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Switzerland is a staunch advocate of revising security policy

(g) To seek the establishment of a treaty on the arms trade which would include a system of marking, the registration of

Moreover, the declaration must include specific references to the threats and challenges facing the international community, including, first, the accelerated improvement and modernization of nuclear weapons; secondly, the possible acquisition of these weapons by terrorist groups, even when these weapons are held only by the nuclear-weapon States themselves, which have the prime and absolute responsibility for preventing such diversion; thirdly, the potential

The Chief Military Observer, in coordination with the Syrian Government authorities and armed opposition groups and relevant

(c) Adoption of measures by nuclear-weapon States to reduce

(c) Any potential treaty must avoid

In this regard, the Group is of the firm view that all States parties that have not yet done so shall close and dismantle, as soon as feasible and in a transparent, irreversible and verifiable manner, any remaining sites for nuclear-test explosions and their associated infrastructure, and prohibit completely nuclear weapons research and development, and also refrain from conducting nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions, nuclear-weapon test explosions in alternative ways, as well

Bearing in mind the fact that the SecretaryGeneral outlined in his report

One system under development envisions that a single operator will

Welcomes the adoption by consensus of the conclusions and recommendations for followon actions of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, including the commitments of the nuclear-weapon States to promptly engage with a view to, inter alia, considering the

Further scientific measurements and documentation

There are two possibilities: to wait inactively, hoping that

Recognizing that there now exist conditions for the establishment of a world free of nuclear weapons, and stressing the need to take concrete practical steps towards achieving this goal, Bearing in mind paragraph 50 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, the first special session devoted to disarmament,3 calling for the urgent negotiation of agreements for the cessation of

Belgium pays very close attention to any developments in the

At the 10th meeting, on 16 October, the representative of Switzerland, on behalf of Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sweden and Switzerland,

In addition, there are a number of economic and environmental issues that will need to be addressed, including the possible need for financial

With regard to draft resolution A/C.1/65/L.42,

The Act also emphasizes that the Russian Federation may withdraw from the Treaty in the event of unilateral deployment by the United States of ballistic missile defence systems that “qualitatively undermine the national security and defence capabilities of the Russian

This places important constraints on the ability of space

Canada also supports measures to reduce the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems in ways that promote international stability and security, as called for

the nuclear-weapon States, as an interim measure, to de-alert and deactivate immediately their nuclear weapons and to take other concrete measures to

Eventually, the Libyan authorities could consider submitting an overview of the country’s national holdings of conventional arms to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.9 Such a baseline assessment

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