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Withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

It is disconcerting that a State party to the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has sought to withdraw from it.

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Disarmament and non proliferation supported each other irreversible and verifiable disarmament was one of the most important non proliferation measures.

There has been mention of the withdrawal of my country from the NPT and its possession of nuclear weapons.

By withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has totally ignored nuclear non proliferation and disarmament efforts.

The Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons remains the cornerstone and mainstay of the non proliferation regime, in spite of the obstacles posed by the non accession of some States and the withdrawal or the threat of withdrawal by others.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea had violated its safeguards and non proliferation obligations under the NPT before announcing its intention to withdraw from it.

42. The Ministers welcomed the Secretary General apos s proposals for stopping the proliferation of arms.

NPT parties should, through appropriate means, seek a halt in the use of equipment or material acquired or produced as a result of a material violation of the NPT's nonproliferation obligations, and require the return of such items or their elimination.

That country had repeatedly violated its international non proliferation obligations and had announced its intention to withdraw from the Treaty.

At the NPT Review Conference earlier this year we highlighted the possible implications of a withdrawal from the NPT for international peace and security.

Brazil considers that the decision to withdraw from the NPT is a sovereign right that is widely recognized under international law.

While each State Party has a sovereign right to withdraw from the Non Proliferation Treaty, the consequences of a withdrawal need to be clarified.

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Their objective was to stop the proliferation of small arms in the illicit international arms trade.

As a result of that proliferation of arms, my Government enacted a law to regulate civilian firearm ownership, called the Firearms Act.

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Towards this end, Brunei Darussalam has become a party to the following international treaties and agreements aimed at curbing the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Bangladesh welcomed the reduction of nuclear arsenals through arrangements outside the NPT.

As the cornerstone of the global non proliferation regime, the Treaty had helped to slow, and at times reverse the spread of military nuclear capability, but had not been able to prevent it completely.

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The Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons remains the cornerstone of the non proliferation regime.

Furthermore, Brazil considers that ways should be sought to make withdrawal from the NPT more onerous a decision for States Parties to take, especially if such withdrawal is associated to the intent to engage in nuclear proliferation or in any other way to erode the Treaty's effectiveness.

Belarus deeply regretted the decision of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to withdraw from the NPT.

The Treaty is the first line of defence against the spread of nuclear weapons.

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It was important for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which had withdrawn from the Treaty, to return to the non proliferation regime and resume safeguards activities.

The Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is a seminal instrument in the field of global, multilateral non proliferation.

It is currently impossible to separate the matters of vertical and horizontal proliferation.

That pattern of proliferation represented the gravest threat to the future of the NPT.

Papers such as Is the NPT up to the challenge of proliferation?, Strengthening non proliferation rules and norms the three state problem, A.Q.

The Conference believes that NPT parties should consider a wide range of actions in response to the withdrawal.

We believe that measures to discourage withdrawals from the Treaty are urgently needed and should be adopted in the NPT context.

The announced withdrawal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons poses a fundamental challenge to the Treaty. It is essential to further develop disincentives to withdrawal from the Treaty.

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