Update on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2005
The outcome of the NPT Review Conference was not the one many had hoped for.
It was generally acknowledged that the blocking tactics of a few states, notably the USA, Iran and Egypt meant that the Review Conference did nothing to make progress on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. There are a number of excellent reports analysing this dismal outcome. The Atomic Mirror recommends the following websites for detailed analysis:
Reaching Critical Will, the UN Disarmament Project of Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom
http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/legal/npt/NIR2005/Final.pdf
Global Security Institute
http://www.gsinstitute.org/2005NPTpoliticalanalysis.pdf
The Acronym Institute
http://www.acronym.org.uk/npt/index.htm
The Oxford Research Group
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/programmes/nuclearissues/nptviews.pdf
The official Final Document and the papers and statements of the Conference can be found on the UN website at http://www.un.org/events/npt2005/
