This page provides Australian NGOs with a one stop page to monitor Australia's role at the Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), being held at the UN in New York from 3 - 28 May, 2010.

Australian statements

Statements made by the Australian delegation to and about the Review Conference

Monday, 3 May 2010 : Australia's speech to the General Debate: Mr. Stephen Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Monday 3 May 2010: Minister Smiths media release: the Australia Governments response to the ICNND
Monday 3 May 2010: Minister Smiths comments at the ICNND presentation
Tuesday, 4 May 2010 : Pacific Islands Forum, presented by Mr. Stephen Smith, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia
Wednesday 5 May 2010: media release: Agreement between Australia and the USA on peaceful uses of nuclear technology

Australian working papers

A list of Working Papers to the Review Conference in which Australia is listed as a sponsor.All working papers can be downloaded from Reaching Critical Will by clicking here.

• WP.1 : Multilateral nuclear supply principles of the Zangger Committee
• WP.4 : Further strengthening the review process of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• WP.9 : New package of practical nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation measures for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• WP.15 : Articles III (3) and IV, and the sixth and seventh preambular paragraphs, especially in their relationship to article III (1), (2) and (4) and the fourth and fifth preambular paragraphs (nuclear safety)
• WP.16 : Article V, article VI and the eighth to twelfth preambular paragraphs of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
  
• WP.17 : Article III and preambular paragraphs 4 and 5, especially in their relationship to article IV and preambular paragraphs 6 and 7 (export controls)
• WP.18 : Articles III (3) and IV, and the sixth and seventh preambular paragraphs, especially in their relationship to article III (1), (2) and (4), and the fourth and fifth preambular paragraphs (approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle)
• WP.19 : Articles III (3) and IV, and the sixth and seventh preambular paragraphs, especially in their relationship to article III (1), (2) and (4) and the fourth and fifth preambular paragraphs (cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy)
• WP.20 : Article III and the fourth and fifth preambular paragraphs, especially in their relationship to article IV and the sixth and seventh preambular paragraphs (physical protection and illicit trafficking)
• WP.21 : Article III and the fourth and fifth preambular paragraphs, especially in their relationship to article IV and the sixth and seventh preambular paragraphs (compliance and verification)
• WP40 : Working paper submitted by Australia and New Zealand 

Analysis & Media from ICAN

LETTER TO THE MINISTER: 19 May 2010: ICAN Australia joined with 26 other non-government organisation to call on Minister Smith to increase Australia's participation in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, being held currently at the UNited Nations in New York. Read the letter in full here! (download PDF) (view html)

IN ADDITION: Read regular reports from the NPT written by ICANs New York project worker, Tim Wright either through the News in Review (a daily publication of the Reaching Critical Will project) or by signing up to ICAN from our front page!