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1 John Borrie, et al., NPT Success and the Humanitarian Initiatives is Required to Achieve a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World 1 (2015)

handle is hein.unl/nptsucc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LPI UNIDIR Introduction The 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is widely regarded as a 'cornerstone' of interna- tional security. Historically, none of the NPT five-yearly review meetings have been easy, and some-most recently in 2005-failed to achieve agreed outcome documents at all. A consensus final outcome was achieved in 2010, however, on a detailed Action Plan for implementing the NPT, including its nuclear disarmament provisions.' The 2o15 Review Conference faces particular challenges. Among them are strong indications that the five states recognized by the Treaty as 'nuclear weapon states' (China, France, the Rus- sian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States) will have little to show in terms of implementing the disarmament steps agreed in the consensus 2oo Action Plan.2 If past form is any guide, these countries are likely to remind others that the Action Plan's obligations are po- litical and not legal in strength, and argue that their failure to implement many of them to date does not conflict with their legal obligations un- der Article VI of the NPT to 'pursue negotiations John Borrie is a senior researcher and policy advisor at UNIDIR. Tim Caughtey is a senior research fellow at UNIDIR and manages its humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons project. Nick Ritchie is a Lecturer in International Security at the University of York, and an advisor to the project. I NPT.... SUCCESS. AN THE .... HU~~~MANTAIA I TATV A range of initiatives~ON irqie toaheeane arwap -fee od By~ ~ ~~~~~~~.. Joh Bore T. Cag .y an Nic Ric. Pae.'5o ILPI-UNID NP Reie Cofrec Se.e #NPT2015