Introduction

In accordance with the strategy of the European Union to uphold, implement and strengthen multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements, the European Union Council decided in 2017 to support the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in promoting participation by States in Africa, in Asia and the Pacific and in Latin America and the Caribbean in the consultative process of the high-level fissile material cut-off treaty expert preparatory group. Its decision (2017/2284)1 was in line with (i) the long-standing position of the European Union in support of “the immediate commencement and early conclusion of the negotiation of a Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, on the basis of document CD/1299 and the mandate contained therein”, and (ii) the call of the European Union for all members of the Conference on Disarmament to “exert their utmost efforts to break the impasse in the Conference on Disarmament and adopt a comprehensive and balanced programme of work that includes the immediate commencement of negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT)”.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Partnerships for the Goals