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Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/CRP.2 11 May 2017 English only First session Vienna, 2 May 12 May 2017 Draft report of the Preparatory Committee on its first session I. Introduction 1. At its session, the General Assembly, in its resolution 70/28, took note of the decision of the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, following appropriate consultations, to hold the first session of the Preparatory Committee in Vienna from 2 to 12 May 2017. 2. Accordingly, the first session of the Preparatory Committee was opened on 2 May 2017 by Thomas Markram, Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. 3. At the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee, on 2 May, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, delivered a statement. 4. At the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee, on 2 May, the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Lassina Zerbo, delivered a statement. 5. At the ninth meeting of the Preparatory Committee, on 8 May, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, delivered a statement. 6. The following 111 States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons participated in the work of the Preparatory Committee at its first session: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colo mbia, Costa Rica, Côte d Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, So uth Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. 7. The Preparatory Committee held 15 meetings, of which summary records were provided for the opening meeting (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/SR.1), the general debate (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/SR.1-6) and the closing meeting (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/SR.16), in accordance with a decision taken by the Committee. The summary records are issued separately from the present report (see annex). 8. Ioan Tudor, Chief, Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch, Office for Disarmament Affairs served as Secretary of the Committee. Cornel Feruta, Chief Coordinator, Director General s Office for Coordination, International Atomic Energy Agency, represented the Agency. II. Substantive and procedural issues A. Organization of work of the Preparatory Committee 9. With regard to the chairmanship of the various sessions of the Preparatory Committee and the presidency of the 2020 Review Conference, an understanding had been reached among delegations, according to which a representative of the Western Group should be proposed to chair the first session, a representative of the Group of Eastern European States should be proposed to chair the second session, a representative of the Group of Non-Aligned and other States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons should be proposed to chair the third session and a representative of the Group of Non-Aligned and other States parties to the Treaty should be proposed for the presidency of the 2020 Review Conference. All groups were encouraged to propose the representatives for the chairmanship of the various sessions of the Preparatory Committee and for the presidency of the 2020 Review Conference at their earliest possible convenience. 10. Pursuant to that understanding, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the Conference on Disarmament, the representative of the Western Group, was proposed to chair the first session. At its first meeting, on 2 May, the Preparatory Committee elected Mr. van der Kwast by acclamation to serve as Chair of the first session. 11. At its first meeting, on 2 May, the Committee adopted the following agenda (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/3): 1. Opening of the session. 2. Election of the Chair. 3. Adoption of the agenda. 2

4. General debate on issues related to all aspects of the work of the Preparatory Committee. 5. Statements by non-governmental organizations. 6. Preparatory work for the review of the operation of the Treaty in accordance with article VIII, paragraph 3, of the Treaty, in particular, consideration of principles, objectives and ways to promote the full implementation of the Treaty, as well as its universality, including specific matters of substance related to the implementation of the Treaty and Decisions 1 and 2, as well as the resolution on the Middle East, adopted in 1995; the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference; and the conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions adopted at the 2010 Review Conference. 7. Organization of work of the Preparatory Committee: (a) (b) (c) Election of officers; Dates and venues for further sessions; Methods of work: (i) (ii) Decision-making; Participation; (iii) Working languages; (iv) Records and documents. 8. Report on the results of the session to the next session of the Preparatory Committee. 9. Organization of the 2020 Review Conference: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) Dates and venue; Draft rules of procedure; Election of the President and other officers; Appointment of the Secretary-General; Provisional agenda; Financing of the Review Conference, including its Preparatory Committee; Background documentation; Final document(s). 10. Adoption of the final report and recommendations of the Preparatory Committee to the Review Conference. 11. Any other matters. 12. Furthermore, the Committee took note of the indicative timetable (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/4) as well as of the summarized indicative timetab le (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/5). 3

