Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag UNO 2017

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United Nations conference to negotiate a legally
binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons,
leading towards their total elimination
New York, 27-31 March and 15 June-7 July 2017
Agenda item 9
Negotiations, pursuant to paragraph 8 of General Assembly
resolution 71/258 of 23 December 2016, on a legally binding
instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their
total elimination
Draft treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
Submitted by the President of the conference

The States Parties to this Treaty,

Determined to contribute to the realization of the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations,

Deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that
would result from any use of nuclear weapons, and recognizing the consequent need
to completely eliminate such weapons, which remains the only way to guarantee
that nuclear weapons are never used again under any circumstances,

Mindful of the risks posed by the continued existence of nuclear weapons,
including from any nuclear-weapon detonation by accident, miscalculation or
design, and emphasizing that these risks concern the security of all humanity, and
that all States share the responsibility to prevent any use of nuclear weapons,

Cognizant that the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons cannot be
adequately addressed, transcend national borders, pose grave implications for
human survival, the environment, socioeconomic development, the global economy,
food security and the health of current and future generations, and have a
disproportionate impact on women and girls, including as a result of ionizing
radiation,

Acknowledging the ethical imperatives for nuclear disarmament and the
urgency of achieving and maintaining a nuclear-weapon-free world, which is a
global public good of the highest order, serving both national and collective security
interests.

Mindful of the unacceptable suffering of and harm caused to the victims of the
use of nuclear weapons (hibakusha), as well as of those affected by the testing of
nuclear weapons,

Recognizing the disproportionate impact of nuclear-weapon activities on
indigenous peoples,

Reaffirming the need for all States at all times to comply with applicable
international law, including international humanitarian law and international human
rights law,
Basing themselves on the principles and rules of international humanitarian
law, in particular the principle that the right of parties to an armed conflict to choose
methods or means of warfare is not unlimited, the rule of distinction, the prohibition
against indiscriminate attacks, the rules on proportionality and precautions in attack,
the prohibition on the use of weapons of a nature to cause superfluous injury or
unnecessary suffering, and the rules for the protection of the natural environment,

Considering that any use of nuclear weapons would be contrary to the rules of
international law applicable in armed conflict, in particular the principles and rules
of international humanitarian law,

Reaffirming that any use of nuclear weapons would also be abhorrent to the
principles of humanity and the dictates of public conscience,

Recalling that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, States
must refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against
the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other
manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations, and that the
establishment and maintenance of international peace and security are to be
promoted with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and
economic resources,

Recalling also the first resolution of the General Assembly of the United
Nations, adopted on 24 January 1946, and subsequent resolutions which call for the
elimination of nuclear weapons,

Concerned by the slow pace of nuclear disarmament, the continued reliance on
nuclear weapons in military and security concepts, doctrines and policies, and the
waste of economic and human resources on programmes for the production,
maintenance and modernization of nuclear weapons,

Recognizing that a legally binding prohibition of nuclear weapons constitutes
an important contribution towards the achievement and maintenance of a world free
of nuclear weapons, including the irreversible, verifiable and transparent
elimination of nuclear weapons, and determined to act towards that end,

Determined to act with a view to achieving effective progress towards general
and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control,
Reaffirming that there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to
a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under
strict and effective international control,

Reaffirming also that the full and effective implementation of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which serves as the cornerstone of the
nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime, has a vital role to play in
promoting international peace and security,

Recognizing the vital importance of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty and its verification regime as a core element of the nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation regime,

Reaffirming the conviction that the establishment of the internationally
recognized nuclear-weapon-free zones on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at
among the States of the region concerned enhances global and regional peace and
security, strengthens the nuclear non-proliferation regime and contributes towards
realizing the objective of nuclear disarmament,

Emphasizing that nothing in this Treaty shall be interpreted as affecting the
inalienable right of its States Parties to develop research, production and use of
nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination,

Recognizing that the equal, full and effective participation of both women and
men is an essential factor for the promotion and attainment of sustainable peace and
security, and committed to supporting and strengthening the effective participation
of women in nuclear disarmament,

Recognizing also the importance of peace and disarmament education in all its
aspects and of raising awareness of the risks and consequences of nuclear weapons
for current and future generations, and committed to the dissemination of the
principles and norms of this Treaty,

Stressing the role of public conscience in the furthering of the principles of
humanity as evidenced by the call for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, and
recognizing the efforts to that end undertaken by the United Nations, the
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, other international and
regional organizations, non-governmental organizations, religious leaders,
parliamentarians, academics and the hibakusha,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1 Prohibitions

