(15th meeting) Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

The 15th plenary meeting of the 2026 Review conference of the parties to the treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons is called to order.
Excellency, distinguished delegates, I would like to turn once again to Item 18 of the agenda.
Having concluded the work of the main committees and their subsidiary bodies, the chairs of the three main committees will now present their final reports to the plenary.
I would now like to give the floor to the Chair of Main Committee one, Ambassador Samuel Yao Kuma of Ghana, to present the final report of main Committee one.
Ambassador Kuma, the floor is yours.
Thank you, Mr.
President.
I'm pleased to inform the plenary of the work held by main Committee one and subsidiary B one.
Main Committee one held a total of seven formal meetings between 30th, April and 15th May.
An account of the discussions held in the committee will be contained in the relevant summary records of the committee.
Subsidiary body one held a total of two meetings and considered a topic of the implementation of Article 6, nuclear disarmament and measures to avert the danger of nuclear war.
At the seventh meeting of Main Committee one held on 15th May, the committee adopted the draft report of Main Committee one, which will be issued by the Secretariat as document NPT slash CNF dot 2026 slash ct slash one.
Mr.
President, please allow me to conclude this report By once again expressing my sincere appreciation to state parties for their constructive engagement and cooperation throughout the meetings of the main committee and its subsidiary B one.
I also wish to thank my team, the Secretariat, the interpreters, and conference officers for their support to these meetings.
Thank you, Mr.
President.
I thank Ambassador Kumar for presenting the final report of Main Committee one, and I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for the effective guidance of the work of Main Committee one.
I would now like to give the floor to the Chair of Main Committee two, Ambassador Kaidat Omar of Kazakhstan, to present the final report of Main Committee two.
Ambassador Omar, you have the floor.
Thank you, Mr.
President.
It is my pleasure to inform the plenary of the Board of Main Committee two and subsidiary Body two.
Main Committee two held a total of seven formal meetings between the 4th of May and 15th of May.
An account of the discussions held in the committee will be contained in the relevant summary records of the committee.
Subsidiary Body two held a total of three meetings focused on regional issues, including with respect to the Middle East and implementation of the 1995 Middle East resolution.
At the seventh meeting of Main Committee two held on 15th of May, the committee adopted the draft report of Main Committee two, which will be issued by the Secretariat as document amp slash com dot 2026 slash c dot slash one.
Throughout our work, delegations engaged in substantive and thoughtful discussions on a range of important issues under the mandate of the committee.
In this regard, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all colleagues and delegations for their constructive engagement, professionalism, and spirit of cooperation.
Despite the challenging international environment, the discussions in main Committee two demonstrated the continued commitment of state parties to preserving integrity, credibility, and relevance of the treaty and the review process.
I would also like to express my deep gratitude to my team, to the secretary of the committee, Christian DeFrance and Turo Luzu of the IAEA, as well as to Janos Isaef and Ophelia Zenz of Yoda.
For their tireless support, professionalism, and dedication throughout this process.
I also wish to thank Mr.
Thor Anderson for his dedicated leadership as vice chair of Subsidiy By two.
My sincere appreciation further goes to the conference officers, interpreters, and technical staff for their excellent work and support during our proceedings.
Finally, I would like to call on all delegations to maintain the spirit of cooperation and mutual respect we have had during the entire process of meetings of the second committee.
I wish all delegations a productive and successful conclusion of the conference.
I thank him.
I thank Ambassador Omarov for presenting the final report of main Committee two and also thank him for the leadership in effectively guiding the work of this main committee.
I would now like to give the floor to the Chair of Main Committee three, Ambassador Peka Bustin of Finland, to present the final report of Main Committee three.
Ambassador Bustin, you have the floor.
Thank you, Mr.
President.
I am pleased to inform the plenary of the work undertaken by Main Committee three and subsidiary three.
Main Committee three held a total of seven formal meetings between 4th of May and 15th of May.
An account of the discussions held in the committee will be contained in the relevant summary course of the committee.
Subsidiary body three held a total of three meetings focused on the topic of improving the effectiveness of the strengthened review process.
At the seventh meeting of the main committee three held on 15th May, the committee adopted the draft report of main committee, which will be issued by the Secretariat as document NPT slash 2026 slash C dot three slash one.
Mr.
President, I would like to conclude my report by expressing my sincere appreciation to states parties for their constructive engagement and cooperation.
I also wish to thank my team, the Secretariat, the interpreters, and conference officers for their support of these meetings.
Thank you, Mr.
President.
I thank Ambassador Pustinen for presenting the final report of main Committee three and thank him for the leadership.
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the chairs of the main committees, one, two, and three, as well as to the vice chairs of those committees and the subsidiary bodies for their tireless efforts, for the spirit of cooperation that they have brought to the work of the conference.
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, we will now move on to take up item 14 of the agenda, namely the adoption of arrangements for meeting the costs of the conference.
In this regard, I would like to draw delegations attention to document NPT slash 2026 slash 50, which reflects the schedule of the division of costs based on actual participation of states parties at the conference.
This document should be read in conjunction with Rule 12 and the appendix to the rules of procedure as adopted by the conference on 27, April 2026.
May I take it that the conference wishes to adopt the schedule for the division of costs as contained in document NPT slash 2026 slash 50.
I give the floor to the United States.
Mr.
President, I'd just like to thank you very much for your leadership in this matter and we do not object to the current.
However, we do appreciate the consultations under this agenda item.
