Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
The Track 1.5 Meeting for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament
March 12, 2021
1. Background
This meeting was established to follow up and develop the discussions in the meetings of the Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament, that Japan organized five times. The meeting intends to discuss issues including nuclear disarmament measures to be taken by the international community and thereby contribute to building confidence and exploring common ground among states towards a world free of nuclear weapons, with the participation of government officials and experts from both nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states.