1. Each State Party undertakes never under any circumstances to:
(a) Develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess or
stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;
(b) Transfer to any recipient whatsoever nuclear weapons or other nuclear
explosive devices or control over such weapons or explosive devices directly or
indirectly;
(c) Receive the transfer of or control over nuclear weapons or other nuclear
explosive devices directly or indirectly;
(d) Use or threaten to use nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive
devices;
(e) Assist, encourage or induce, in any way, anyone to engage in any activity
prohibited to a State Party under this Treaty;
(f) Seek or receive any assistance, in any way, from anyone to engage in any
activity prohibited to a State Party under this Treaty;
(g) Allow any stationing, installation or deployment of any nuclear weapons
or other nuclear explosive devices in its territory or at any place under its
jurisdiction or control.

Article 2 Declarations

1. Each State Party shall submit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
not later than 30 days after this Treaty enters into force for that Stat e Party, a
declaration in which it shall:
(a) Declare whether it owned, possessed or controlled nuclear weapons or
nuclear explosive devices and eliminated its nuclear-weapon programme, including
the elimination or irreversible conversion of all nuclear-weapons-related facilities,
prior to the entry into force of this Treaty for that State Party;
(b) Notwithstanding Article 1 (a), declare whether it owns, possesses or
controls any nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;
(c) Notwithstanding Article 1 (g), declare whether there are any nuclear
weapons or other nuclear explosive devices in its territory or in any place under its
jurisdiction or control that are owned, possessed or controlled by another State.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit all such
declarations received to the States Parties.

Article 3 Safeguards

1. Each State Party to which Article 4, paragraph 1 or 2, does not apply shall, at a
minimum, maintain its International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards obligations
in force at the time of entry into force of this Treaty, without prejudice to any
additional relevant instruments that it may adopt in the future.
2. Each State Party to which Article 4, paragraph 1 or 2, does not apply that has
not yet done so shall conclude with the International Atomic Energy Agency and
bring into force a comprehensive safeguards agreement (INFCIRC/153 (Corrected)).
Negotiation of such agreement shall commence within 180 days from the entry into
force of this Treaty for that State Party. The agreement shall enter into force no later
than 18 months from the entry into force of this Treaty for that State Party. Each
State Party shall thereafter maintain such obligations, without prejudice to any
additional relevant instruments that it may adopt in the future.

Article 4 Towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons

1. Each State Party that after 7 July 2017 owned, possessed or controlled nuclear
weapons or other nuclear explosive devices and eliminated its nuclear-weapon
programme, including the elimination or irreversible conversion of all nuclearweapons-related
facilities, prior to the entry into force of this Treaty for it, shall
cooperate with the competent international authority designated pursuant to
paragraph 6 of this Article for the purpose of verifying the irreversible elimination
of its nuclear-weapon programme. The competent international authority shall
report to the States Parties. Such a State Party shall conclude a safeguards
agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency sufficient to provide
credible assurance of the non-diversion of declared nuclear material from peaceful
nuclear activities and of the absence of undeclared nuclear material or activities in
that State Party as a whole. Negotiation of such agreement shall commence within
180 days from the entry into force of this Treaty for that State Party. 
The agreement shall enter into force no later than 18 months from the entry into force of this Treaty
for that State Party. That State Party shall thereafter, at a minimum, maintain these
safeguards obligations, without prejudice to any additional relevant instruments that
it may adopt in the future.

2. Notwithstanding Article 1 (a), each State Party that owns, possesses or
controls nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices shall immediately
remove them from operational status, and destroy them as soon as possible but not
later than a deadline to be determined by the first meeting of States Parties, in
accordance with a legally binding, time-bound plan for the verified and irreversible
elimination of that State Party’s nuclear-weapon programme, including the
elimination or irreversible conversion of all nuclear-weapons-related facilities. The
State Party, no later than 60 days after the entry into force of this Treaty for that
State Party, shall submit this plan to the States Parties or to a competent
international authority designated by the States Parties. The plan shall then be
negotiated with the competent international authority, which shall submit it to the
subsequent meeting of States Parties or review conference, whichever comes first,
for approval in accordance with its rules of procedure.

3. A State Party to which paragraph 2 above applies shall conclude a safeguards
agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency sufficient to provide
credible assurance of the non-diversion of declared nuclear material from peaceful
nuclear activities and of the absence of undeclared nuclear material or activities in
the State as a whole. Negotiation of such agreement shall commence no later than
the date upon which implementation of the plan referred to in paragraph 2 is
completed. The agreement shall enter into force no later than 18 months after the
date of initiation of negotiations. That State Party shall thereafter, at a minimum,
maintain these safeguards obligations, without prejudice to any additional relevant
instruments that it may adopt in the future. Following the entry into force of the
agreement referred to in this paragraph, the State Party shall submit to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations a final declaration that it has fulfilled its
obligations under this Article.