We've raised this concern on the first day and we understand that negotiations are ongoing with the aim of achieving a modernized financing formula for the nuclear weapon states.
We request, however, that agenda item 14 remain open for further consideration tomorrow.
Thank you.
I thank the United States.
I see that China has requested the floor.
I will say a few words and we'll give you the floor if you still find it necessary.
You will recall that on this particular issue that the United States just raised, I did propose to undertake consultations on a revised scale of assessment for the nuclear weapon states.
Unfortunately, that issue has yet to be resolved and I therefore propose to return to this agenda item tomorrow.
I give the floor to the United sorry, to China.
Thank you, President.
On the first day of the conference, China has elaborated our opinion on this issue.
China believes that the state parties need to pay the related contributions for the review conference in time and in full.
We appreciate all those who have paid their contributions.
We hope that the United States can also pay all the contributions amounted to $420,000 and to honor their obligations as a state party.
Thank you.
I thank China.
May I take it that the conference wishes to adopt the schedule for the division of costs as contained in document NPT slash 2026 slash 50.
It is so decided.
We will return to this agenda item tomorrow.
Excellency delegates, before we turn to the presentation of the third revised draft outcome document, allow me first to recall that the conference will need to take a decision on the next review cycle.
Delegations will recall that the tenth NPT review conference was held in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic and as states parties are well aware, consequently delayed for two years.
At that conference, states parties decided, due to the extensive delays imposed by the pandemic to truncate the review cycle to four years.
The traditional years gap between the review conference and the first preparatory committee meeting of the 11th review cycle was removed.
Accordingly, this conference will need to take a decision on the next review cycle.
I believe there are two options before us to continue to attempt to make up the delays imposed by the pandemic or to return to the traditional five year cycle.
Accordingly, there are two options for the way forward.
First, to hold the next review conference in 2030 with the three sessions of its preparatory committee to be held in 2027 in Vienna, 2028 in Geneva, and 2029 in New York.
I understand from the Secretariat that the only possible dates currently available at the Vienna International Center are 213 August 2027.
The second option is to hold the next review cycle in 2031 with three sessions of its preparatory committee to be held in 2028 in Vienna, 2029 in Geneva, and 2030 in New York.
I understand from the Secretariat that the dates identified at the Vienna International Center are from the tenth to 21st July 2028.
I now open the floor for any delegation that wishes to share any initial reactions to these two options.
I invite the Netherlands I would like to make a statement on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Cechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and on behalf of my own country, the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
We commend your efforts as the president of the 11th Review Conference of the nonproliferation treaty and thank you and your team for your hard work so far.
We especially welcome the efforts to ensure an effective process by enforcing strict time limits and offering sufficient opportunity to exchange views in formal and informal settings.
We would appreciate the inclusion of forward looking language on strengthening the review cycle in the outcome document, namely strict time management and the adoption of a rolling agenda.
We join the call of other state parties to formalize chairs Bureau and express the hope that the practice of early circulation of the draft outcome document will be continued.
Mr.
President, with a view to the above and noting the ongoing impact of the postponement of the tenth review conference on the review cycle, we request the conference to consider our proposal for the 12th review conference, and that goes as follows.
First of all, to hold the 12th review conference in 2030 in New York.
Second, that the review conference will be preceded by two preparatory committees.
As per its mandate, these prep coms will consider principles, objectives, and ways to promote the full implementation of the treaty, as well as its universality and to make recommendations thereon to the review conference, as well as make the procedural preparations for the review conference.
Third, the conference will decide that the first prep com for the 12th preview conference will take place in 2028 in Vienna, and the second prep com will be held in Geneva on a date as close as possible to the beginning of the review conference.
Mr.
President, We believe that our proposal will be a good way forward to get back on track with the review cycle by allowing for a preparatory year before heading into the next review cycle.
By scheduling the second prep co meeting closer to the review conference, yet at least six months prior, a balance can be struck between increased continuity and allowing the next president designate enough time to hold consultations with state parties.
We invite the conference to consider our proposals and ask the president to reflect our proposals in a separate decision.
Mr.
President, I thank you for giving me the floor.
I thank the Netherlands speaking on behalf of a group of countries.
I see no further request for the floor.
We will revert to this agenda item at tomorrow's plenary meeting.
Excellency' distinguished delegates, last night at my request, the Secretariat circulated a further revision of the draft outcome document with a symbol NPT slash conf 2026 CRP two slash rev three.
That document represents my best effort to try and find consensus among states parties on a way forward.
It is by no means a perfect document.
It does not encapsulate every position made by every state party, nor does it address every single issue discussed over the last nearly four weeks.
But it is an attempt to find consensus at a time when sadly, divergences seem to outnumber convergences.
It is an attempt to find common ground on the things that bind us, the risk posed by nuclear weapons to our collective security, and the essential role of the treaty in meeting that risk.
Please be assured that in drafting this document, I have listened and read with great care to the interventions made and written inputs given by delegations.
I have sought to understand not only the positions, but the concerns and interests that lie behind them.
I want to reiterate what I said yesterday.
We are running out of time.
In considering the text, unless it is something that you absolutely cannot accept, please do not consider how each paragraph can be improved, but rather whether they can be accepted.
Please consider the document as a whole.
Above all, please consider it in a spirit of compromise and flexibility.
As I stated yesterday, it is not my intention to read through this document paragraph by paragraph.
Instead, I remain available for consultations with states or groups of states parties.
I thank you and I trust you will see this through.
That concludes the business of this meeting.
The meeting is adjourned.