1995: A New Beginning for the NPT?

As a follow-up to Beyond 1995: The Future of NPT published in 1990, this compilation presents the major issues to be addressed at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference. Renowned academic and diplomatic authorities from around the world contribute original essays and address questions such as: - Will the NPT be faced with a fundamental challege to its existence? - Will the treaty be allowed to lapse? - Will states withdraw? - Will the NPT be succeeded by an alternative treaty or regime?

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As a follow-up to Beyond 1995: The Future of NPT published in 1990, this compilation presents the major issues to be addressed at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference. Renowned academic and diplomatic authorities from around the world contribute original essays and address questions such as: - Will the NPT be faced with a fundamental challege to its existence? - Will the treaty be allowed to lapse? - Will states withdraw? - Will the NPT be succeeded by an alternative treaty or regime?

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1. Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes beyond 1995.- 2. Nuclear Arms Control in the Post-Cold War Era.- 3. Toward a Universal Framework of Nuclear Restraint.- 4. The NPT's Prospects.- 5. The Last Nuclear Summit?.- 6. 1995: A Time for Optimism?.- 7. India and the NPT after the Cold War.- 8. Perspectives of Nonproliferation: A View from Russia.- 9. The Future of the NPT: A German Perspective.- 10. Beyond 1995: The NPT and Europe.- 11. The NPT, the Treaty of Tlatelolco, and the Future of Nonproliferation.- 12. Avoiding Amendment of the NPT.- 13. What Happens to Safeguards if the NPT Goes?.- 14. Does the NPT Matter?.- APPENDIX: Toward 1995: United Nations Documents Relating to the Establishment and Functioning of the NPT, 19591993.- General Assembly Resolution 1380 (XIV): Prevention of the Wider Dissemination of Nuclear Weapons, November 20, 1959.- General Assembly Resolution 1576 (XV): Prevention of the Wider Dissemination of Nuclear Weapons, December 20, 1960.- General Assembly Resolution 1664 (XVI): Question of Disarmament, December 4, 1961.- General Assembly Resolution 1665 (XVI): Prevention of the Wider Dissemination of Nuclear Weapons, December 4, 1961 (Proposed by Ireland).- General Assembly Resolution 2028 (XX): Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, November 19, 1965.- General Assembly Resolution 2149 (XXI): Renunciation by States of Actions Hampering the Conclusion of an Agreement on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, November 4, 1966.- General Assembly Resolution 2153 (XXI): Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, November 17, 1966.- General Assembly Resolution 2346 (XXII): Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, December 19, 1967.- General Assembly Resolution 2373 (XXII): Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, June 12, 1968.- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.- Signatories and Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.- General Assembly Resolution 3184 (XXVIII): General and Complete Disarmament,December 18, 1973.- General Assembly Resolution 3261 (XXIX): General and Complete Disarmament, December 9, 1974.- Final Declaration of the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, May 30, 1975.- General Assembly Resolution 3484 (XXX): General and Complete Disarmament, December 12, 1975.- General Assembly Resolution 31/75: Implementation of the Conclusions of the First Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, December 10, 1976.- General Assembly Resolution 33/57: Implementation of the Conclusions of the First Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Establishment of a Preparatory Committee for the Second Conference, December 14, 1978.- The Second Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1980.- General Assembly Resolution 38/74: Implementation of the Conclusions of the Second ReviewConference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Establishment of the Preparatory Committee for the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty, December 15, 1983.- The Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1985, Final Declaration.- General Assembly Resolution 40/94 M: Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, December 12, 1985.- General Assembly Resolution 43/82: Implementation of theConclusions of the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Establishment of a Preparatory Committee for the Fourth Review Conference, December 7, 1988.- The Fourth NPT Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1990.- Note by the President of the Security Council.- Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly.- Letter Dated 12 March 1993from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to the United Nations Addressed to the President of the Security Council.- Resolution 825 (1993).- About the Authors.