13. In the course of the discussion on the organization of work of the Preparatory Committee, the following decisions were taken: (a) Election of officers Pursuant to the understanding referred to in paragraph 9, Ambassador Adam Bugajski Permanent Representative of Poland to the UN Office and the International Organisations in Vienna, the representative of the Group of Eastern European States, was proposed to chair the second session. At its 1st meeting, on 2 May, the Committee elected by acclamation Mr. Bugajski to serve as Chair of the second session. (b) Dates and venues of further sessions At its 1st meeting, the Committee decided that it would hold its second session from 23 April to 4 May 2018 in Geneva; (c) (i) (ii) Methods of work Decision-making At its 1st meeting, the Committee decided to make every effort to adopt its decisions by consensus. In the event that a consensus could not be reached, the Committee could then take decisions in accordance with the rules of procedure of the 2015 Review Conference of the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which would be applied mutatis mutandis; Participation At its 1st meeting, the Committee decided that representatives of States not parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons should be allowed, upon request, to attend as observers the meetings of the Committee other than those designated closed meetings, to be seated in the Committee behind their countries nameplates and to receive documents of the Committee. They should also be entitled to submit documents to the participants in the Committee. No State not party to the Treaty attended the meetings of the Committee as an observer; Representatives of specialized agencies and international and regional intergovernmental organizations should be allowed, upon request, to attend as observers the meetings of the Committee other than those designated closed meetings, to be seated in the Committee behind their organizations nameplates and to receive documents of the Committee. They should also be entitled to submit, in writing, their views and comments on questions within their competence, which may be circulated as documents of the Committee. Furthermore, the Committee decided, based on the agreement at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference, which would be applied mutatis mutandis, that specialized agencies and international and regional intergovernmental organizations be invited to make oral presentations to the Committee upon the decision of the Committee, on a case-by-case basis. Accordingly, the following specialized agencies and international and regional intergovernmental organizations were represented as 4

observers at the meetings of the Committee: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, the African Union, the African Commission of Nuclear Energy, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, the European Union, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the League of Arab States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research; Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should be allowed, upon request, to attend the meetings of the Committee other than those designated closed, to be seated in the designated area, to receive documents of the Committee and, at their own expense, to make written material available to the participants in the Committee s work. The Committee shall also allocate a meeting to non-governmental organizations to address each session of the Committee. Accordingly, representatives of 48 NGOs attended the meetings of the Committee (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/3); (iii) Working languages At its 1st meeting, the Committee decided to use Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish as its working languages; (iv) Records and documents At its 1st meeting, the Committee decided that summary records would be provided, at each session, for the Committee s opening meetings, the general debate and the closing meetings. There would be records of decisions taken at the other meetings. 14. The Committee set aside five meetings for a general debate on issues related to all aspects of the work of the Preparatory Committee, in the course of which 82 statements were made. The statements are reflected in the summary records of those meetings (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/SR.1-6). Furthermore, in accordance with the decision adopted at its first meeting, the Committee invited the representatives of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean and the International Committee of the Red Cross to make statements at the end of the general debate. 15. At its 4th meeting, on 3 May, the Committee heard 18 statements by nongovernmental organizations. 16. The Committee held a total of nine meetings for a substantive discussion under agenda item 6. 17. The discussion was structured according to an indicative timetable (NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/4), which provided equal time for the consideration of three clusters of issues and three specific blocs of issues. 18. The Committee considered the following three clusters of issues based on the allocation of items to the main committees of the 2015 Review Conference (NPT/CONF.22015/1, annex V): 5

(a) Implementation of the provisions of the Treaty relating to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, disarmament and international peace and security (articles I and II and preambular paragraphs 1 to 3; article VI and preambular paragraphs 8 to 12; article VII, with specific reference to the main issues considered in this cluster); security assurances (United Nations Security Council resolution 255 (1968) and 984 (1995); effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons); (b) Implementation of the provisions of the Treaty relating to nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, safeguards and nuclear-weapon-free zones (article III and preambular paragraphs 4 and 5, especially in their relationship to article IV and preambular paragraphs 6 and 7; articles I and II and preambular paragraphs 1 to 3 in their relationship to articles III and IV; article VII); (c) Implementation of the provisions of the Treaty relating to the inalienable right of all 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 (articles III [3] and IV, preambular paragraphs 6 and 7, especially in their relationship to article III [1], [2], [4] and preambular paragraphs 4 and 5; article V); other provisions of the Treaty. 19. The Committee considered the following three specific blocs of issues: (a) Nuclear disarmament and security assurances; (b) Regional issues, including with respect to the Middle East and the implementation of the 1995 Middle East Resolution; (c) Peaceful uses of nuclear energy and other provisions of the Treaty. The Committee also considered the issue of improving the effectiveness of the strengthened review process. B. Organization of the 2020 Review Conference [20. The Preparatory Committee, in conformity with its task to prepare for the 2020 Review Conference, took the following actions: (a) Financing of the Review Conference, including its Preparatory Committee At its 16th meeting, on 12 May 2017, the Committee decided to request the Secretariat to provide for its second session an estimate of the costs of the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, including its Preparatory Committee; (b) Nomination of the provisional Secretary-General of the 2020 Review Conference At its 16th meeting, on 12 May 2017, the Committee decided to invite the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in consultation with the members of the Preparatory Committee, to nominate an official to act as provisional 6

