Security Council resolution 1887 (2009) [on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament]
Symbol: S/RES/1887(2009)
Date: 2009-09-24
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/64 [23] NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
S/64 [30] NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
Subjects: IAEA|UN. Security Council|UN. Conference on Disarmament > Work programme (2009)|UN. Security Council (59th year : 2004) > Resolutions and decisions|UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 1540 (2004) concerning Non-Proliferation of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons|Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (8th : 2010 : New York)|Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968)|Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (1996)|Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1979). Protocols, etc., 2005 Jul. 8|Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1979)|International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (2005)|NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION|NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT|NUCLEAR WEAPONS|DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS|DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS|ARMS TRANSFERS|ARMS LIMITATION|NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES|DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS|NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS|SECURITY ASSURANCES|NUCLEAR ENERGY|TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER|NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE|NUCLEAR MATERIALS|VERIFICATION|TECHNICAL COOPERATION|RESERVATIONS AND DECLARATIONS|FUNDS|WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION|ILLICIT TRAFFIC|INFORMATION EXCHANGE|TREATIES|TREATY COMPLIANCE|SIGNATURES, ACCESSIONS, RATIFICATIONS|NUCLEAR SAFETY|CAPACITY BUILDING|BORDER TRAFFIC|LAWS AND REGULATIONS|NUCLEAR WEAPON STATES|NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS|TERRORISM|ENRICHED URANIUM|URANIUM-PLUTONIUM FUEL CYCLE
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BURKINA FASO
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: COSTA RICA
vote: yes
country: CROATIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: TURKEY
vote: yes
country: UGANDA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/1887 (2009)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               24 September 2009




               Resolution 1887 (2009)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 6191st meeting, on
               24 September 2009

                    The Security Council,
                     Resolving to seek a safer world for all and to create the conditions for a world
               without nuclear weapons, in accordance with the goals of the Treaty on the
               Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), in a way that promotes international
               stability, and based on the principle of undiminished security for all,
                    Reaffirming the Statement of its President adopted at the Council’s meeting at
               the level of Heads of State and Government on 31 January 1992 (S/23500),
               including the need for all Member States to fulfil their obligations in relation to
               arms control and disarmament and to prevent proliferation in all its aspects of all
               weapons of mass destruction,
                     Recalling also that the above Statement (S/23500) underlined the need for all
               Member States to resolve peacefully in accordance with the Charter any problems in
               that context threatening or disrupting the maintenance of regional and global
               stability,
                     Reaffirming that proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and their means
               of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security,
                    Bearing in mind the responsibilities of other organs of the United Nations and
               relevant international organizations in the field of disarmament, arms control and
               non-proliferation, as well as the Conference on Disarmament, and supporting them
               to continue to play their due roles,
                    Underlining that the NPT remains the cornerstone of the nuclear
               non-proliferation regime and the essential foundation for the pursuit of nuclear
               disarmament and for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy,
                     Reaffirming its firm commitment to the NPT and its conviction that the
               international nuclear non-proliferation regime should be maintained and
               strengthened to ensure its effective implementation, and recalling in this regard the
               outcomes of past NPT Review Conferences, including the 1995 and 2000 final
               documents,
                    Calling for further progress on all aspects of disarmament to enhance global
               security,

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                    Recalling the Statement by its President adopted at the Council’s meeting held
               on 19 November 2008 (S/PRST/2008/43),
                    Welcoming the decisions of those non-nuclear-weapon States that have
               dismantled their nuclear weapons programs or renounced the possession of nuclear
               weapons,
                     Welcoming the nuclear arms reduction and disarmament efforts undertaken and
               accomplished by nuclear-weapon States, and underlining the need to pursue further
               efforts in the sphere of nuclear disarmament, in accordance with Article VI of the
               NPT,
                     Welcoming in this connection the decision of the Russian Federation and the
               United States of America to conduct negotiations to conclude a new comprehensive
               legally binding agreement to replace the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of
               Strategic Offensive Arms, which expires in December 2009,
                    Welcoming and supporting the steps taken to conclude nuclear-weapon-free
               zone treaties and reaffirming the conviction that the establishment of internationally
               recognized nuclear-weapon-free zones on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at
               among the States of the region concerned, and in accordance with the 1999 United
               Nations Disarmament Commission guidelines, enhances global and regional peace
               and security, strengthens the nuclear non-proliferation regime, and contributes
               toward realizing the objectives of nuclear disarmament,
                     Noting its support, in this context, for the convening of the Second Conference
               of States Parties and signatories of the Treaties that establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free
               Zones to be held in New York on 30 April 2010,
                    Reaffirming its resolutions 825 (1993), 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), and 1874
               (2009),
                    Reaffirming its resolutions 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803
               (2008), and 1835 (2008),
                    Reaffirming all other relevant non-proliferation resolutions adopted by the
               Security Council,
                     Gravely concerned about the threat of nuclear terrorism, and recognizing the
               need for all States to take effective measures to prevent nuclear material or technical
               assistance becoming available to terrorists,
                     Noting with interest the initiative to convene, in coordination with the
               International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an international conference on the
               peaceful uses of nuclear energy,
                    Expressing its support for the convening of the 2010 Global Summit on
               Nuclear Security,
                    Affirming its support for the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear
               Material and its 2005 Amendment, and the Convention for the Suppression of Acts
               of Nuclear Terrorism,
                    Recognizing the progress made by the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear
               Terrorism, and the G-8 Global Partnership,




