NPT Regime: Additional Resources

Primary Source Documents:

Decisions of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference and Resolution on the Middle East

Full text of the three decisions and the resolution.

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

2000 NPT Review Conference Final Document, Part I

The text of the final document, including 13 practical steps towards NPT Article VI, agreed to by consensus at the 2000 NPT Review Conference.

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2010 NPT Review Conference Action Plan (Conclusions and Recommendations for Follow-on Actions)

The text of the final document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, including the 64-point action plan agreed to by consensus.

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2022 NPT Review Conference Draft Final Document

The text of the draft final document, which failed to reach consensus at the Tenth NPT Review Conference, held in August 2022.

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2022 Decision to Establish a Working Group on Further Strengthening the NPT Review Process

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Working Paper by the Chair of the Working Group on Further Strengthening the Review Process (draft recommendations to the Preparatory Committee)

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UNGA Decision Related to the Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Convening a conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (A/C.1/73/L.22/Rev.1)

Political Declaration Adopted by the November 2019 Conference on the Middle East WMD-Free Zone

Political declaration adopted at the first session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction (A/CONF.236/6)

Reference Materials:

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): Synopsis and Developments

Produced by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies for the Nuclear Threat Initiative

Timeline of the NPT

Arms Control Association

Produced by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies for the Nuclear Threat Initiative

The Middle East WMDFZ Timeline

This interactive online resource provides users with an overview of key milestones in the Middle East WMDFZ process over the last 60 years through documents, photos, and videos.
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

UN Member State Reactions at the Close of the 2022 NPT Review Conference

Heather Foye, Arms Control Association

NPT Briefing Book, Section 2: The Evolution of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime, 1945-1970

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

NPT Briefing Book, Section 3: A Short History of the NPT Review Process, 1970-2000

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Analysis:

Looking Back: The 1995 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference

Arms Control Association

The 2010 NPT Review Conference: Deconstructing Consensus

William Potter et al, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

The Unfulfilled Promise of the 2015 NPT Review Conference

William Potter, Survival

10th NPT Review Conference: Why It Was Doomed and How It Almost Succeeded

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Arms Control Today

Behind the Scenes: How Not to Negotiate an Enhanced NPT Review Process

William C. Potter, Arms Control Today

2015 Monitoring Report: Implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan, Disarmament Actions 1-22

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Grading Progress on 13 Steps Towards Disarmament

Sharon Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Chronology of a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East (NWFZ ME)

Wael Al-Assad