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Presenter warns NPT credibility could erode if review conference again fails to reach consensus
Summary
A presenter at the 2026 NPT review conference said the treaty is the 'cornerstone' of nuclear governance and warned that repeated failures to adopt consensus outcome documents, amid a deteriorating security climate and veiled threats of nuclear use, risk hollowing out the treaty mechanism.
A presenter at the 2026 review conference said the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is the foundational framework for global nuclear governance and warned that repeated failures to reach consensus on an outcome document threaten the treaty’s credibility.
"NPT, nuclear nonproliferation treaty, is actually the cornerstone," the presenter said, arguing the regime unites three core issues: disarmament, nonproliferation and the peaceful uses of nuclear technology.
The presenter spelled out the three pillars in plain terms: "1 is, of course, nuclear disarmament.…
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