The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) concluded its two-year mandate on 30 July 2010.
For further information on ICNND related matters, please contact:
Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Canberra, Australia
Phone: +61 2 6261 1111
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.
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.
This report, the work of an independent commission of global experts sponsored by Australia and Japan, seeks to guide global policymakers.
The report: Eliminating Nuclear Threats - A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers
Australia's response to the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Report, 3 May 2010
ICNND Co-chairs Gareth Evans and Yoriko Kawaguchi address IAEA Member States on the Commission's Vienna Communiqué, Vienna, 5 July 2010.
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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