4. Notwithstanding Article 1 (b) and (g), each State Party that has any nuclear
weapons or other nuclear explosive devices in its territory or in any place under its
jurisdiction or control that are owned, possessed or controlled by another State shall
ensure the prompt removal of such weapons, as soon as possible but not later than a
deadline to be determined by the first meeting of States Parties. Upon the removal
of such weapons or other explosive devices, that State Party shall submit to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations a declaration that it has fulfilled its
obligations under this Article.

5. Each State Party to which this Article applies shall submit a report to each
meeting of States Parties and each review conference on the progress made towards
the implementation of its obligations under this Article, until such time as they are
fulfilled.

6. The States Parties shall designate a competent international authority or
authorities to negotiate and verify the irreversible elimination of nuclear-weapons
programmes, including the elimination or irreversible conversion of all nuclearweapons-related
facilities in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.
In the event that such a designation has not been made prior to the entry into force
of this Treaty for a State Party to which paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article applies, the
Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene an extraordinary meeting of
States Parties to take any decisions that may be required.

Article 5 National implementation

1. Each State Party shall adopt the necessary measures to implement its
obligations under this Treaty.

2. Each State Party shall take all appropriate legal, administrative and other
measures, including the imposition of penal sanctions, to prevent and suppress any
activity prohibited to a State Party under this Treaty undertaken by persons or on
territory under its jurisdiction or control.

Article 6 Victim assistance and environmental remediation

1. Each State Party shall, with respect to individuals under its jurisdiction who
are affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons, in accordance with applicable
international humanitarian and human rights law, adequately provide age - and
gender-sensitive assistance, without discrimination, including medical care,
rehabilitation and psychological support, as well as provide for their social and
economic inclusion.

2. Each State Party, with respect to areas under its jurisdiction or control
contaminated as a result of activities related to the testing or use of nuclear weapons
or other nuclear explosive devices, shall take necessary and appropriate measures
towards the environmental remediation of areas so contaminated.

3. The obligations under paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall be without prejudice to
the duties and obligations of any other States under international law or bilateral
agreements.

Article 7 International cooperation and assistance

1. Each State Party shall cooperate with other States Parties to facilitate the
implementation of this Treaty.

2. In fulfilling its obligations under this Treaty, each State Party shall have the
right to seek and receive assistance, where feasible, from other States Parties.

3. Each State Party in a position to do so shall provide technical, material and
financial assistance to States Parties affected by nuclear-weapons use or testing, to
further the implementation of this Treaty.

4. Each State Party in a position to do so shall provide assistance for the victims
of the use or testing of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.

5. Assistance under this Article may be provided, inter alia, through the United
Nations system, international, regional or national organizations or institutions,
non-governmental organizations or institutions, the International Committee of the
Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, or
national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, or on a bilateral basis.

6. Without prejudice to any other duty or obligation that it may have under
international law, a State Party that has used or tested nuclear weapons or any other
nuclear explosive devices shall have a responsibility to provide adequate assistance
to affected States Parties, for the purpose of victim assistance and environmental
remediation.

Article 8 Meeting of States Parties

1. The States Parties shall meet regularly in order to consider and, where
necessary, take decisions in respect of any matter with regard to the application or
implementation of this Treaty, in accordance with its relevant provisions, and on
further measures for nuclear disarmament, including:

(a) The implementation and status of this Treaty;

(b) Measures for the verified, time-bound and irreversible elimination of
nuclear-weapon programmes, including additional protocols to this Treaty;

(c) Any other matters pursuant to and consistent with the provisions of this Treaty.

2. The first meeting of States Parties shall be convened by the Secretary-General
of the United Nations within one year of the entry into force of this Treaty. Further
meetings of States Parties shall be convened by the Secretary-General of the United
Nations on a biennial basis, unless otherwise agreed by the States Parties. The
meeting of States Parties shall adopt its rules of procedure at its first session.
Pending their adoption, the rules of procedure of the United Nations conference to
negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards
their total elimination, shall apply.

3. Extraordinary meetings of States Parties shall be convened, as may be deemed
necessary, by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the written request of
any State Party provided that this request is supported by at least one third of the
States Parties.

4. After a period of five years following the entry into force of this Treaty, the
Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene a conference to review the
operation of the Treaty and the progress in achieving the purposes of the Treaty. The
Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene further review conferences at
intervals of six years with the same objective, unless otherwise agreed by the States
Parties.

