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IFOR joins NGOs statement to the NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY State Parties

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IFOR joins NGOs statement to the NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY State Parties

Originally scheduled for April 2020, the 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) had been postponed several times, due to the ongoing pandemic. Most recently, the NPT Conference had been scheduled to convene in New York from 4-28 January 2022, but, over the past several days, NPT States Parties had been discussing whether and how to proceed and decided to postpone again until August 1st 2022 (tentatively).

IFOR regularly engages on these Review Conferences and on the occasion of the 10th Conference joined a STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETY TO THE STATES PARTIES OF THE NUCLEAR, signed by over 90 organizations of the civil society and sent to the State Parties on January 10th.

"It is encouraging to see countries reiterate their support for the #NPT. However, the Treaty is only as strong as its implementation. [...] Implementing past action plans must be the floor and not the ceiling for taking forward the NPT’s provisions. [...] Many countries have demonstrated their commitment to nuclear disarmament by joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (#TPNW), which has now entered into force. The TPNW is a major contribution to the common goal of eliminating the threat of nuclear war and eliminating nuclear weapons. [...]

The 91 undersigned organisations call on NPT states parties and the international community to advance new and bolder leadership. We urge all NPT states parties to move beyond bitter politicisation and to work together to build majority support for a plan of action to advance the NPT’s Article VI goals, create much needed momentum for further progress on disarmament, and save humanity from the scourge of nuclear war."

You can read the complete text here!


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IFOR and PSPD address the meeting for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT at the UN HQ

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IFOR and PSPD address the meeting for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT at the UN HQ

At the 3rd Preparatory Committee meeting for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT at the UN HQ, the civil society was given an opportunity to address the meeting. On May 1, 2019, 16 speeches were delivered to the delegates by the civil society groups.

One of them was a joint statement on Korea from the PSPD (People's Solidarity for Partipatory Democracy), a prominent NGO in South Korea, and IFOR. Here is the statement, which has been endorsed by 40 civil society groups in the world, including the U.S., Canada, Japan, Germany, U.K., Bangladesh, etc

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