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Nuclear
and non-nuclear countries at this conference will consider
and make decisions on implementation of the key objectives
of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), including the
prevention of nuclear weapons proliferation and the
achievement of nuclear disarmament.
Parliamentarians
can attend either as members of their government delegations
or as independent observers.
Roundtable
discussion between mayors and national legislators
on
initiatives for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament
On
May 4, mayors and parliamentarians participating in
the 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference,
either as observers or members of their government
delegations, participated in a roundtable to discuss
initiatives they are taking orcould take for nuclear
non-proliferation and disarmament.
The
roundtable, hosted by the Parliamentary
Network for Nuclear Disarmament and Mayors
for Peace, involved Senator Patrik Vankrunklesven
(Belgium), Chris Balance (Member of the Scottish Parliament),
Senator Abacca Anjain-Madison (Marshall Islands),Tetsushi
Inoue MP (Japan), Tadatoshi Akiba (Mayor of Hiroshima
and President of Mayors for Peace), and a delegation
of 15 – 20 mayors from around the world.
The
meeting finalised a
Joint
statement
by
mayors and legislators on the NPT and a nuclear weapons
free world. The statement is continuing to gather
endorsers and will be released to the media and States
Parties to the NPT in the final week of the review
conference.
The
first ever Conference of States Parties to Nuclear Weapon
Free Zones was held bringing together 108 States parties
to NWFZs, observer States and civil society to establish
a new and powerful forum for the delegitimisation and
abolition of nuclear weapons.
The Conference adopted a declaration
concerning the consolidation, strengthening and expansion
of nuclear weapon free zones, the prevention of nuclear
proliferation and the achievement of a nuclear weapons
free world.
In addition, the Conference established a process for
continuing communication, cooperation and collaboration
between the zones. Each of the four regional treaties
will take turns at coordinating this work.
The Conference included a Civil
Society Forum, organized by the Parliamentary Network
for Nuclear Disarmament and including representation
from mayors, parliamentarians, academics, scientists,
government officials, media, nuclear survivors and non-governmental
organisations from around the world.
For more information see the Conference
of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones website
December 8,
2004:
Parliamentarians,
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
and
Nuclear
Weapon Free Zones
New
Zealand Parliament, Wellington
Sixty
parliamentarians from 29 countries met with disarmament
experts, diplomats and academics in the New Zealand
parliament to discuss parliamentary actions to reduce
current nuclear dangers, support the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty leading up to its review in 2005, and to promote
the establishment of a Southern Hemisphere and Adjacent
Areas Nuclear Weapon Free Zone.
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Report of December 8 Forum
April
29, 2004 — United Nations, New York — Roundtable
for Parliamentarians and Mayors
The
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) undergoes a
formal review every five years (1995, 2000, 2005,
etc.). In the interim years, the United Nations organizes
a Preparatory Committee meeting so that countries
can work together on problems of nuclear non-proliferation
and disarmament in preparation for the formal five-year
reviews.
During
the 2004 Prep Comm, PNND and Mayors for Peace will
be organizing a roundtable discussion and briefing
for parliamentarians and mayors.
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Invitation to Parliamentarians and Mayors
December 18
, 2003 — New Delhi —
PNND
Roundtable for Indian Members of Parliament
Hosted by
the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation to introduce Indian Members
of Parliament to the PNND and encourage discussion
between parliamentarians across party lines on nuclear
weapons issues.
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Report
November 22-24,
2003 — Nagasaki —
2nd
Nagasaki Global Citizen' Assembly for the Elimination
of Nuclear Weapons
On Nov 23,
2003, PNND organized a Forum for Parliamentarians
on Disarmament as part of the Nagasaki Assembly for
the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons hosted by Nagasaki
Mayor Iccho Itoh. Speakers included Senator Douglas
Roche (Canada), Chair of the Middle Powers Initiative;
Keith Locke MP (Green, New Zealand), Secretary of
PNND New Zealand Section; Suzuki Tsunei MP (LDP, Japan),
President of PNND Japan Section; and Masaharu Nakagawa
MP (DPJ, Japan).
Key items
of discussion were parliamentary support for the nuclear
disarmament agenda promoted by the New Agenda Coalition,
and parliamentary action for nuclear non-proliferation
and disarmament in North East Asia including the possibility
of a North East Asia NWFZ.
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Report
November 7-9,
2003 — Vancouver —
From
Nuclear Dangers to Cooperative Security
An international
forum for Parliamentarians sponsored by PNND and the
Simons Foundation.
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Photo Gallery
» Report
April 28-May
9, 2003 — Geneva — NPT Preparatory Committee
Meeting
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Photo Gallery
August 26
- September 4, 2002 — Johannesburg —
Disarmament
and the World Summit on Sustainable Development
 A
number of parliamentarians, among them members of
PNND, Parliamentarians for Global Action and Global
Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment,
attended the UN-sponsored World Summit on Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg from 26th August to 4th
September 2002.
Photo: Jane
Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace, and the Hon Marian
Hobbs, New Zealand Minister for Disarmament and the
Environment.
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www.johannesburgsummit.org
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