Anexo 8

TOWARDS A NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD: THE CONTRIBUTION OF PARLIAMENTS

Resolution adopted by consensus* by the 130th IPU Assembly

(Geneva, 20 March 2014)

The 130th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,

Convinced of the need to achieve and maintain a nuclear-weapon-free world,

Affirming the key role of parliaments and parliamentarians in addressing nuclear risks and building

the legislative and political framework needed to achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world,

Recalling previous IPU resolutions on the disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, in

particular the resolution adopted by the 120th IPU Assembly (Addis Ababa, April 2009),

Noting with grave concern that more than 17,000 nuclear weapons exist worldwide, constituting a

serious threat to international peace and security, and that any use of nuclear weapons, whether by

accident, miscalculation or intent, would have devastating humanitarian and environmental

consequences,

Welcoming the Conferences on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons held in Oslo, Norway,

in 2013 and in Narayit, Mexico, in February 2014, and the conference to be held in Vienna, Austria,

in 2014,

Underscoring the mutually reinforcing nature of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation,

Recognizing the importance of the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),

which embodies the international consensus on the need to pursue the interrelated pillars of

disarmament, non-proliferation and the peaceful use of nuclear energy,

Reaffirming that all States must ensure compliance with their nuclear disarmament and

non-proliferation obligations, especially those under the Non-Proliferation Treaty,

Also reaffirming the nuclear disarmament obligations of nuclear-weapon States under Article VI of

the Non-Proliferation Treaty, notably to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures

relating to urgent cessation of the nuclear arms race and to nuclear disarmament, and the obligation

of all NPT States Parties to pursue negotiations on general and complete disarmament,

Mindful of the 64-point Action Plan adopted by the 2010 NPT Review Conference, which, inter alia,

“calls on all nuclear-weapon States to undertake concrete disarmament efforts and affirms that all

States need to make special efforts to establish the necessary framework to achieve and maintain a

world without nuclear weapons”,

Noting its strong support for the essential work of the International Atomic Energy Agency and for

the universal implementation of its system of safeguard agreements and their additional protocols

as essential tools for strengthening the non-proliferation regime,

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