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MAIN COMMITTEE I
THE 2000 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE
1 May 2000
New York
The Chinese delegation hereby submits the following proposals for inclusion into the report of Main Committee I and the final document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons:
1. The States Parties to the Treaty believe that the complete prohibition and total elimination of nuclear weapons and the realization of a nuclear-weapon-free world will remove forever the menace of nuclear weapons upon humankind, thus greatly enhancing the international peace and security.
2. The States Parties believe that the process of nuclear disarmament is closely linked to the international security situation and the national security environment of various states. Therefore, the States Parties commit themselves to a new concept of common security based upon mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and cooperation.
3. All the Nuclear Weapon States Parties commit themselves to the goal of the complete prohibition and total elimination of nuclear weapons and to negotiate and conclude as soon as possible a convention on the complete prohibition of nuclear weapons.
4. The States Parties emphasize that any nuclear disarmament measures should follow the principle of maintaining global strategic stability and undiminished security for every State.
5. The States Parties welcome the declaration of the Nuclear Weapon States that none of their nuclear weapons are targeted at any State, and urge all the Nuclear Weapon States to renounce the nuclear deterrence policy characterized by "the first use of nuclear weapons", commit themselves unconditionally not to be the first to use nuclear weapons, and conclude an international legal instrument to this effect.
6. The States Parties request that all the Nuclear Weapon States commit themselves unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon States or nuclear-weapon-free zones and that the relevant international legal instrument should be concluded.
7. The States Parties believe that the Nuclear Weapon States possessing the largest nuclear arsenals bear special responsibility for nuclear disarmament. They should make further progress in their bilateral or unilateral disarmament process and continue to cut down drastically their respective nuclear arsenals, following the principle of irreversibility.
8. The States Parties welcome the ratification of START II by the Russian State Duma, call upon the United States to ratify the relevant protocols so that the treaty will be implemented at an early date, and hope to see the inception of negotiations on START III as soon as possible.
9. The States Parties request that the Nuclear Weapon States undertake to withdraw home all the nuclear weapons deployed outside their territories.
10. The States Parties reiterate that all States, the Nuclear Weapon States in particular, support the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, respect the status of these zones and undertake the relevantobligations.
11. The States Parties request that the Nuclear Weapon States and the non-nuclear-weapon States concerned should forego the "nuclear umbrella" and "nuclear sharing" policy and practices.
12. The States Parties regret that CTBT has not entered into force after opening for signature for over three years, and are deeply concerned over the rejection of CTBT ratification by the U.S. Senate last October. The States Parties call upon the States that have not signed or ratified the treaty to accelerate the process of signing or ratification in order to promote the early entry into force of CTBT.
13. The States Parties stress that the ABM Treaty remains a cornerstone for maintaining global strategic balance and stability, and that any violation of the treaty will disrupt global strategic balance and stability, exert negative impact on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation efforts, thus undermining the interests of the whole international community.
14. The States Parties call upon the parties to the ABM Treaty to fully and strictly abide by the treaty, maintain the integrity and effectiveness of the treaty, and undertake not to research, develop, deploy or proliferate missile defense systems that undermine global and regional strategic balance andstability and trigger an arms race.
15. The States Parties express their grave concerns over the on-going intensive research on and testing of outer space weapons, which will lead to the weaponization of outer space and a new arms race. The States Parties call upon the countries concerned not to research, develop, test, deploy or use any weapon, weapon systems and their components in outer space, and to undertake to destroy all such weapons in existence.
16. The States Parties regret that the Conference on Disarmament has not been able to reach an agreement on a comprehensive and balanced programme of work which will start the negotiations on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, nuclear disarmament and FMCT.
17. The States Parties urge the Conference on Disarmament immediately to
— establish an ad hoc committee on the prevention of an
arms race in outer space and conduct negotiations.
— establish an ad hoc committee on nuclear disarmament
and conduct negotiations.
— establish an FMCT ad hoc committee on the basis of the
Shannon report and the mandate contained therein and conduct negotiations.
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