Statements from the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Opening and High-Level Session
Thematic Discussion on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
General Exchange of Views
Article 2
Article 12
Article 4
Articles 6 and 7
Article 5
Scientific Advisory Group
Intersessional Structure
Complementarity
Gender Provisions
Organizational Matters and Closing

Opening of the Meeting and High-Level Session

Monday, 27 November 2023

• President of the Second Meeting of States Parties, Mr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez of Mexico
• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitus
• International Committee of the Red Cross, Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Ms. Melissa Parke
• Representative of survivor of use and testing of nuclear weapons, Mr. Sueichi Kido
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mr.)

Thematic Discussion on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons

Monday, 27 November 2023

• Scientific Advisory Group Co-Chairs, Dr. Zia Mian (Mr.) and Dr. Patricia Lewis (Ms.)
• Mr. Sébastien Philippe, Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security
• Dr. Nick Ritchie (Mr.), University of York
• Ms. Patricia Jaworek, Nuclear Threat Initiative
  
• Mr. Sueichi Kido, Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Austria (Mr.)
  
• South Africa (Mr.)
  
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Gensukiyo (Ms.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (Ms.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Ireland (Mr.)

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

• Mr. Moritz Kütt, Scientific Advisory Group
• Mr. Richard Lennane, International Committee of the Red Cross
• Mr. Hidehiko Yuzaki, Governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture
• Ms. Karina Lester, First Nations Australia
• Ms. Ereti Tekabwaia, Kiribati National Tourism Office
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Indigenous World Association (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Mr.)
• Equatorial Guinea (Mr.)
• Affected Communities and Allies Working Group and Manhattan Project for a Nuclear Weapon Free World (Ms.)

General Exchange of Views

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

• South Africa (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Cambodia (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Uruguay (Ms.)
• Honduras (Mr.)
• Malta (Ms.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Venezuela (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Côte d’Ivoire (Mr.)
• Thailand (Mr.)
• Lesotho (Mr.)
• Kiribati (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Namibia (Ms.)

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

• Lao People's Democratic Republic (Mr.)
• Bolivia (Ms.)
• Guyana (Ms.)
• Mongolia (Mr.)
• Viet Nam (Mr.)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Mr.)
• Palestine (Mr.)
• Dominican Republic (Ms.)
• Comoros (Ms.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Botswana (Mr.)
• Jamaica (Mr.)
• Nauru (Mr.)
• Samoa (Ms.)
• San Marino (Mr.)
• Congo (Mr.)
• Burkina Faso (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Mozambique (Ms.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Cook Islands (Ms.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Sierra Leone (Mr.)
• Haiti (Mr.)
• Tanzania (Mr.)
• Germany (Ms.)
• Morocco (Mr.)
• Norway (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Cabo Verde (Mr.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Marshall Islands (Ms.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Nicaragua (Ms.)
• Equatorial Guinea (Mr.)
• ICRC (Ms.)
• Elders (Mr.)
• Joint affected communities (Mr.)
• Parliamentarians for the TPNW (Mr.)
• Mayors for Peace (Mr.)
• Joint Statement from Youth (Ms.) and (Mr.)
• IPPNW (Ms.)
• Joint interfaith statement, delivered by Soka Gakkai International (Ms.)
• People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (Ms.)
• Reverse the Trend (Ms.)
• Japan Congress against A-and H-Bomb (Ms., Mr., Mr.)
• Know Nukes Tokyo (Ms. and Ms.)

Article 2 - Declarations

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

• Secretary-General (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Mexico (Ms.)

Article 12 - Universalisation

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

• Co-Chairs informal WG on universalisation, South Africa (Mr.) and Malaysia (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• ICRC (Ms.)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Ms.)
• Namibia (Ms.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• ICAN (Ms.)
• Uruguay (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Equatorial Guinea (Mr.)
• Cabo Verde (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)

Thursday, 30 November 2023

• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Mozambique (Ms.)
• Kiribati (Mr.)
• Djibouti (Ms.)
• International Trade Union Confederation (Ms.)
• Disarmament and arms control (Mr.)
• Senzatomica (Ms.)
• Soka Gakkai International (Ms.)
• Japan NGO network for nuclear weapons abolition (Mr.)
• SEHLAC (Ms.)
• Co-chair South Africa (Mr.)
• Co-chair Malaysia (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)

Article 4 - Towards the elimination of nuclear weapons

Thursday, 30 November 2023

• Ireland (Ms.)
• Co-Chair New Zealand (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• ICAN (Ms.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Scientific Advisory Group (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Mr.)
• Co-Chair Mexico (Ms.)
• Co-Chair New Zealand (Mr.)

Article 6 and 7 - Victim Assistance and Environmental Remediation

Thursday, 30 November 2023

• Co-Chair Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Co-Chair Kiribati (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Mr.)
• ICRC (Mr. and Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Fiji (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Kiribati (Ms.)
• ICAN (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Joint civil society statement (Ms.)
• Peace Boat (Ms.)
• Reverse the Trend (Mr.) 
• Harvard Human Rights Law Clinic (Ms.)
• Co-Chair Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Co-Chair Kiribati (Mr.)

Article 5 - National implementation measures

Thursday, 30 November 2023

• Cuba (Ms.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• ICRC (Mr.)
• ICAN (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Nuclear Ban US (Ms.)
• Rotary Action Group for Peace Nuclear Weapon Education Committee (Ms.)

Scientific Advisory Group

Thursday, 30 November 2023

• Co-chairs of the Scientific Advisory Group (Ms. and Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• New Zealand (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• ICAN (Ms.)
• Co-chairs of the Scientific Advisory Group (Ms. and Mr.)

Intersessional Structure 

Thursday, 30 November 2023

• President (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• ICAN (Ms.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Malaysia Youth Diplomacy (Ms.)

Complementarity

Friday, 1 December 2023

• Co-Chair Ireland (Mr.)
• Co-Chair Thailand (Ms.)
• ICAN (Ms.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Holy See (Ms.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Uruguay (Mr.)
• Djibouti (Ms.)
• OPANAL (Mr.)
• Norwegian People's Aid (Ms.)
• SEHLAC (Ms.)
• Representative of Catholic Archdiocese (Mr.)
• Co-Chair Thailand (Ms.)
• Co-Chair Ireland (Mr.)

Gender

Friday, 1 December 2023

• Gender focal point, Chile (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Uruguay (Mr.)
• Kiribati (Mr.)
• DRC (Ms.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Honduras (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• WILPF (Mx.)
• New Japan Women's Association (Ms.)

Organizational Matters and Closing

Friday, 1 December 2023

• Chair of the credential's committee, Uruguay (Mr.)
• President (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• Cabo Verde (Mr.)
• Kiribati (Mr.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Djibouti (Ms.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Thailand (Ms.)
• Namibia (Ms.)
• ICAN (Mr.)
• ICRC (Ms.)