Complementarity of the TPNW with other nuclear weapons treaties

Intersessional Progress on the TPNW

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The TPNW builds upon, contributes to and complements a rich and diverse disarmament and non-proliferation architecture. In the Vienna Action Plan states parties agreed therefore to four actions, Actions 35-38 to “highlight and underscore these complementarities with specific disarmament instruments, particularly the Non-Proliferation Treaty.” States committed to “emphasize the complementarity of the Treaty with the existing disarmament and non-proliferation regime at appropriate opportunities, including preparatory meetings and review conferences of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and with relevant multilateral nuclear disarmament-related initiatives and groupings,” “To cooperate with other international bodies, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, in order to enhance cooperation, including in the areas of nuclear safeguards and verification,” and to “to continue to work together on outreach projects in order to raise awareness.”

At 2MSP, the informal facilitators, Ireland and Thailand, presented the report on their work to further explore and articulate the possible areas of tangible cooperation between the TPNW and the NPT, and other relevant nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation instruments. The mandate of the informal facilitators was renewed (Decision 1) for the second intersessional period.

At 3MSP, the co-facilitators presented their report including on the activities they held on the complementarity of the Treaty with relevant international law, in particular international human rights and environmental instruments and avenues for bolstering and expanding such linkages within the Treaty and across and between other disarmament instruments and advancing human rights and sustainable development. States Parties renewed their mandate for the next intersession.