Secretary-General of the 2020 Review Conference, a nomination which would later be confirmed by the Conference itself.] C. Documentation 21. During the session, the Committee had before it the following documents: NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/1 Implementation of the conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Summary update to the reports submitted by Austria NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/2 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/3 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/4 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/5 Declaration of the member States of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean on the fiftieth anniversary of the conclusion of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco): Submission by the secretariat of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean Implementation of the action plan agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Report submitted by Poland Establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons: Report submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran Implementation of article VI: Report submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/6 Financial Report NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/7 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/9 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/10 Provisional Agenda Implementation of the action plan agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Report submitted by Japan Implementation of the action plan agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Report submitted by Canada 7

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/11 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/12 Steps to promote the achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East and the realization of the goals and objectives of the 1995 resolution on the Middle East: Report submitted by Canada Implementation of the action plan agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Report submitted by Australia NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.1 Procedures in relation to exports of nuclear materials and certain categories of equipment and material under article III (2) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America as the members of the Zangger Committee NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.2 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.3 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.4 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.5 Addressing Vienna issues : the Comprehensive Nuclear Test- Ban Treaty; compliance and verification; export controls; cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; nuclear safety; nuclear security; and discouraging withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden (the Vienna Group of Ten) Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates) Security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons: Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran The inalienable right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes: Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran 8

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.6 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.7 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.8 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.9 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.10 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.11 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.12 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.13 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.14 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.15 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.16 Fissile material cut-off treaty: practical steps to implement action 15 of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by the members of the Non- Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates) Nuclear non-proliferation: Working paper submitted by the European Union Peaceful uses of nuclear technology: Working paper by the European Union Taking forward nuclear disarmament: Working paper submitted by Ireland on behalf of Brazil, Egypt, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa, as members of the New Agenda Coalition Informal dialogue between coastal and shipping States: Working paper submitted by Australia, Chile, Colombia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as members of the informal dialogue between coastal and shipping States Nuclear disarmament: Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East: Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran Strengthening accountability through enhanced transparency and measurability of the implementation of nuclear disarmament obligations and commitments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Working paper submitted by Ireland on behalf of Brazil, Egypt, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa as members of the New Agenda Coalition Non-proliferation in all its aspects: Working paper submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran Working paper submitted by the Syrian Arab Republic Disarmament and non-proliferation education and awarenessraising: Working paper submitted by the members of the Non- Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates) 9

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.17 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.18 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.19 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.20 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.21 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.22 Transparency by all States parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Joint working paper submitted by the members of the Non Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates) Nuclear testing: Working paper submitted by the Group of Non- Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Nuclear-weapon-free zones: Working paper submitted by the members of the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons The inalienable right to develop research, production and uses of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes: Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Safeguards: Working paper submitted by the Group of Non- Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Verification: Working paper submitted by the Group of Non- Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.23 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.24 Elements for a plan of action for the elimination of nuclear weapons: Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Nuclear disarmament: Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.25 Security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons: Working paper submitted by the Group of Non-Aligned States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 10

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.26 Promotion of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: Joint working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates) NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.27 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.28 Implementation of the resolution on the Middle East adopted at the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Working paper submitted by Egypt Democratic People s Republic of Korea: Working paper submitted by the members of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Turkey and United Arab Emirates) NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.29 Suggestions for the 2017 Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference from the perspective of the progressive approach: Working paper submitted by Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.30 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.31 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.32 Establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction: Joint working paper submitted by Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the State of Palestine, the Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yem Conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction: Working paper submitted by the Russian Federation Security Assurances*: Working paper submitted by China NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.33 Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy*: Working paper submitted by China NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.34 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.35 Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Nuclear Issues in the Middle East*: Working paper submitted by China Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons*: Working paper submitted by China 11

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.36 Nuclear Disarmament and Reducing the Danger of Nuclear War*: Working paper submitted by China NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.37 Nuclear Disarmament in context a global governance issue: Working paper submitted by Ireland NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/WP.38 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/1 Gender, Development and Nuclear Weapons* Working paper submitted by Ireland Information for participation by non-governmental organizations NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/1/REV.1 Information for the participation by non-governmental organizations NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/2 Information for States parties, observer States and intergovernmental organizations NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/2/Rev.1* Information for States parties, observer States and intergovernmental organizations NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/3 List of non-governmental organizations NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/4 Indicative Timetable NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/5 Indicative Timetable (summarized) NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/6 List of Secretariat Officers NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/7 List of Participants 12

NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/MISC.1 Provisional List of Participants NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/CRP.1 NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/CRP.2 Draft decisions on the Organization of work of the Preparatory Committee and the 2020 Review Conference Draft report of the Preparatory Committee on its first session 22. A list of the delegations to the Preparatory Committee, including States parties, observer States, specialized agencies and international and regional intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, is contained in document NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/INF/7. 13

Annex Summary records of the first session of the Preparatory Committee The summary records will be issued individually in documents NPT/CONF.2020/PC.I/SR.1-6, and 16. 14