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The '''13 steps''' isare identified in a paragraph of the Final Document (agreed by consensus) of the [[2000]] Review Conference of the [[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]], providing a set of 'practical steps for the systematic and progressive efforts to implement Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-[[nuclear proliferation|Proliferation]] of [[nuclear weapon|Nuclear Weapons]]'. Article VI is the part of the Treaty that provides for [[disarmament]], including [[nuclear disarmament]].
 
It was adopted mainly on the initiative of the [[New Agenda Coalition]], a group of countries favouring early nuclear disarmament, including [[Brazil]], [[Egypt]], [[Ireland]], [[Mexico]], [[New Zealand]], [[Slovenia]], [[South Africa]], and [[Sweden]].
 
== Text ==▼
 
▲== Text ==
Article VI of the Treaty itself says:
 
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Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue [[negotiationNegotiation (process)|negotiations]]s in [[good faith]] on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear [[nuclear arms race]] at an early date and to [[nuclear disarmament]], and on a treaty on general and complete [[disarmament]] under strict and effective international control.
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2. A [[Moratorium (law)|moratorium]] on nuclear-weapon-test explosions or any other nuclear explosions pending entry into force of that Treaty.
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7. The early entry into force and full implementation of [[START II]] and the conclusion of [[START III]] as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty|ABM Treaty]] as a cornerstone of [[strategic stability]] and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons, in accordance with its provisions.
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8. The completion and implementation of the Trilateral Initiative between the [[United States|United States of America]], the [[Russian Federation]] and the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]].
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* Further efforts by the nuclear-weapon States to reduce their nuclear arsenals unilaterally
 
* Increased transparency by the nuclear-weapon States with regard to the nuclear weapons capabilities and the implementation of agreements pursuant to Article VI and as a voluntary confidence-building measure to support further progress on nuclear disarmament
* The further reduction of [[Nuclear bunker buster|non-strategic nuclear weaponsweapon]]s, based on unilateral initiatives and as an integral part of the nuclear arms reduction and disarmament process▼
 
▲* The further reduction of [[Nuclear bunker buster|non-strategic nuclear weapons]], based on unilateral initiatives and as an integral part of the nuclear arms reduction and disarmament process
 
* Concrete agreed measures to further reduce the operational status of nuclear weapons systems
 
* A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies to minimize the risk that these weapons ever be used and to facilitate the process of their total elimination
 
* The engagement as soon as appropriate of all the nuclear-weapon States in the process leading to the total elimination of their nuclear weapons
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== See also ==
* [[Nuclear Free World Policy]]▼
 
==External links== ▼
▲* [[Nuclear Free World Policy]]
 
▲==External links==
*[http://disarmament.un.org/ Peace and Security through Disarmament (UN)]
*[http://disarmament.un.org/TreatyStatus.nsf Disarmament Agreements (UN)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060420152241/http://disarmament.un.org/dda.htm Department for Disarmament Affairs (UN)]
*[httphttps://disarmamentwww.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/npt-review-conferences/1995nptrevconf.html 1995NPT Review ConferenceConferences (REVCON)and ofPreparatory the Parties to the NPTCommittees]
*[httphttps://disarmamentwww.un.org/wmdspanish/nptDepts/nptrevhomedda/2000FD.htmlpdf 2000Text Reviewof Conferencethe (REVCON)Final Document of theREVCON Parties2000], to(PDF the- NPT]200KB)
 
*[http://www.un.org/spanish/Depts/dda/2000FD.pdf Text of the Final Document of REVCON 2000], (PDF - 200KB)
*[http://www.un.org/events/npt2005/ 2005 Review Conference (REVCON) of the Parties to the NPT]
 
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