♤ Conferences to review the operation of the Treaty have been held at five-year intervals

since the Treaty went into effect in 1970.

♤ Each conference has sought to find agreement on a final declaration that would assess the implementation of the Treaty’s provisions and make recommendations on measures to further strengthen it.

♤ Prominent conference were in 1995, 2005, 2010 and 2015. The Conference is a once every five year opportunity to stabilize and strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime. The Review Conference is tasked with evaluating how well the terms of the NPT have been implemented and to chart a path forward to tackle unfinished business.

3.3.1. NPT Review Conferences

♤ The 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, held in New York from 27 April to 22 May, ended without the adoption of a consensus substantive outcome.

♤ At the 2010 Review Conference the States parties agreed to a final document which included conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions, including the implementation of the 1995 Resolution on the Middle East.

♤ The 2015 outcome constitutes a setback for the strengthened review process instituted to ensure accountability with respect to activities under the three pillars of the Treaty as part of the package in support of the indefinite extension of the Treaty in 1995.