5. States not party to this Treaty, as well as the relevant entities of the United
Nations system, other relevant international organizations or institutions, regional
organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and relevant non-governmental
organizations, shall be invited to attend the meetings of States Parties and the
review conferences as observers.

Article 9 Costs

1. The costs of the meetings of States Parties, the review conferences and the
extraordinary meetings of States Parties shall be borne by the States Parties and
States not party to this Treaty participating therein as observers, in accordance with
the United Nations scale of assessment adjusted appropriately.

2. The costs incurred by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the
circulation of declarations under Article 2, reports under Article 4 and proposed
amendments under Article 10 of this Treaty shall be borne by the States Parties in
accordance with the United Nations scale of assessment adjusted appropriately.

3. The cost related to the implementation of verification measures required under
Article 4 as well as the costs related to the destruction of nuclear weapons or other
nuclear explosive devices, and the elimination of nuclear-weapon programmes,
including the elimination or conversion of all nuclear-weapons-related facilities,
should be borne by the States Parties to which they apply.

Article 10 Amendments

1. At any time after the entry into force of this Treaty, any State Party may
propose amendments to the Treaty. The text of a proposed amendment shall be
communicated to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall circulate it
to all States Parties and shall seek their views on whether to consider the proposal.
If a majority of the States Parties notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations
no later than 90 days after its circulation that they support further consider ation of
the proposal, the proposal shall be considered at the next meeting of States Parties
or review conference, whichever comes first.

2. A meeting of States Parties or a review conference may agree upon
amendments which shall be adopted by a positive vote of a majority of two thirds of
the States Parties. The Depositary shall communicate any adopted amendment to all
States Parties.

3. The amendment shall enter into force for each State Party that deposits its
instrument of ratification or acceptance of the amendment 90 days following the
deposit of such instruments of ratification or acceptance by a majority of the States
Parties at the time of adoption. Thereafter, it shall enter into force for any other
State Party 90 days following the deposit of its instrument of ratification or
acceptance of the amendment.

Article 11 Settlement of disputes

1. When a dispute arises between two or more States Parties relating to the
interpretation or application of this Treaty, the parties concerned shall consult
together with a view to the settlement of the dispute by negotiation or by other
peaceful means of the parties’ choice in accordance with Article 33 of the Charter of
the United Nations.

2. The meeting of States Parties may contribute to the settlement of the dispute,
including by offering its good offices, calling upon the States Parties concerned to
start the settlement procedure of their choice and recommending a time limit for any
agreed procedure, in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Treaty and the
Charter of the United Nations.

Article 12 Universality

Each State Party shall encourage States not party to this Treaty to sign, ratify,
accept, approve or accede to the Treaty, with the goal of universal adherence of all
States to the Treaty.

Article 13 Signature

This Treaty shall be open for signature to all States at United Nations
Headquarters in New York as from 20 September 2017.

Article 14 Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession

This Treaty shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by signatory
States. The Treaty shall be open for accession.

Article 15 Entry into force

1. This Treaty shall enter into force 90 days after the fiftieth instrument of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession has been deposited.

2. For any State that deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval
or accession after the date of the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession, this Treaty shall enter into force 90 days after the
date on which that State has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession.

Article 16 Reservations

The Articles of this Treaty shall not be subject to reservations.

Article 17 Duration and withdrawal

1. This Treaty shall be of unlimited duration.

2. Each State Party shall, in exercising its national sovereignty, have the right to
withdraw from this Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events related to the
subject matter of the Treaty have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. It
shall give notice of such withdrawal to the Depositary. Such notice shall include a
statement of the extraordinary events that it regards as having jeopardized its
supreme interests.

3. Such withdrawal shall only take effect 12 months after the date of the receipt
of the notification of withdrawal by the Depositary. If, however, on the expiry of
that 12-month period, the withdrawing State Party is a party to an armed conflict,
the State Party shall continue to be bound by the obligations of this Treaty and of
any additional protocols until it is no longer party to an armed conflict.

Article 18 Relationship with other agreements

The implementation of this Treaty shall not prejudice obligations undertaken
by States Parties with regard to existing international agreements, to which they are
party, where those obligations are consistent with the Treaty.

Article 19 Depositary

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is hereby designated as the
Depositary of this Treaty.

Article 20 Authentic texts

The Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of this Treaty
shall be equally authentic.

DONE at New York, this seventh day of July, two thousand and seventeen. 

Quelle: http://undocs.org/A/CONF.229/2017/8 

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