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Japan, Canada and Netherlands submit IPFM draft of FM(C)T to United Nations Conference on Disarmament

posted by Alexander Glaser on Sep 18th, 2009 [08:11h]
under: Fissile Materials, Treaties, Conference on Disarmament
last edited on Sep 18th, 2009 [09:38h]

Japan’s Ambassador Suda announced at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) that his delegation, along with those of Canada and the Netherlands, jointly submitted to the CD the draft FM(C)T prepared by the International Panel on Fissile Materials, entitled A Treaty Banning the Production of Fissile Materials for Nuclear Weapons or Other Nuclear Explosive Devices, with article-by-article explanations. He explained that the document is intended to provide CD members with “useful reference materials in the prospective negotiations of a fissile materials cut-off treaty.”

Unofficial transcript
Japan, Ambassador Akio Suda
17 September 2009
Thank you, Mr. President.

I asked for the floor briefly to draw the members’ attention to the Document prepared by the International Panel on Fissile Materials; entitled "A Treaty Banning the Production of Fissile Materials for Nuclear Weapons or Other Nuclear Explosive Devices, with article-by-article explanations", dated 2nd September 2009 - which the Delegations of Canada, Japan and the Netherlands jointly submitted yesterday to the CD secretariat for its circulation as an official document of the CD.

The purpose of circulating this document is to provide the Member States of the Conference with useful reference materials in the prospective negotiations of a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. I would like to highlight that the document submitted does not in any way represent the official positions of the States submitting it. Although having been told that this submission cannot be reflected in the draft report in front of us due to the time constraint, I hope that it will be reflected in the list of documents submitted to the Conference and recorded under Paragraph 37 of the Final Report of the Conference.

Thank you, Mr. President.

IPFM presentation

posted by Alexander Glaser on Sep 1st, 2009 [08:08h]
under: presentations, fissile materials, Europe
last edited on Sep 9th, 2009 [12:15h]

IPFM presentation on Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, Geneva

Friday, 21 August 2009

To help inform discussions at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD), IPFM members Arend Meerburg, Zia Mian and Frank von Hippel made a presentation on the Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty. The presentation was sponsored by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament.

The full text of the IPFM Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty, including an article-by-article discussion, is available here.

(c) Yann Forget, 2005

The CD, based in Geneva, has so far not been able to begin implementing the plan of work agreed in May 2009, which included negotiations on a treaty to ban production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons. Reports ON the CD meetings are available here.

IPFM Releases Global Fissile Material Report 2007

posted by Alexander Glaser on Oct 3rd, 2007 [10:50h]
under: GFMR, fissile materials, HEU, plutonium, nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, nuclear weapons
last edited on Oct 22nd, 2007 [10:46h]

On Thursday, 11 October, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, will host the launch of the 2007 Global Fissile Material Report by the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), an independent group of scientists and analysts from sixteen countries.

The Global Fissile Material Report provides an annual review of worldwide stocks, production, and disposition of highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium, the key ingredients in nuclear weapons, and assesses global efforts to secure and eliminate these materials. Deep cuts and consolidation in the stocks of highly enriched uranium and plutonium is critical to nuclear disarmament, halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and ensuring that terrorists do not acquire nuclear weapons.

Download the full report: GFMR 2007

Here's the Table of Contents:

Nuclear Weapon and Fissile Material Stockpiles and Production
Disposition of Excess Highly Enriched Uranium
Disposition of Excess Plutonium
Fissile Material Consolidation in the U.S. Nuclear Complex
Progress Toward Nuclear Disarmament
International Safeguards in the Nuclear Weapon States
Managing the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Russia’s Nuclear-Energy Complex and its Roles as an International Fuel-Cycle-Services Provider
Detection of Clandestine Fissile Material Production

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