Last modified on Mon 13 Mar 2023 18.02 EDT The Aukus scheme announced on Monday in San Diego represents the first time a loophole in the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has been. Mr. OSAGAWA (Japan) said that every year since1994, it submitted a resolution on the elimination of nuclear weapons laying out a pragmatic path to realizing a world free of nuclear weapons. Before taking action on that draft, the Committee, by a recorded vote of 136in favour to 3against (North Macedonia, Russian Federation, United States), with 29abstentions, retained preambular paragraph10, which notes continued efforts towards nuclear disarmament, including through the Secretary-Generals Securing Our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament. The Committee retained preambular paragraph12 by a recorded vote of 126in favour to 17against, with 23abstentions, by which the Assembly would negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading to their total elimination. On Friday, the First Committee also approved with 170 votes including Iran a call for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East. The Committee then approved the draft decision on nuclear disarmament verification, L.26, by a recorded vote of179 in favour to none against, with2 abstentions (Iran, Syria), by which the Assembly would recall a spate of related resolutions and note that the group of governmental experts to further consider nuclear disarmament verification issues has commenced its work. Next, the Committee considered the draft resolution Follow up to the advisory opinion of the international Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons (document A/C.1/77/L.22), by which the Assembly would call on all States to immediately engage in multilateral negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament, including under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The momentum must be reinvigorated despite of or because of the very difficult circumstances. Prior to approving the draft as a whole, the Committee retained preambular paragraph7, by a recorded vote of 162in favour to noneagainst, with 7abstentions (Bhutan, India, Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria). Operative paragraph2 is deeply concerning as it renders all legally binding negative security assurances subject to so-called national statements of undefined nature. Regarding L.7, on follow-up to the 2013high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament, she recalled that this Non-Aligned Movement initiative made it possible for the world to annually celebrate the day for the total elimination of nuclear weapons on 26September. Acting without a vote, the Committee approved draft resolution L.13 on the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco), by which the Assembly would encourage States parties to Additional ProtocolsI andII to the Treaty to review their interpretive declarations in line with the Final Document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, reaffirming the legitimate interests of the States that comprise the nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region in receiving full and unequivocal security assurances from the nuclear-weapon States. It also underlines the importance of the unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear-weapon States, in the final document of the 2000Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT, to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals leading to nuclear disarmament, to which all States Parties are committed under the Treatys articleVI. The Committee next voted to retain operative paragraph16, by 152in favour to 2against (North Macedonia, Pakistan), with 12abstentions, by which the Assembly would call for the immediate commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament to ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. The resolution demonstrates a commitment to achieving the NPTs articleVI obligations to pursue in good faith on effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament. In that connection, it would urge States that have not done so to sign and ratify the Treaty. He introduced the draft resolution entitled Follow up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons (document A/C.1/77/L.22). Prior to voting on the text as a whole, it took a recorded vote on preambular paragraph5, which would have the Assembly recall the decision adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and call on all States not yet party to the Treaty to accede to it at the earliest date, particularly those that operate unsafeguarded nuclear facilities. Mindfulof the immediate need for placing all nuclear facilities in the region of the Middle East under full-scope safeguards of the Agency. 50/73. ENKHBOLD VORSHILOV (Mongolia) introduced the draft resolution entitled Mongolias international security and nuclear-weapon-free status (document A/C.1/77/L.19). (c)Concernedby the grave consequences, endangering peace and security, of the presence in the Middle East region of nuclear activities not wholly devoted to peaceful purposes. I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part I, section entitled Article IX. He cannot support operative paragraph1, as it fails to adequately reflect the existential threat nuclear weapons pose to humanity. (d)Welcomingthe initiatives regarding the establishment of a zone free of all weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, in the Middle East and earlier initiatives regarding arms control in the region. He reiterated his urge for the third year in a row for the sponsor of the resolution to delete preambular paragraph9, which notes the peace negotiations in the Middle East, and operative paragraph4, which notes the importance of the ongoing bilateral Middle East peace negotiations and the activities of the multilateral working group on arms control and regional security in promoting mutual confidence and security in the Middle East, including the establishment of the zone. Israel has never admitted to having such weapons. