The planning panel for the 2015 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review
conference is scheduled to convene its inaugural meeting on Monday, the
United Nations has announced (see GSN, March 6).
The meeting, slated to continue through May 11, would be followed by two additional preliminary gatherings in advance of the 2015 conference. Planners are expected to consider "substantive and procedural issues" relevant to the nonproliferation treaty as well as the upcoming summit, according to a U.N. statement.
Review conferences are held every five years, allowing member nations to assess the operations of the treaty and to propose actions for strengthening the global nuclear nonproliferation regime.
The planning body is intended to lay the groundwork for the 2015 meeting by evaluating execution of the treaty's various measures, and to help enable coordination among governments on possibly delivering proposals for the upcoming conference.
Australian Ambassador to the United Nations Peter Woolcott is set to serve as chairman of the initial gathering (United Nations release, April 25).
http://www.nti.org/gsn/
The meeting, slated to continue through May 11, would be followed by two additional preliminary gatherings in advance of the 2015 conference. Planners are expected to consider "substantive and procedural issues" relevant to the nonproliferation treaty as well as the upcoming summit, according to a U.N. statement.
Review conferences are held every five years, allowing member nations to assess the operations of the treaty and to propose actions for strengthening the global nuclear nonproliferation regime.
The planning body is intended to lay the groundwork for the 2015 meeting by evaluating execution of the treaty's various measures, and to help enable coordination among governments on possibly delivering proposals for the upcoming conference.
Australian Ambassador to the United Nations Peter Woolcott is set to serve as chairman of the initial gathering (United Nations release, April 25).
http://www.nti.org/gsn/
