2020년부터 미뤄진 핵확산금지조약(NPT) 검토회의가 2022년 1월 4일~28일, 뉴욕 유엔 본부에서 진행될 예정입니다. 그러나 현재 코로나 팬데믹으로 유엔 건물에 대한 NGO 접근이 제한되어 있는 상황입니다. 이에 NPT 검토회의에 참여하고자 하는 전 세계 NGO들은 공동 서한을 통해 국제 평화와 안보 문제에 있어 중요한 회의에 시민사회의 접근이 완전히 배제되는 것에 대해 우려를 표하고, 시민사회가 실질적으로 참여할 수 있도록 보장할 것을 요청하였습니다. NGO 공동 서한은 NPT 회의 의장과 유엔 군축 고위대표 등에게 전달하였습니다.
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Civil Society Letter regarding NPT Review Conference
To:
Mr. Gustavo Zlauvinen, NPT Review Conference President-Designate
Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
November 2021
We would like to congratulate you on confirming the dates of the upcoming 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in January. However, pursuant to your 25 October 2021 letter, we would also like express our deep concern about the proposed modalities for civil society participation at this meeting.
The ongoing denial of access to civil society at the UN Headquarters is of grave concern, as is the failure of UN Secretary-General António Guterres to adequately respond to previous complaints in this regard, including from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms.
Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to all humanity. Civil society has, for decades, consistently raised the priority of this issue with policymakers and the public through our diverse research, advocacy, and other initiatives; our knowledge and experience bring unique perspectives and important information that is used and appreciated by states and the UN community.
While recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic has generated necessary limitations in order to maintain health and safety, other UN forums are now opening to allow some in-person civil society participation. As such, it is unacceptable for civil society to be excluded from any form of in-person participation at a meeting of such importance to international peace and security.
As sixty states told the President of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly in a joint statement in early October, civil society “enrich and improve the relevant outcomes” of multilateral work “through their lived experiences, diverse range of expertise and feet on the ground.”
For the success and legitimacy of the upcoming NPT Review Conference, we urge you to ensure that civil society may contribute meaningfully and substantially to this meeting as they have in every meeting beforehand. This may include, but is not limited to, in-person access and participation to the Review Conference, the ability to disseminate reports and other information resources with states parties, receive conference documents, and deliver statements to NPT states parties and the broadcasting of the Review Conference plenary sessions on UN TV. To discuss this further, we would like to request a Zoom consultation with you about NGO participation and access to the UN Headquarters before the end of November. We look forward to engaging constructively with you to find an appropriate solution, taking into account necessary health restrictions.
Signed,
Abolition des Armes Nucléaires – Maison de Vigilance
Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
ANT-Hiroshima
Arms Control Association
Association Timbuktu Center for Strategic Studies on the Sahel
Beati i costruttori di pace (BCP), Blessed Are the Peacemakers, Italy
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Canadian Pugwash Group
Center for Political Ecology
Chernobyl-Hibakusha Support Kansai
Cultural Youth Initiative Movement of Nigeria
Dutch Peace Tribunal
End Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children
Ethics in Technology
Facilitation for Integrated Community Rural Development (FICRD)
Forbyd Atomvåben – ICAN in Denmark
Forum for Nation Building Nepal
Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V. / Women’s Network for Peace, Germany
FundiPau (Foundation for Peace)
Global Security Institute
Global Zero
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
Human Rights Education and Peace International
International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – Aotearoa New Zealand
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – Australia
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – France
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – Norway
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – Uganda
International Disarmament Institute, Pace University
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
International Health & Epidemiology Research Center
International Peace Bureau
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War – Norway
International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN)
Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Israeil Disarmament Movement
Japan Congress against A- and H-Bombs (GENSUIKIN)
Japanese Liaison Council of Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Survivors
Journalists for Human Rights-North Macedonia
Kairos Foundation of Nigeria
LABRATS International
Mayors for Peace
Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia)
Middle East Treaty Organization
Mines Action Canada
Movement for a Non-violent Alternative
Nadam Foundation
Nei til Atomvåpen (No to Nuclear Weapons Norway)
Norwegian Peace Council
Norwegian People’s Aid
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Nuclear Watch New Mexico
NuclearBan.US
Nukewatch (USA)
NVMP – Artsen voor vrede
Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
PAX
Pax Christi International
Pax Christi Vlaanderen vzw
Peace Action Wisconsin
Peace Boat
Peace SOS
Peace Union of Finland
Peace-Activism
PeaceWorks Kansas City
Peaceworkshop Mutlangen
People for Nuclear Disarmament
People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
Peoples Federation for National Peace and Development
Poovulagin Nanbargal
Project Ploughshares
Pugwash – Netherlands
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Rete Italiana Pace e Disarmo
RootsAction.org
SALAM
Secure Scotland
SEHLAC Network
Senzatomica
Soka Gakkai International
Spanish Commission for Justice and Peace
Swedish Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons
The Human Survival Project
The Simons Foundation Canada
TreatyAwareness.US
UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities
UN House Scotland
United Nations Association – UK
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation
Vrede vzw
War Prevention Initiative
Western States Legal Foundation
Women Concern
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – Netherlands
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – US
World Council of Churches
Youth Arts New York/Hibakusha Stories
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