At the Review Conference of the NPT = Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a revised draft of the "Final Document" was presented, and the original draft's request for the nuclear-weapon states to adopt a "no first use" policy was deleted. Some expressions were weakened based on the conflicts between countries.
However, some countries are asking for changes to the content of the revised draft, and it is still unclear whether an agreement can be reached as the end of the session approaches on the 26th.
At the NPT Review Conference held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from the 1st of this month, the chairman presented a revised draft of the "final document" aiming for agreement on the 25th to each country.
Amid growing nuclear threats from Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, the revised draft includes a commitment by states that possess nuclear weapons not to use or threaten to use them against states that do not. The content of the draft requesting the nuclear-weapon states to adopt a "no-first-use" policy was deleted due to the opposition of the nuclear-weapon states and countries relying on nuclear deterrence.
In addition, the original draft called for the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, which has been seized by the Russian military and has been bombarded, to be returned from Russian control to the control of the Ukrainian authorities, but was revised in response to Russian opposition. In the draft, the expression was limited to confirming the importance of control by the Ukrainian authorities.
On the 25th, based on the revised draft, private general meetings and individual bilateral negotiations were intermittently held at the conference, but some countries requested changes because the revised draft was insufficient. Therefore, it is still unclear whether we will be able to reach an agreement on the final day of the 26th.