Tokyo Seminar on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
February 10, 2005
(1) The Tokyo Seminar on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP), was held from February 7 (Mon) to 8 (Tue) in Tokyo (MOFA). Active discussions took place during those two days among major players in this field (see participants list hereto attached), to provide a venue of debate with a view to paving a smoother way towards the incoming NPT Review Conference (May 2 to 27, in NY).
(2) The Seminar was attended by the president-designate of the 2005 NPT Review Conference, Ambassador Sergio Queiroz-Duarte (Brazil), and about 50 persons including governmental high level officials of 20 countries, officials from the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and experts from private think tanks. From Japan, Mr. Shuzen Tanigawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, delivered an opening address, and Mr. Yoshiki Mine, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference of Disarmament, Mr. Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna, and Mr. Takaya Suto, Director, Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, chaired the sessions. Ambassador Yukiya Amano, Director General of the Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department of the MOFA, and other officials also attended the Seminar.
(The Seminar was closed to the public except for Mr. Tanigawa's opening address.)
(3) The Seminar comprised of the following seven sessions: (a) Challenges toward the 2005 NPT Review Conference (b) Nuclear disarmament (c) Nuclear non-proliferation (d) Use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes (e) Strengthening the NPT Regime (f) Disarmament and non-proliferation education (g) Wrap up
- Japan's views on the incoming Review Conference were succinctly expressed in the opening address by Mr. Shuzen Tanigawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan. Sessions formulated in accordance with the three pillars of the NPT had lively discussions mainly on the following issues:
(Nuclear disarmament)
- Further Measures for nuclear disarmament
- The entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- Early commencement of negotiations on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT)
- 13 practical steps agreed at the 2000 NPT Review Conference
(Nuclear non-proliferation)
- Strengthening of the IAEA safeguards
- Export control
- Nuclear Terrorism
(Use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes)
- Inalienable right to use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes
- Control of sensitive materials and technologies such as enrichment and reprocessing related materials and technologies
(Other issues)
- Universalization of the NPT
- Effective measures to deal with the withdrawal from the NPT
- Strengthening of the NPT review process (including institutional improvement of the NPT)
- Disarmament and non-proliferation Education
Attachment
Tokyo Seminar on the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons "Toward the 2005 Review Conference"
Participants
- Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe
Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs,
United Nations,
New York - Ambassador Yukiya Amano
Director General,
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Japan - Mr. Masahiko Asada
Professor, Kyoto University,
Japan - Mr. Tom Connor
Counsellor,
Embassy of Australia, Tokyo - Mr. Lachlan Colquhoun
Director,
Counter-Proliferation and Arms Control Section,
Department of Defence,
Australia - Mr. Vilmos Cserveny
Director, Office of External Relations and Policy Coordination,
IAEA - Ms. Therese Delpech
Director for Strategic Affairs, Atomic Energy Commission,
France - Ambassador Sergio Duarte
President-designate of the 2005 NPT Review Conference
Ambassador-at- large for Disarmament and Non-proliferation,
Ministry of External Relations, Brazil - Mr. Jean Du Preez
Director, International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program,
Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies - Mr. Yoshihisa Endo
Deputy Director General,
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Japan - Ambassador John Freeman
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva - Ambassador Rastam Mohd Isa
Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations,
New York - Mr. Alaa Issa
Councellor,
Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations,
New York - Mr. Stephane Jobin
Political Counsellor,
Embassy of Canada, Tokyo - Mr. Ullrich Kloeckner
First Counsellor,
Embassy of Germany, Tokyo - Mr. Jan Knutsson
Director, Deputy Head, Global Security Division,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Sweden - Mr. Yasuyoshi Komizo
Director, International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division,
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Japan - Mr. Mitsuru Kurosawa
Professor, Osaka University,
Japan - Mr. Lee Seo-hang
Dean of Research,
Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security,
Republic of Korea - Mr. Henri Leval
Political Counsellor,
Embassy of France, Tokyo - Mr. Giles Lever
First Secretary
British Embassy, Tokyo - Mr. Liu Zhixian
Deputy Director-General,
Arms Control and Disarmament Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
China - Ms. Caroline McDonald
Director, Disarmament Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
New Zealand - Mr. John Mentz
Special Assistant for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy,
Office of Nonproliferation Policy,
Office of the Secretary of Defense,
United States - Ambassador Paul Meyer
Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Disarmament,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the Conference on Disarmament,
Geneva - Ambassador Yoshiki Mine
Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament,
Geneva - Ms. Elizabeth Murphy
Foreign Affairs Officer,
Bureau of Non-proliferation, Department of State,
United States - Mr. Takeshi Nakane
Deputy Director General,
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Japan - Mrs. Nicole Nelson-Jean
Energy Officer, Department of Energy Tokyo,
United States - Mr. Nikolai Nozdrev
First Secretary,
Embassy of the Russian Federation, Tokyo - Mr. Ichiro Ogasawara
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Division,
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Japan - Mr. Kjetil Paulsen
Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway,
Geneva - Mr. Alexandre Kotzias Peixioto
Second Secretary,
Embassy of Brazil, Tokyo - Dr. Istvan Perosa
Minister,
Embassy of Hungary, Tokyo - Dr. Joseph F. Pilat
Senior Technical Staff Member,
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Dr. William Potter
Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies,
Monterey Institute of International Studies - Ambassador Jackie Sanders
Permanent Representative of the United States to the Conference on Disarmament and Special Representative of the President of the United States for the Non-proliferation of the Nuclear Weapons,
Geneva - Mr. Jandyr Ferreira Dos Santos Junior
Third Secretary, Assistant Director,
Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technology,
Ministry of External Relations,
Brazil - Mr. Khaled Shaalan
Third Secretary,
Disarmament Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Egypt - Mr. Peter Shannon
Assistant Secretary,
Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, DFAT,
Australia - Mrs. Ratu Silvy Gayatri
Deputy Director for Disarmament of WMD,
Directorate of International Security and Disarmament,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Indonesia - Dr. John Simpson
Professor,
University of Southampton - Ms. Michelle Slade
Minister, Deputy Head of Mission and Consul-General,
Embassy of New Zealand, Tokyo - Mr. Renick Smith
Special Advisor to Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders,
United States Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament,
Geneva - Ms. Jacqueline Steenbergen
Second Secretary, Political Section
Royal Netherlands Embassy, Tokyo - Ambassador Takaya Suto
Director,
Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation,
Japan - Mr. Satoshi Suzuki
Director, Non-proliferation and Nuclear Energy Division,
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Japan - Ambassador Yukio Takasu
Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna - Mr. Koichi Uchida
Energy Officer, Department of Energy Tokyo,
United States - Mr. Mario Andrea Vattani
Political Counsellor
Embassy of Italy, Tokyo - Mr. Matthew Wallace
Science Officer,
Embassy of the United States of America, Tokyo - Mr. Andrew Willis
Third Secretary,
Embassy of Australia, Tokyo - Ms. Paula J. Wilson
Second Secretary,
Embassy of New Zealand, Tokyo
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