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                  Noting the contribution of civil society in promoting all the objectives of the
           NPT,
                Reaffirming its resolution 1540 (2004) and the necessity for all States to
           implement fully the measures contained therein, and calling upon all Member States
           and international and regional organizations to cooperate actively with the
           Committee established pursuant to that resolution, including in the course of the
           comprehensive review as called for in resolution 1810 (2008),
                 1.   Emphasizes that a situation of non-compliance with non-proliferation
           obligations shall be brought to the attention of the Security Council, which will
           determine if that situation constitutes a threat to international peace and security,
           and emphasizes the Security Council’s primary responsibility in addressing such
           threats;
                2.    Calls upon States Parties to the NPT to comply fully with all their
           obligations and fulfil their commitments under the Treaty,
                3.    Notes that enjoyment of the benefits of the NPT by a State Party can be
           assured only by its compliance with the obligations thereunder;
                 4.   Calls upon all States that are not Parties to the NPT to accede to the
           Treaty as non-nuclear-weapon States so as to achieve its universality at an early
           date, and pending their accession to the Treaty, to adhere to its terms;
                 5.    Calls upon the Parties to the NPT, pursuant to Article VI of the Treaty, to
           undertake to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to
           nuclear arms reduction and disarmament, and on a Treaty on general and complete
           disarmament under strict and effective international control, and calls on all other
           States to join in this endeavour;
                6.    Calls upon all States Parties to the NPT to cooperate so that the 2010
           NPT Review Conference can successfully strengthen the Treaty and set realistic and
           achievable goals in all the Treaty’s three pillars: non-proliferation, the peaceful uses
           of nuclear energy, and disarmament;
                7.    Calls upon all States to refrain from conducting a nuclear test explosion
           and to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), thereby
           bringing the treaty into force at an early date;
                8.    Calls upon the Conference on Disarmament to negotiate a Treaty banning
           the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive
           devices as soon as possible, welcomes the Conference on Disarmament’s adoption
           by consensus of its Program of Work in 2009, and requests all Member States to
           cooperate in guiding the Conference to an early commencement of substantive
           work;
                9.    Recalls the statements by each of the five nuclear-weapon States, noted
           by resolution 984 (1995), in which they give security assurances against the use of
           nuclear weapons to non-nuclear-weapon State Parties to the NPT, and affirms that
           such security assurances strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime;
                 10. Expresses particular concern at the current major challenges to the
           non-proliferation regime that the Security Council has acted upon, demands that the
           parties concerned comply fully with their obligations under the relevant Security



