International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification


Engaging a diverse group of countries to develop innovative monitoring and verification solutions

Challenge

There are critical gaps and technical challenges associated with monitoring and verifying nuclear disarmament that need to be addressed and overcome.

Action

Engage a diverse group of countries with and without nuclear weapons and experts with policy and technical backgrounds to develop innovative monitoring and verification solutions.

Results

An ongoing public-private initiative, led by NTI and the U.S. Department of State and involving 25+ countries, developing potential procedures and technologies to address the challenges of nuclear disarmament verification.

Every day, verification measures are implemented around the world in accordance with commitments related to nuclear and chemical weapons, nuclear material, and other military activities. Inspectors use an extensive toolkit of instruments, techniques, and processes to verify a country’s compliance with a range of bilateral and multilateral agreements. Such verification systems and methods are crucial to building confidence and enhancing stability. While these systems and methods meet today’s needs, gaps remain for future disarmament verification efforts. The development and application of new concepts and technologies is essential to address the complex challenges involved in nuclear disarmament verification.

To this end, in December 2014, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller announced that the U.S. Department of State would lead the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) with NTI. The founding of the IPNDV reflected the key recommendation from NTI’s report series, Innovating Verification: New Tools & New Actors to Reduce Nuclear Risk, that countries should come together to begin an international process to assess verification gaps, develop collaborative technical work streams, and contribute to overall global nuclear threat reduction.

The IPNDV, now in its third phase of work, is assessing verification issues across the nuclear weapons lifecycle and developing conceptual and technical understandings of what might be required for future multilateral verification of nuclear disarmament. In doing so, the Partnership is building and diversifying international capacity and expertise on nuclear disarmament monitoring and verification. The IPNDV facilitates knowledge exchanges and collaboration among its 25+ Partner countries so that more countries can understand the significant technical and process challenges of disarmament and build expertise to help overcome those challenges.

Activity

2023


IPNDV Convenes in Budapest for Working Meeting

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IPNDV Convenes in Budapest for Working Meeting

The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) convened its most recent working meeting in Budapest, Hungary from September 4-8, 2023.


IPNDV Conducts Working Meeting in New Mexico

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IPNDV Conducts Working Meeting in New Mexico

The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) convened its most recent working meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico from April 24-28, 2023, hosted by Sandia National Laboratories.


The IPNDV Gathers in Sydney for 2022 Plenary Meeting

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The IPNDV Gathers in Sydney for 2022 Plenary Meeting

The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) held its annual plenary meeting in person from December 5-9, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. This meeting of the IPNDV was generously hosted by the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO).

2022


Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement Exercises Build Foundation for Trust and Expertise

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Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement Exercises Build Foundation for Trust and Expertise

Diplomats and experts who met in New York last month to review implementation of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) had an opportunity to learn more about a groundbreaking partnership working to pave the way for future progress on the reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons.


NTI Experts join IPNDV Tabletop Exercise in Brussels

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NTI Experts join IPNDV Tabletop Exercise in Brussels

Experts from NTI’s Nuclear Materials Security program joined more than 50 participants from 19 countries at Egmont Palace in Brussels, Belgium from June 27-29, 2022, to support the International Partnership for Disarmament Verification’s (IPNDV) first in-person meeting in more than two years.

2021


IPNDV Meets to Discuss Priorities and Set Goals for 2022

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IPNDV Meets to Discuss Priorities and Set Goals for 2022

The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) brought together more than 50 representatives from 11 partner countries for a virtual IPNDV 2021 End-of-Year event marking the mid-point of the partnership’s third phase of work.


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Third Plenary of the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification Advances Discussions on Nuclear Verification

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Third Plenary of the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification Advances Discussions on Nuclear Verification

Twenty-five countries gathered for the third International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) plenary, a partnership between the State Department and NTI to advance capacity around nuclear verification.


IPNDV Working Group Meetings Report

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IPNDV Working Group Meetings Report

After a successful second plenary of the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification, working groups met in Geneva to continue their work.


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Teleconference: Decoding the Iran Agreement

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Teleconference: Decoding the Iran Agreement

NTI President Joan Rohlfing will participate in a teleconference on Iran agreement and what it means for verification and monitoring.





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