Statements to the 2025 NPT Preparatory Committee

Opening and General Debate
Civil Society Presentations
Cluster 1

Opening and General Debate

Monday, 28 April 2025

• UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu (Ms.)
• Chair of the Third Session of the NPT Preparatory Committee, Ambassador Harold Adlai Agyeman of Ghana (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi (Mr.)
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Dr. Robert Floyd (Mr.)
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Uganda (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - point of order
• Lithuania (Mr.) - responding to point of order
• Austria (Mr.) - responding to point of order
• Belgium (Mr.) - responding to point of order
• France (Ms.) - responding to point of order
• Russia (Mr.) - responding to point of order
• European Union (Mr.)
• President of the Sixth Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction, delivered by Morocco (Mr.)
• New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Brazil (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Libya (Mr.)
• States Parties to the Treaty on the Creation of a Union State of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, delivered by Russia (Mr.) [Russian]
• African Group, delivered by Eritrea (Ms.)
• States Parties and Signatory States to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, delivered by South Africa (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations, delivered by Malaysia (Mr.)
• Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), delivered by Latvia (Mr.)
• Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative, delivered by Philippines (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Finland (Ms.)
• Vienna Group of Ten, delivered by Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• Oman (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Saudi Arabia (Mr.) [Arabic]
• Germany (Ms.)
• Portugal (Mr.)
• Sweden (Ms.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• France (Ms.) [French]
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• South Pacific Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty, delivered by Tonga (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Uruguay (Ms.)
• Yemen (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply
• China (Mr.) - right of reply

Tuesday, 29 April

• Austria (Mr.)
• Morocco (Mr.)
• Ukraine on behalf of a group of states (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Guatemala (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Norway (Mr.)
• Czechia (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• Zimbabwe (Mr.)
• Tunisia (Mr.)
• Cambodia (Mr.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Guyana (Ms.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Bulgaria (Ms.)
• Venezuela (Mr.)
• Armenia (Mr.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• Viet Nam (Mr.)
• Singapore (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Ms.)
• Russia (Mr.) [Russian]
• Thailand (Mr.)
• Hungary (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• China (Mr.) [Chinese]
• Sudan (Mr.)
• Kiribati (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Syria (Mr.)
• Honduras (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Nicaragua (Ms.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Slovenia (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• United States (Mr.) - right of reply
• Lithuania (Mr.) - right of reply
• Poland (Mr.) - right of reply
• Japan (Mr.) - right of reply
• China (Mr.) - right of reply
• Iran (Mr.) - right of reply
• Czechia (Mr.) - right of reply
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Wednesday, 30 April

• Ghana (Ms.)
• Romania (Ms.)
• Canada (Mr.)
• Lebanon (Mr.)
• Kenya (Mr.) 
• Jordan (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Türkiye (Mr.)
• Colombia (Ms.)
• Mauritania (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Croatia (Ms.)
• Malta (Ms.)
• Burkina Faso (Mr.)
• Denmark (Mr.)
• Panama (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Kyrgyzstan (Ms.)
• Mongolia (Mr.)
• United Arab Emirates (Ms.)
• Senegal (Mr.)
• Luxembourg (Mr.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Côte d'Ivoire (Mr.)
• Dominican Republic (Mr.)
• Greece (Mr.)
• San Marino (Ms.)
• Libya (Mr.)
• Bahrain (Mr.)
• Mozambique (Mr.)
• Djibouti (Ms.)
• Gabon (Ms.)
• Jamaica (Mr.)
• Congo (Mr.)
• United States (Mr.) - right of reply
• France (Ms.) - right of reply
• UK (Mr.) - right of reply
• China (Ms.) - right of reply
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Thursday, 1 May

• Niger (Mr.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mr.)
• Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (Mr.)
• League of Arab States (Ms.)
• African Commission on Nuclear Energy (Mr.)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (Ms.)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Mr.)

Civil society presentations

Wednesday, 30 April

• Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), delivered by Hiroshi Kanamamoto (Mr.)
• Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo), delivered by Yayoi Fujita (Tsuchida) (Mr.)
• Mayors for Peace, Hiroshima, delivered by MATSUI Kazumi (Mr.)
• Mayors for Peace, Nagasaki, delivered by SUZUKI Shiro (Mr.)
• Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK), delivered by Juyeon JC Rhee (Ms.)
• Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World, delivered by Hideki Sahara (Mr.)
• Legal and Humanitarian Imperatives for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, delivered by Dr. Deepshikha Kumari Vijh on behalf of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (Ms.)
• Fiji Nuclear Veterans and Families Association, delivered by Mere Tuilau (Ms.)
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), delivered by Florian Eblenkamp (Mr.)
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), delivered by Dr Ira Helfand (Mr.)
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), delivered by Dr. Ivana Hughes (Ms.)
• Civil Society Statement on Gender and Intersectionality, delivered by Maria Clara de Magalhães Ribeiro o behalf of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) (Ms.)
• Abolition 2000 nuclear risk reduction working group, PND, Human Survival Project, delivered by John Hallam (Mr.)
• Reverse The Trend, Youth Project of Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, delivered by Douaa Ahmed (Ms.) and Mohammed Alkurashi (Mr.)
• Alternative Frameworks to Deterrence for Pursuing Security, delivered by Rehan Mahmood on behalf of Youth Fusion (Mr.)
• Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), delivered by Rabeea Aboras (Ms.) [Arabic]
• Arms Control Association, delivered by Shizuka Kuramitsu (Ms.)
• China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA), delivered by Amb. CHENG Jingye (Mr.)
• Western States Legal Foundation, delivered by Jacqueline Cabasso (Ms.)
• Open Nuclear Network, delivered by Elin Bergner (Ms.)
• World Federalist Movement, delivered by Sophie Rigg (Ms.)

Cluster 1: Nuclear Disarmament

Thursday, 1 May

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by the United Arab Emirates (Ms.)
• Joint statement on the principle of irreversibility in nuclear disarmament, delivered by Norway (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand, Ireland, and Switzerland on improved transparency and accountability, delivered by Ireland (Mr.)
• Joint statement on nuclear justice, delivered by Kiribati (Ms.)
• African Group, delivered by Nigeria (Mr.)
• Stockholm Initiative, delivered by Spain (Mr.)
• New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Brazil (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Portugal (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Finland (Ms.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Joint statement on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation education, delivered by Japan (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Canada (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Saudi Arabia (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Bulgaria (Mr.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Sweden (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Norway (Mr.)
• Turkiye (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• France (Ms.) - right of reply
• Russia (Ms.) - right of reply