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Submission by the Governments of Japan and Australia of a “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 (NPT)”

March 23, 2010
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  1. On March 23, the Government of Japan and the Government of Australia will be submitting a “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 (NPT)” to the office of the United Nations Secretary-General as a working paper for the 2010 NPT Review Conference, which will be held in May.

  2. This package was confirmed by the foreign ministers of both countries as a follow-up item in the Joint Statement by the Australia-Japan Foreign Ministers released at the Ministers’ Meeting (held in Perth) entitled “Toward a World without Nuclear Weapons.” The package is the result of serious considerations being made by both governments while referencing the report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND). Following this submission, Japan and Australia will have consultation with other partners, and will make their utmost efforts so that this package will be embodied in the final document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference.

  3. The Government of Japan will deepen discussions with other countries on practical measures that the international community should take now in order to realize the long-term goal of “a world without nuclear weapons” including the reduction of the role of nuclear weapons in national security policies.

  4. Japan will take its leadership in order to achieve positive agreement in each of the three pillars of the NPT – nuclear disarmament, nuclear nonproliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy – so that this package will be taken into serious consideration as an initial step towards this goal by the 2010 NPT Review Conference to be held in May.
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