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. The vote was 147 "yes" votes, 6 "no" votes (Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Namibia, Palau, United States), and 21 . For decades now, Iran has been rapidly advancing its illicit nuclear programs and currently possesses large quantities of highly enriched nuclear material, Maayan charged. The representative of China said that his statement was made in the context of this cluster, and he does not wish his statement to be interrupted again by other countries. The representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, also explaining his position on L.61, said that Japan has an ulterior motive in sponsoring the draft resolution. The Committee retained the fifth operative paragraph, which asks the Assembly to condemn the six nuclear tests conducted by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea and call on that country to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. The five nations that opposed Fridays resolution on the risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East were: Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau and the United States. The United States has the audacity to tailor a nuclear strategy to China. The Committee then approved the draft resolution on the eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT and its Preparatory Committee, L.45/Rev.1, by a recorded vote of 175in favour to noneagainst, with 3abstentions (India, Israel, Pakistan). He said Iran will vote in favour of L.2 on the risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East as it reflects the concern of the solid majority of States that the Israeli regime as the only non-party to the NPT in the region is the source of the nuclear proliferation there. The Committee next approved, by a recorded vote of141 in favour to12 against, with31 abstentions, the draft resolution L.16 on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, by which it asked the Assembly to call on all States to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, their proliferation, and to achieve nuclear disarmament, as well as urge them to eliminate the threat of these weapons of mass destruction. It is outrageous that it continues to disguise itself as a victim of the Second World War, while persistently denying any sincere apology and reparations for its past history of aggression and crimes against humanity. Updated March 2021 A major concern about the spread of peaceful nuclear energy programs is the possibility that facilities constructed for use in a nuclear energy program could eventually be used to produce nuclear weapons. (a)Recognizingthe importance of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons both globally and regionally in enhancing international peace and security. It would also urge those States to stop immediately the qualitative improvement, development and stockpiling of nuclear warheads, deactivate nuclear weapons in the interim, and agree on an internationally legally binding instrument not to be the first to use nuclear weapons. 3); (d)Requested the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the resolution (para. The Committee retained the operative paragraph6 by a recorded vote of 163in favour to 2against (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, India), with 6abstentions (Bhutan, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria). China is not the United States, nor will it become the United States, nor will it pursue the United States nuclear strategy. UN nuclear watchdog will check fuel usage in sealed power units to satisfy non-proliferation obligations Julian Borger in Washington Wed 15 Mar 2023 18.23 EDT First published on Wed 15 Mar 2023 17 . On L.61 Steps to building a common road map towards a world without nuclear weapons, he said the draft final document of the Tenth NPT Review Conference was far from balanced and cannot be used as a basis for reference. Bearing in mindits relevant resolutions, Taking noteof the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the latest of which is resolution GC(49)/RES/15 adopted on 30 September 2005,1. As the Secretary-General rightly warned, this was a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the cold war. In a debate on the matter earlier this month, an Israeli deputy ambassador to the UN Michal Maayan said the NPT is only as relevant as the level of compliance and is not a remedy for the unique security challenges of the Middle East. The resolution, titled "The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East," highlighted the risks of unsafeguarded nuclear facilities in the Middle East and demanded that Israel follow the principles of universal adherence to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in the region in 1995. (e)Recognizingthat full realization of these objectives would be promoted by the participation of all States of the region, (f)Commendingthe efforts of the Agency concerning the application of safeguards in the Middle East and the positive response of most States in concluding a full-scope safeguards agreement, and. Next, the Committee approved operative paragraph19 by a recorded vote of 150in favour to 1against (India), with 16abstentions, by which the Assembly would call for the early entry into force, universalization, and strict observance of the CTBT. It urges all States, especially the nuclear-weapon States, to make every effort to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again, pending their total elimination, and to refrain from any inflammatory rhetoric concerning their use based on the recognition that all States have a shared interest in averting a nuclear war. In article IV of the NPT, it is declared that a state has the "right" to peaceful nuclear technologies as long as the state maintains safeguards on its peaceful nuclear program and does not manufacture nuclear explosives. Requests the Director General to submit to the Board of Governors and the General Conference at its fifty-first regular session a report on the implementation of this resolution and to include in the provisional agenda for that session an item entitled Application of IAEA safeguards in the Middle East. He said that the topic is extremely sensitive for many countries and requires extremely careful and well calibrated treatment. Arab states and Iran have long shared the view that Israel's nuclear weapons . On L.38, he said that for Iran to attempt to assert leadership on the global stage to prevent the proliferation of ballistic missiles is the height of hypocrisy. 6See 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol. The Committee then took up the draft decision, entitled Missiles (document A/C.1/77/L.38), by which the Assembly would include the sub-item missiles under the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session under the theme of general and complete disarmament. 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