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               Council resolutions, and reaffirms its call upon them to find an early negotiated
               solution to these issues;
                    11. Encourages efforts to ensure development of peaceful uses of nuclear
               energy by countries seeking to maintain or develop their capacities in this field in a
               framework that reduces proliferation risk and adheres to the highest international
               standards for safeguards, security, and safety;
                     12. Underlines that the NPT recognizes in Article IV the inalienable right of
               the Parties to the Treaty to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy
               for peaceful purposes without discrimination and in conformity with Articles I and
               II, and recalls in this context Article III of the NPT and Article II of the IAEA
               Statute;
                     13. Calls upon States to adopt stricter national controls for the export of
               sensitive goods and technologies of the nuclear fuel cycle;
                     14. Encourages the work of the IAEA on multilateral approaches to the
               nuclear fuel cycle, including assurances of nuclear fuel supply and related measures,
               as effective means of addressing the expanding need for nuclear fuel and nuclear
               fuel services and minimizing the risk of proliferation, and urges the IAEA Board of
               Governors to agree upon measures to this end as soon as possible;
                     15. Affirms that effective IAEA safeguards are essential to prevent nuclear
               proliferation and to facilitate cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear
               energy, and in that regard:
                    a.    Calls upon all non-nuclear-weapon States party to the NPT that have yet
                    to bring into force a comprehensive safeguards agreement or a modified small
                    quantities protocol to do so immediately,
                    b.   Calls upon all States to sign, ratify and implement an additional protocol,
                    which together with comprehensive safeguards agreements constitute essential
                    elements of the IAEA safeguards system,
                    c.    Stresses the importance for all Member States to ensure that the IAEA
                    continue to have all the necessary resources and authority to verify the
                    declared use of nuclear materials and facilities and the absence of undeclared
                    activities, and for the IAEA to report to the Council accordingly as
                    appropriate;
                      16. Encourages States to provide the IAEA with the cooperation necessary
               for it to verify whether a state is in compliance with its safeguards obligations, and
               affirms the Security Council’s resolve to support the IAEA’s efforts to that end,
               consistent with its authorities under the Charter;
                     17. Undertakes to address without delay any State’s notice of withdrawal
               from the NPT, including the events described in the statement provided by the State
               pursuant to Article X of the Treaty, while noting ongoing discussions in the course
               of the NPT review on identifying modalities under which NPT States Parties could
               collectively respond to notification of withdrawal, and affirms that a State remains
               responsible under international law for violations of the NPT committed prior to its
               withdrawal;




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                 18. Encourages States to require as a condition of nuclear exports that the
           recipient State agree that, in the event that it should terminate, withdraw from, or be
           found by the IAEA Board of Governors to be in non-compliance with its IAEA
           safeguards agreement, the supplier state would have a right to require the return of
           nuclear material and equipment provided prior to such termination, non-compliance
           or withdrawal, as well as any special nuclear material produced through the use of
           such material or equipment;
                  19. Encourages States to consider whether a recipient State has signed and
           ratified an additional protocol based on the model additional protocol in making
           nuclear export decisions;
                 20. Urges States to require as a condition of nuclear exports that the recipient
           State agree that, in the event that it should terminate its IAEA safeguards agreement,
           safeguards shall continue with respect to any nuclear material and equipment
           provided prior to such termination, as well as any special nuclear material produced
           through the use of such material or equipment;
                21. Calls for universal adherence to the Convention on Physical Protection of
           Nuclear Materials and its 2005 Amendment, and the Convention for the Suppression
           of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism;
                 22. Welcomes the March 2009 recommendations of the Security Council
           Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) to make more effective
           use of existing funding mechanisms, including the consideration of the
           establishment of a voluntary fund, and affirms its commitment to promote full
           implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) by Member States by ensuring effective
           and sustainable support for the activities of the 1540 Committee;
                 23. Reaffirms the need for full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) by
           Member States and, with an aim of preventing access to, or assistance and financing
           for, weapons of mass destruction, related materials and their means of delivery by
           non-State actors, as defined in the resolution, calls upon Member States to cooperate
           actively with the Committee established pursuant to that resolution and the IAEA,
           including rendering assistance, at their request, for their implementation of
           resolution 1540 (2004) provisions, and in this context welcomes the forthcoming
           comprehensive review of the status of implementation of resolution 1540 (2004)
           with a view to increasing its effectiveness, and calls upon all States to participate
           actively in this review;
                24. Calls upon Member States to share best practices with a view to
           improved safety standards and nuclear security practices and raise standards of
           nuclear security to reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism, with the aim of securing all
           vulnerable nuclear material from such risks within four years;
                 25. Calls upon all States to manage responsibly and minimize to the greatest
           extent that is technically and economically feasible the use of highly enriched
           uranium for civilian purposes, including by working to convert research reactors and
           radioisotope production processes to the use of low enriched uranium fuels and
           targets;




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                     26. Calls upon all States to improve their national capabilities to detect,
               deter, and disrupt illicit trafficking in nuclear materials throughout their territories,
               and calls upon those States in a position to do so to work to enhance international
               partnerships and capacity building in this regard;
                    27. Urges all States to take all appropriate national measures in accordance
               with their national authorities and legislation, and consistent with international law,
               to prevent proliferation financing and shipments, to strengthen export controls, to
               secure sensitive materials, and to control access to intangible transfers of
               technology;
                     28. Declares its resolve to monitor closely any situations involving the
               proliferation of nuclear weapons, their means of delivery or related material,
               including to or by non-State actors as they are defined in resolution 1540 (2004),
               and, as appropriate, to take such measures as may be necessary to ensure the
               maintenance of international peace and security;
                    29.   Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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