UN General Assembly
2010

would urge all States that to date have failed to indicate their intention to ratify the Treaty to do so in order to enable it to enter into force. The most recent Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference was held earlier this year. Australia and Japan worked closely together in the lead-up to the Conference, including through the jointly sponsored report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND), prepared by the former Foreign Minister of Australia, Gareth Evans, and his Japanese counterpart, Yoriko Kawaguchi. This significant report provided substantial momentum in the lead-up to the Review Conference. We believe that the Evans-Kawaguchi report of the ICNND also represents the most comprehensive, practical and contemporary blueprint for the international community to both consider and adopt a comprehensive arms control and non-proliferation agenda. The Review Conference agreed by consensus on 64 sets of actions. And Australia and Japan took the initiative this week in New York to jointly host a cross- regional meeting of Foreign Ministers, with the aim of