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Pillar 1

Action 21

As a confidence-building measure, all the nuclear-weapon States are encouraged to agree as soon as possible on a standard reporting form and to determine appropriate reporting intervals for the purpose of voluntarily providing standard information without prejudice to national security. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is invited to establish a publicly accessible repository, which shall include the information provided by the nuclear-weapon States.

United Kingdom

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?

The UK played an important role in finalising a standard reporting form through the P5 dialogue process. The Joint Statement of the 2014 P5 meeting in Beijing stated “welcomed the achievement under France’s leadership of P5 consensus on a reporting framework. They introduced to each other their national reports consistent with this reporting framework and Actions 5, 20, and 21 of the 2010 NPT RevCon Final Document, with a view to reporting to the 2014 PrepCom”.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?

The UK submitted a draft report to the 2026 NPT Review Conference in 2025 based on the standard reporting form.

Sources

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Draft National Report Pursuant to Actions 20 and 21 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2010 Review Conference Final Document (London), 11 March 2025.
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office. National report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pursuant to actions 5, 20 and 21 of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for the tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty (London), 5 November 2022. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/617b0205e90e07198018fa32/UK-national-report-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons-10th-review-conference.pdf
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s National Report Pursuant to Actions 5, 20, and 21 of the NPT Review Conference Final Document (London: 2025). https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2015-0154/UK_Report_Pursuant_to_the_NPT_Review_Conference.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
  • Working paper submitted by the P5. Joint statement of the P5 Beijing conference” Enhancing strategic confidence and working together to implement the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review outcomes. Beijing, 14-15 April 2014. NPT/CONF.2015/PC.III/WP.33 (United Nations, New York) 24 April 2014. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/780595?v=pdf

United States

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?

In 2012, the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative submitted a working paper at the 2013 NPT Preparatory Commission proposing a standardized format for the Nuclear-Weapon States to provide enhanced transparency regarding their nuclear arsenals, and to report on actions taking in support of the 2010 Action Plan. Building upon this proposal, in 2014 the Nuclear-Weapon States adopted a national reporting framework with respect to Actions 5, 20, and 21 of the 2010 NPT Review Conference Final Document.

Although each of the NWS’ national reports includes varying levels of detail, the reporting framework is organized as follows:

Section I: Reporting on national measures relating to disarmament

Nuclear security policies, doctrine and activities associated with nuclear weapons

Nuclear weapons, nuclear arms control (including nuclear disarmament) and verification

Transparency and confidence-building measures

    • ther related issues
      Section II: Reporting on national measures relating to non-proliferation
      Safeguards
      Export controls
      Nuclear security
      Nuclear-weapon-free zones
      Compliance and other issues
    • ther contributions to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
      Section III: Reporting on national measures relating to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy
      Promoting peaceful uses
      Technical assistance through the IAEA to its member states
      Nuclear safety and civil nuclear liability
    • ther related issues.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?

The United States is currently preparing its national report for the next NPT Review Conference in 2026, which will presumably utilize the same reporting framework as its previous submissions.

Sources

Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates). Transparency of Nuclear Weapons: The Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative: Working Paper. NPT/CONF.2015/PC.I/WP.12. New York: United Nations, 2012. https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2015/PC.I/WP.12.

United States of America. "Actions 5, 20 and 21 of the Action Plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Report Submitted by the United States of America." NPT/CONF.2015/38. 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, New York, April 27–May 22, 2015. https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2015/38.

United States of America. "Actions 5, 20 and 21 of the Action Plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Report Submitted by the United States of America." NPT/CONF.2020/47. Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, New York, August 1–26, 2022. https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2020/47.

Action 22: All States are encouraged to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (A/57/124) regarding the United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education, in order to advance the goals of the Treaty in support of achieving a world without nuclear weapons.

France

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?

In 2013, the P5 agreed on a common national reporting template.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?

France proposed in 2023 to plan a dedicated session during the Third Preparatory Committee to allow States Parties, and in particular nuclear-weapon States, to consult with and receive the views of other NPT States Parties and civil society ahead of the elaboration and submission of their national implementation reports.

Sources

National Report submitted by France. Report submitted by France under actions 5, 20 and 21 of the Final Document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2022–2026). NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/2. 7 March 2025, https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/2

Working Paper presented by France. Working Group on Further strengthening the review process of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Enhancing dialogue on national implementation reports. July 2023. https://docs-library.unoda.org/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons_-Working_group_on_further_strengthening_the_review_process_(2023)/13._WG_-_France_E.pdf