Photo: Professor The Hon. Gareth Evans, AO QC (Co-Chair International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament), The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP (Prime Minister of Australia), HE Dr Yukio Hatoyama (Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan), Ms Yoriko Kawaguchi (Co-Chair International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament) at the launch of the report on 15 December.
Media release: Commission Report Launched in Tokyo: Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World, 15 December 2009
Transcript: Prime Minister Rudd's comments at the launch of the Report, 15 December 2009.
Transcript: Remarks by ICNND Co-chairs Ms Yoriko Kawaguchi and Prof Gareth Evans at the launch of the Report, 15 December 2009.
The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament is a joint initiative of the Australian and Japanese Governments. It aims to reinvigorate international efforts on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, in the context of both the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, and beyond.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd proposed the Commission on the 9 June 2008, in Kyoto, to be co-chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans. On 9 July, Prime Minister Rudd and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda agreed to establish the Commission and announced that former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi would co-chair the Commission.
Research papers specially commissioned as background material for the work of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament are being progressively made available online.
Note: These research papers have been commissioned by the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, but reflect the views of the authors and should not be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Commission.
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