Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the efforts of the Australian and Japanese governments to advance the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation agenda through the formation of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament,

(ii)

that the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (the Review Conference) is currently taking place in New York,

(iii)

the participation of numerous parliamentarians in the meeting, and the increased engagement of parliamentarians in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament initiatives, and

(iv)

Australia’s statements that currently it is experiencing the highest level of political will on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in decades, and that all states have responsibilities to seize the moment to strengthen the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (the Treaty); and

(b)

calls on the government to take every effort to ensure that the Preparatory Committee forwards consensus recommendations to the Review Conference, to provide sufficient guidance for its substantive work, and to signal the commitment of all states that are parties to the Treaty.

Question agreed to.