistance
Working paper submitted by Article 36

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/7
Reject War, Reject Nuclear Weapons Now Is the Time for the International Community to Act in Solidarity
Working paper submitted by New Japan Women’s Association

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/8
Establish Informal Working Group to Implement Article 5
Working paper submitted by NuclearBan.US

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/9
Challenging Nuclear Secrecy: Barriers to Access and Ethics of Nuclear Archives
Working paper submitted by the Nuclear Truth Project

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/10
Rights, Respect, and Reciprocity: Protocols for Seeking Nuclear Truth with Integrity
Working paper submitted by the Nuclear Truth Project

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/11
Recommendations for the Implementation of Nuclear Victims Assistance
Working paper submitted by the Study Group of Nuclear Victim Assistance Systems

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/12
Assisting victims under the jurisdiction of non-States Parties: A moral and legal duty imposed by the letter and spirit of Articles 6 and 7 TPNW: the example of Korean survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Working paper submitted by IALANA and SPARK

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/13
Preventing Nuclear Use and Dangers: Practical Steps to take forward Implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/14
A strategy to move from the legal prohibition to an effective, total and irreversible elimination of nuclear weapons
Working paper submitted by Disarmisti Esigenti’, partner of ICAN

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/15
IALANA Germany recommends joining the TPNW
Working paper submitted by IALANA Germany

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/16
Denuclearization of the International Gulf of Trieste on the basis of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Paris Peace Treaty with Italy
Working paper submitted by MSGySV on behalf WILPF Italy’, partners of ICAN

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/17
French nuclear bombs in Māòhi Nui, French-occupied Polynesia: Ongoing and everlasting consequences, examining TPNW solutions over time
Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of Moruroa e Tātou NGO

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/18
The Role of Peace and Disarmament Education in Advancing the Vienna Action Plan
Working paper submitted by Soka Gakkai International

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/19
Youth Perspectives on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Reverse The Trend: Save Our People, Save Our Planet

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/20
Engaging with critics of the TPNW: some zones of possible agreement
Working paper submitted by Fellows of the Arms Control Negotiation Academy, ACONA

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/21
Le Rôle de l’Afrique dans la Promotion et l’Application du Traité sur l’Interdiction des Armes Nucléaires (TIAN) face aux Tensions Géopolitiques Mondiales
Document de travail présenté par CRIDS – Le Centre de Recherche et d’Information Pour le Désarmement et la Sécurité

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/22
We must prevent escalating the momentum for the use of nuclear weapons. -Surmounting Inhumanity of nuclear weapons must be the foundation of our activities
Working paper submitted by Japan Congress against A-and H-Bombs (GENSUIKIN)

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/23
Universalizing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by the Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/24
A victim-centered approach for international cooperation on Articles 6 and 7
Working paper submitted by Peace Boat

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/25
Message from the Japanese Youth
Working paper submitted by KNOW NUKES TOKYO

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/26
Protection of border regions-cities located between states possessing nuclear weapons and non-nuclear weapon states
Working paper submitted by Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

TPNW/MSP/2023/NGO/27
Positive Obligation Framework: Forgotten stories of Fiji Veterans exposure to Nuclear Testing on Kiritimati Island
Working paper submitted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons on behalf of the Fiji Kirisimasi Island Veterans Association and the Returned Soldiers and Ex-servicemen’s association of Fiji