Documents from the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Conference documents

Working papers

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.1
Designation of a competent international authority/authorities
Working paper submitted by Brazil and Mexico

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.2
Operationalizing the gender provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by Chile, Ireland, Mexico and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.3
Complementarity with the Existing Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regime
Working paper submitted by Ireland and Thailand

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.4
Working paper submitted by the International Committee of the Red Cross

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.5
Implementing Articles 6 and 7
Working paper submitted by Kazakhstan and Kiribati

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.6
Institutionalizing scientific and technical advice for the effective implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Working paper submitted by the President-designate

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.7
Implementing article 12 of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: universalization
Working paper submitted by the Austria, Costa Rica and Indonesia

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.8
Intersessional structure for the implementation of the Treaty
Working paper submitted by the President-designate

TPNW/MSP/2022/WP.9
Deadlines for the removal from operational status and destruction of nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices, and their removal from national territories (Article 4)
Working paper submitted the facilitator South Africa (advanced unedited)

NGO working papers

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/1
Statement on the occasion of the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/2
ICAN Policy Recommendations to the First Meeting of States Parties: Working paper submitted by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/3
The role of International Environmental Law principles during the implementation of environmental remediation under Article 6(2): Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization University of Auckland, Law School

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/4
Article 6 TPNW: Who is a “victim” of nuclear weapons’ testing and use and what could “adequate assistance” look like? Taking inspiration from the European Court of Human Rights: Working paper submitted by International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/5
Statement of Hibakusha: Working paper submitted by Hidankyo/Hibakusha Organization of Japan

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/6
Fulfilment of Obligations under Article 5 “National Implementation” Essential to Achieve Goals of TPNW: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization NuclearBan.US

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/7
Encouraging universal adherence to the TPNW on the basis of existing international obligations: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization Tribunal for Peace, The Netherlands

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/8
Full Implementation of Article 1(e), the Prohibition on Assistance, is Key to Achieving the Goals of the TPNW: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization NuclearBan.US

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/9
Nuclear Armament Increasingly at Odds with Sustainable Development?: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization Scientists for Future Austria

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/10
Adopt a Resolution Protesting Russia’s Threat to Use Nuclear Weapons and Urging the Non-use and Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by Nuclear Powers: Working paper submitted by Japan Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/11
Center Intergenerational Justice and Collaboration in the Implementation of TPNW: Working paper submitted by Northwestern Buffett Institute of Global Affairs

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/12
For all people on the planet who could become Hibakusha: Working paper submitted by the Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/13
Hear Our Silenced Voices: Working paper submitted by Kinokokai (Association of Atomic Bomb Microcephaly Sufferers and Their Families)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/14
1MSP Policy Recommendations: Working paper submitted by Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/15
Pathways To Advance Equitable, Just, and Restorative Nuclear Disarmament: Working paper submitted by Global Zero

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/16
Threats to Use Nuclear Weapons: Unacceptable and Illegal: Working paper submitted by International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/17
Implementing Articles 6 and 7 on victim assistance, environmental remediation, and international cooperation and assistance: Working paper submitted by Article 36

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/18
Nuclear deterrence is transforming! Inhumanity of nuclear weapons must be the foundation of our activities: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization Japan Congress against A-and H-Bombs GENSUIKIN)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/19
Building on the Ban: Increasing impact by decreasing investment: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization PAX

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/20
Encouraging the Nuclear Weapons States to Join the TPNW: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization NuclearBan.US

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/21
Statement for the 1st Meeting of States Parties of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization Netzwerk Friedenskooperative / Network of the German Peace Movement

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/22
Implementing Victim Assistance and Environmental Remediation under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/23
Protocols for Seeking Nuclear Truth with Integrity: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization Nuclear Truth Project

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/24
Joint International Health Statement: Working paper submitted by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/25
The catastrophic consequence s of nuclear weapons and war: Summary of the evidence and new research findings: Working paper submitted by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/26
Message from Youth in Japan: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of member organization KNOW NUKES TOKYO

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/27
Recommendations from Japanese Civil Society on Articles 6 and 7 of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by the Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/28
Complementarity beyond Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: Working paper submitted by Mines Action Canada

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/29
Funding mechanisms to achieve universality of the TPNW: Working paper submitted by the Middle East Treaty Organization

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/30
Now is the Time to Act, From Prohibition to Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by the New Japan Women’s Association

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/31
Universalization of the TPNW and the Middle East WMDFZ: Working paper submitted by the Middle East Treaty Organization

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/32
Including Peace and Disarmament Education in Implementing Universalization Obligations under Article 12: orking paper submitted by Soka Gakkai International

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/33
Ways to strengthen international security and pursue nuclear disarmament using the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy (AIDD)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/34
Policy Proposal for providing support to radiation victims in accordance with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW): Working paper submitted by the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/35
The role of non-nuclear weapon states in NATO on nuclear disarmament: Working paper submitted by ICAN on behalf of the Flemish Peace Institute

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/36
Information on the Situations of Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Survivors in Japan and Proposals on “Victim Assistance” mentioned in Article 6 of the TPNW: Working paper submitted by Japanese Liaison Council of Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Survivors (JLCSGABS)

TPNW/MSP/2022/NGO/37
Youth Perspectives on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) and ICAN on behalf of member organization Reverse The Trend: Save Our People, Save Our Planet (RTT)