PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE 2015 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 22 APRIL TO 3 MAY 2013

Geneva, 16 April 2013 - The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its second session from 22 April to 3 May 2013 at the United Nations Office in Geneva. This meeting is the second of three sessions that will be held prior to the 2015 Review Conference.

The PrepCom, open to all States parties to the Treaty, will address substantive and procedural issues related to the Treaty and the upcoming Review Conference in 2015. The Chair-designate of the second session is Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania.

The purpose of the PrepCom is to prepare for the Review Conference in terms of assessing the implementation of each article of the NPT and facilitating discussion among States with a view to making recommendations to the Review Conference.

The NPT, which entered into force in 1970 and was extended indefinitely in 1995, requires that review conferences be held every five years. The Treaty is regarded as the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. It was designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to further the goal of nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament, and to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Some meetings of the conference may be closed to the media. For media accreditation, please contact Francois Richer on 41 22 9174359 or at accreditation-media@unog.ch.


Further information on the NPT preparatory session is available at:
http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Nuclear/NPT2015/PrepCom2013/


For use of the information media; not an official record

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