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The NPT PrepCom 2003: Statements & Documents

• Chair's Factual Summary, May 9, 2003

I. Statements in the General Debate

• 'The Responsibility Of The NWS To Lead By Example Is Greater Than Ever': New Agenda Statement, April 28
• 'Countries Possessing The Largest Nuclear Arsenals Bear Special And Primary Responsibility': Statement by China, April 28
• 'It Is Important That The International Community Should Have Strong Political Instruments Available To It': Statement by France, April 28
• 'Unlike Some Others, We Consider The Acquiring, Development And Use Of Nuclear Weapons Inhuman, Immoral, Illegal And Against Our Very Basic Principles': Statement by Iran, April 29
• 'To Create A Global System Of Countering New Challenges And Threats': Statement by Russia, April 28
• 'The Test Of The NPT's Effectiveness Is Not Our Ability To Hold Meetings': Statement by South Africa, April 28
• 7. 'When We Are Satisfied That Sufficient Progress Has Been Made That Would Allow Us To Include British Nuclear Weapons In Multilateral Negotiations...We Will Do So': Statement by the United Kingdom, April 29
• 8. 'The Time for Business As Usual Is Over': US Statement, April 28

II. Other Statements

• 'The Complacency I Feared In 1995 Is Now Running Rampant': UN Under-Secretary-General Jayantha Dhanapala, April 29

III. Thematic (Cluster) Debates: Statements, Working Papers and Supporting Material

Non-Proliferation (Cluster 1: Articles I and II)

• Statement by China, May 5
• US Statement, May 1

Nuclear Disarmament (Cluster 1: Article VI)

• Statement by China, April 30
• Statement by France, April 30
• Statement by Iran, May 1
• US Statement, May 1
• US Information Paper, May 1
• US Fact Sheet, May 1

Safeguards/Export Controls/NWFZs (Cluster 3: Articles III & VII)

• Statement by Iran, May 6
• US Statement, May 5

Regional Issues

• Statement by China, May 2
• US Statement, May 2

IV. Working Papers and Documents

• New Agenda Coalition Paper, April 29, 2003
• Joint US-Russia Statement on the Moscow Treaty (SORT), April 30
• The strengthened review process for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Implementation of Article VI and other provisions, South Africa Report, May 1
• Verification of nuclear disarmament: first interim report on studies into the verification of nuclear warheads and their components, UK Working Paper, April 23
• Reporting by States parties, Canada Working Paper, April 24
• Security Assurances, New Agenda Coalition Working Paper, May 1
• Reductions of non-strategic nuclear weapons, Austria, Mexico and Sweden Working Paper, May 2

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