Action 45 - NPT Monitor

China

What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle 2022–2026)?

China signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism in 2005 and ratified it in 2010.

China has supported international cooperation against nuclear terrorism and has incorporated relevant obligations into domestic nuclear-security law and practice.

China’s 2016 nuclear security progress report stated that China regarded combating illicit trafficking of nuclear material as a key element in preventing acts of nuclear terrorism, had installed more than 1,000 radiation-detection devices at sea, air, highway and railway ports, and had conducted cooperation with the United States and Russia on preventing illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive material.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle 2022–2026?

China has continued to implement the Convention and to support nuclear-security cooperation against nuclear terrorism.

Sources

China Signs the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, Sep 15 2005

National Progress Report on Nuclear Security of the People's Republic of China, April 1, 2016

France

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle 2022–2026)?

France ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism in 2013. Since 2005, France has submitted a biennial resolution to the UN General Assembly entitled ‘Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive materials and sources’ (with Germany) and co-sponsored the Indian resolution entitled “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction’. In December 2018, the European Union adopted COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2018/1939 for the support for the universalization and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. This Council Decision supports the UNODC and UNOCT to conduct outreach missions in order to increase the number of states parties to the ICSANT and to improve its implementation.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle 2022–2026?

In 2024, France co-sponsored a biennial resolution to the UN General Assembly entitled ‘Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive materials and sources’ (with Germany) and co-sponsored the Indian resolution entitled “Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction’. In 2023, the European Union adopted COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/1187 for the support for the universalization and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. This Council Decision supports the UNODC and UNOCT to conduct outreach missions in order to increase the number of states parties to the ICSANT and to improve its implementation.

As part of the G7, France has also called for the universalization of ICSANT (2024).

Sources

Nuclear safety and security, https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/security-disarmament-and-non-proliferation/disarmament-and-non-proliferation/treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons/peaceful-uses-of-nuclear-energy/article/nuclear-safety-and-security

General and complete disarmament Report of the First Committee, UNGA, A/79/408, 15 November 2024, https://docs.un.org/en/A/79/408

Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1939 of 10 December 2018 on Union support for the universalisation and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, Official Journal of the European Union, L314/41, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2018/1939/oj/eng

COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/1187 of 19 June 2023, on Union support for the universalisation and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/1187/oj/eng

Statement of the G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group, April 18, 2024, https://g7.utoronto.ca/summit/2024apulia/240418-nonproliferation-directors-group.html

Russia

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle 2022–2026)?

International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly following an initiative led by Russia. Russia was the first nuclear-weapon State to sign the Convention and ratified it in 2007.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle 2022–2026?

Russia has not communicated on further implementation of this action in the current review cycle.

Sources

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ‘Adoption by Russian Federation State Duma of a Law on Ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism’. 21 September 2006

https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1618709/?lang=en

Statement by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Regarding Adoption of International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. 2 April 2005

https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/international_safety/1706402/

United Kingdom

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle 2022–2026)?

The UK ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2009.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle 2022–2026?

The UK has continued to call on all states that have not yet done so to ratify ICSANT and to implement its provisions fully, as part of its broader approach to strengthening the international nuclear security framework.

Sources

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2026). National report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pursuant to actions 5, 20 and 21 of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for the eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69df600a53469bbcdf408e8b/UK-National-Report-11th-Treaty-on-the-Non-Proliferation-of-Nuclear-Weapons-NPT-Review-Conference.pdf

United States

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle 2022–2026)?

The United States signed the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism on September 14, 2005; U.S. ratification was deposited on September 30, 2015; and the Convention entered into force for the United States on October 30, 2015.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle 2022–2026?

The Convention entered into force for the United States prior to the current Review Cycle.

Sources

U.S. Department of State. “Multilateral (15-1030) – International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.” Office of Treaty Affairs. October 30, 2015. https://www.state.gov/15-1030/.