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Evaluating Implementation of the NPT 13+2 Steps:

JAPAN’S REPORT CARD ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT 2002

March 27, 2002

Annex:   Explanation of the Reason of Evaluation

The Japan’s Report Card on Nuclear Disarmament 2002, a separate sheet, is an assessment, from Japanese citizens’ perspectives, of the Japanese government’s efforts from May 20, 2000 to February 16, 2002 for the implementation of the 13+2 steps, that is, the thirteen practical steps to implement article VI, plus two steps which are deeply connected to Japan among the steps on article VII, contained in the Final Document of 2000 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) that was adopted by consensus in May 2000.

This “Annex: Explanation of the Reason of Evaluation” is to explain the details of the task setting and the grounds for evaluation. It also aims to serve as a practical briefing book to provide an annual overview of the Japanese and global efforts towards nuclear disarmament. The issuance of the Report Card will be continued every year until 2005, when the next NPT Review Conference will be held.  

  •    The evaluation was made by the Evaluation Committee, consisting of the following ten members. (In alphabetical order)

HIRAOKA Takashi     Former Mayor of Hiroshima City
KUROSAWA Mitsuru   Osaka University
MAEDA Tetsuo   Tokyo International University
MORITAKI Haruko Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
NIKI Michiko YWCA of Japan
TAKEMURA Yasuko Former Member of the House of Councilors
TANAKA Terumi Nihon Hidankyo
TSUCHIYAMA Hideo Former President, Nagasaki University
TSURU Yasuko  Tokyo Gakugei University
UMEBAYASHI Hiromichi Peace Depot  (Chair of the Committee)
Secretary: KAWASAKI Akira Peace Depot

  • Explanation for Grading:

A: Japan has tackled its core task of eliminating dependence on nuclear weapons, or has made a significant contribution for global nuclear disarmament.
B: Japan has been enthusiastic in tackling the important tasks (underlined in the text of this Annex).
C: Japan has carried out some of the tasks.
D: Japan carried out none or very few of the tasks. Fortunately, this did not constitute a direct factor setting back the global situation.
E:  Japan carried out none of the important tasks. Or even if Japan carried out some of them, it failed to make the most of its precious opportunity as a country devastated by nuclear weapons.

  • Contents: NPT 13+2 Steps

(1)    Early Entry-into-Force of the CTBT
(2) Moratorium on Nuclear Weapon Tests
(3) A Program of Work at the CD to Conclude the FMCT Within Five Years
(4)   A Program of Work to Establish a Subsidiary Body to Deal with Nuclear Disarmament in the CD
(5)  The Principle of Irreversibility
(6)  An Unequivocal Undertaking by the Nuclear-Weapon States to Accomplish the Total Elimination of their Nuclear Arsenals
(7) The Preservation and Strengthening of the ABM Treaty and the Promotion of the START Process
(8) The Completion and Implementation of the Trilateral Initiative between the US, Russia and the IAEA
(9)  “International Stability” and the “Principle of Undiminished Security for All”
(9a) Unilateral Cuts in Nuclear Arsenals
(9b)  Increasing Transparency
(9c) Reduction in Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons
(9d)  Reducing Operational Status
(9e) A Diminishing Role for Nuclear Weapons in Security Policies
(9f) The Engagement of All Nuclear-Weapon States in a Process Leading to the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
(10)  The Placement of Excess Fissile Material under International Control and Its Use for Peaceful Purposes
(11) General and Complete Disarmament as the Ultimate Objective
(12)  Regular Reports on the Implementation of the Obligation of Nuclear Disarmament Recalling the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion
(13) The Further Development of Verification Capabilities
(+1) Legally Binding Negative Security Assurances (NSA)
(+2)  Establishment of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

In the linked pages, the bold sections which follow the short title of each of the 13+2 Steps are the exact quotes from the NPT Final Document. The sections in bold italics represent tasks, and those that we regard are particularly important (“the important tasks”) are underlined.

　

　

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Hiyoshi Gruene 102, 3-3-1, Minowa-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-0051, Japan
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