Safeguards after the 2000 NPT Review Conference

The 2000 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has come and gone. Unlike the 1995 Conference that saw the permanent extension of the NPT, the last vintage did not open a new era in non-proliferation and safeguards. Yet, the 2000 Conference ended with a Final Declaration that reaffirms the fundamentals, confirms the outstanding work accomplished at the IAEA2 and shows the way into the future on some issues of nuclear disarmament. While the broader issues of nuclear disarmament occupied centre stage in the 2000 Review, the impact of the conference on safeguards and nuclear verification should be of more immediate interest to INMM members.