The NGO Presentations for the NPT April 10, 2002

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Conference on Disarmament

General Assembly First Committee

UN Disarmament Commission

Special Session on Disarmament

The NGO Presentations for the NPT April 10, 2002

Yesterday 14 NGOs representating 10 different countries gave presentations to the NPT in the morning session of the plenary. NGOs welcomed this chance and urged consideration of how these exchanges could be further developed for future PrepComs and Review conferences. 12 themes were addressed, prefaced by a presentation on the "Political Overview" and concluded with a presentation on NGO recommendations to the 2002 NPT PrepCom.

Key themes in the NGO presentations were the following:

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Table of contents

1. POLITICAL OVERVIEW
Speaker: Emily Schroeder, Reaching Critical Will
Convenors:
- Martin Butcher, Physicians Social Responsibility
- Martin Malkonian, Hague Appeal for Peace
- Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation
- Diane perlman, PhD, Psychologists for Social Responsibility

2. RULE OF LAW, THE NPT, AND GLOBAL SECURITY
Speaker: Nicole Deller, Lawyer's Committee for Nuclear Policy
Convenors:
- John Burroughs, Executive Director Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Policy
- Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
- Margaret Melkonian, Hague Appeal for Peace

3. INTER-RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATIVES' STATEMENT FOR THE NPT PREPCOM
Speaker and Convenor: Arun Elhance, World Conference for Peace and Religion

4. INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVE
Speaker and Convenor: Richard Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs
Convenors:
- Jillian Marsh
- Richard Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs

5. COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
Speaker: Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essai/ Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
Convenor: Merav Datan, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War/ Physicians for Social Responsibility

6. NUCLEAR ARSENALS, MISSILES, AND MISSILE DEFENSE AND SPACE WEAPONIZATION
Speaker and Convenor:Regina Hagen, International Network of Engineers and Scientists against Proliferation
Convenors:
- Regina Hagen, International Network of Engineers and Scientists against Proliferation
- John Buttoughs, Lawyer's Committee on NUclear Policy
- Jurgen Scheffran, International Network of Engineers and Scientists against Proliferation

7. CONSEQUENCES OF MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND DEPLOYMENT
Speaker and convenor:Bahig Nassar, Arab Coordination Committee for NGOs

8. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT IN SOUTH ASIA
Speaker:Admiral L. Ramdas, Former Chief of the Indian Navy
Convenor: Jaya Tiwari, Physicians for Social Responsibility

9. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION PROBLEMS AND DANGERS IN NORTHEAST ASIA
Speaker: Randall Caroline Forsberg, Institute for defense and Disarmament Studies
Convenors:
- John Kim, Fellowship for Reconciliation, USA
- Randall Caroline Forsberg, Institute for defense and Disarmament Studies

10. REPORTING BY STATES PARTIES TO THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
Speaker and convenor:Carol Naughton, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

11. IRREVERSIBILITY AND VERIFICATION
Speaker and convenor:Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation

12.TACTICAL NUKES: OLD AND NEW
Speaker and convenor:Alistair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum

13. FISSILE MATERIALS, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: THE HIDDEN COSTS OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS
Speaker:Biplav Yadav, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Nepal
Convenor: Kimberly Roberts, Physicians for Social Responsibility

14. NGO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE 2002 NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
Speaker:Merav Datan, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War/ Physicians for Social Responsibility
Convenors: Merav Datan, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War/ Physicians for Social Responsibility
Giji Gya, Medical Association for Prevention of War