NPT Review Conferences

The Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons will be held on 1 - 26 August 2022. The Conference was postponed from 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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The 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held from 27 April to 22 May 2015 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, under the presidency of Ambassador Taous Feroukhi from Algeria.

The ninth Review Conference since the first in 1975, the 2015 Review Conference l also marked the 20-year anniversary of the NPT's indefinite extension agreed to in 1995.

• Preparatory Committees of 2015 NPT Review Conference

The 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held from 3 to 28 May 2010 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York under the presidency of Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan of the Philippines.

The eighth Review Conference since the first in 1975, the 2010 Review Conference also marked the 15-year anniversary of the NPT's indefinite extension agreed to in 1995.

• IAEA Director General Welcomes NPT Outcome, Press Release, 31 May 2010
• Preparatory Committees of 2010 NPT Review Conference

The 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held from 2 to 27 May 2005 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York under the presidency of Ambassador Sergio de Queiroz Duarte from Brazil.

The seventh Review Conference since the first in 1975, the 2005 Review Conference also marked the 10-year anniversary of the NPT's indefinite extension agreed to in 1995.

• IAEA Verification Pursuant to NPT, RevCon, 2 May 2005
• The IAEA's Strengthened Safeguards System Gaining Ground, Jan Lodding, Disarmament Diplomacy, January/February 2004
• Preparatory Committee for Non-Proliferatin Treaty Review Conference to Meet 8-19 April, Press Release, UN, 3 April 2002
• Preparatory Committees of 2005 NPT Review Conference

The 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held 24 April to 19 May 2000 at United Nations Headquarters in New York under the presidency of Ambassador Abdallah Baali of Algeria.

Crowning a fifteen-year international effort to produce a consensus, States Parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) have come to an agreement that there should be "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon States to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals." [Final Documents]

The 2000 NPT Review Conference was the first to meet since the Treaty's indefinite extension in 1995.

• Statement at Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, by Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA Director General, 24 April 2000
• Secretary-General Urges Member States to Reaffirm Commitment to Reduce Dangers of Existing Nuclear Weapons, Further Proliferation, Press Release, UN, 24 April 2000
• Review Conference of Parties to NPT Opens at Headquarters; Much Disarmament Machinery Has "Started to Rust", Secretary-General Warns, Press Release, UN, 24 April 2000
• IAEA Director General Calls for Rededication to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime, Press Release, 20 April 2000
• Preparatory Committees of 2000 NPT Review Conference

The 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held from 17 April to 12 May 1995 at United Nations Headquarters in New York under the presidency of Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala (Sri Lanka).

25 years after its entry into force, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has been extended for an indefinite period of time. The decision was reached at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference.

While unable to adopt a Final Declaration, the States Parties of the NPT adopted  the following decisions and resolution:

• Decision 1: Strengthening the Review Process for the Treaty [pdf]
• Decision 2: Principles and Objectives for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament [pdf]
• Decision 3: Extension of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [pdf]
• Resolution: Resolution on Middle East [pdf]

• Measure for Measure: The NPT and the Road Ahead, by Berhanykun Andemicael, Merle Opelz and Jan Priest,IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 37/3)