NPT
Challenges and Opportunities for Extending NPT - Related Commitments to the Non-NPT States
Today only four states – India, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan – remain outside the NPT. Appropriate mechanisms must be put in place for non-NPT states to adopt disarmament measures.
Treaty Based Regimes as Stepping Stones to a Nuclear Weapon Free World
The Chemical Weapons Convention and the NPT demonstrated break-out frameworks for containing WMD threats.
Nuclear Weapons: Global Governance Failing to Meet the Challenge
Ramesh Thakur examines the current architecture of nuclear weapons global governance and suggests steps to prioritize moving forward.
Asia Pacific Leaders Deplore Loss of Political Will on Disarmament
"The nuclear-armed states – led by the U.S. and Russia, who between them possess 95 per cent of the world‟s nuclear weapons – must get serious about their disarmament commitments."
Statement on Transparency
Transparency is fundamental to building confidence and trust. Whatever processes it involves, transparency lies at the heart of every confidence and security building measure ever devised.
New Asia Pacific Leadership group to work for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament
The launch was announced today of a new group called the 'APLN,' comprising leaders from thirteen countries around the region, including nuclear weapons possessing states.