Engagement on nuclear disarmament between nuclear weapon-possessing states and non-nuclear weapon states / Tariq Rauf

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"May 2017".

This paper was given as a presentation at the event ‘Bridging a gap between nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states’ hosted by the Hiroshima Prefectural Government, SIPRI and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) on 2 May 2016 at the Vienna International Centre. It draws on previous presentations by the author in relation to work with the Open-ended Working Group ‘Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations’, including ‘The role and responsibilities of nuclear-weapon possessing states and non-nuclear-weapon states’, 23 May 2013, Geneva, <http://www.unog.ch/80256EDD006B8954(httpAssets)/35D48CDFE7445637C1257B75004068DE/$file/Tarik+Rauf.pdf>; and ‘Nuclear weapons: transparency and risk reduction’, Feb. 2016, <http://www.atomicreporters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/OEWG_25Feb2016_Final_RAUF2.pdf>.

This paper has been prepared under a grant from the Hiroshima Prefecture to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Neither organization is responsible for the views expressed herein.