There are also proposals for intersessional bodies. For example, the Marshall Islands proposed that such a body could assist in the achievement of a nuclear weapons convention. 6 Intersessional bodies would not be hampered by the rules on consensus even as to procedural matters in place in the Conference on Disarmament, and could include non-CD states. From an NGO perspective, we support subsidiary bodies, within the NPT and in Geneva, that would promote exploration and negotiation regarding the requirements of the nuclear disarmament process as a whole. While NGOs have not really focussed on this possibility, I suspect there would be widespread support for strengthening the regime in this fashion.
More creativity is needed.
The need to resolve the status of India and Pakistan to provide a context in which they could be addressed as de facto nuclear-weapon possessors, but without acceptance or rewards as such for their behaviour. Finally, there is also the possibility under article VIII of the NPT of amending the treaty. An amendment could in some manner require the fulfillment of the Article VI disarmament obligation, and could additionally address such matters as no first use obligations pending abolition and the establishment of an International Sustainable Energy Agency. An amendment cannot be adopted absent the consent of all members of the Board of Governors of the IAEA including the nuclear weapon states. But, an amendment conference, which could be called by a third of NPT states, would create an additional forum, and could be a recurring process.