Security Assurances Working paper submitted by China

2012-05-01 23:00

 

1.Pending the realization of the objective of complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons, it is conducive to strengthening international proliferation regime for the nuclear-weapon states to provide security assurances to non-nuclear weapon states. All nuclear-weapon States should undertake unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon States or nuclear-weapon-free zones and conclude a legal binding international legal instrument.

2. All nuclear-weapon States should diminish the role of nuclear weapons in their national security policies, abandon the nuclear deterrence policy based on first-use of nuclear weapons and refrain from listing any countries as targets of nuclear strikes or targeting the nuclear weapons under their control at any country.

3. Nuclear-weapon States should support the efforts of non-nuclear-weapon States to establish nuclear-weapon-free zones and should undertake corresponding obligations in a legally binding manner.

4.The Conference on Disarmament should start substantive work on concluding an international legal instrument on security assurances to non-nuclear-weapon States at an early date.