UNOFFICIAL FORUM ON NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONE IN NORTHEAST ASIA HELD IN NY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ An unofficial forum has been held in the UN Headquarters in New York City, USA to discuss opportunities and conditions for establishing nuclear weapon-free zone in Northeast Asia. The forum ran in frames of the 2014 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Preparatory Committee in accordance with UN Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters’ recommendation and Mongolian President’s proposal on launching the to work, on an unofficial basis, with the countries of the region to see if and how a NWFZ could be established in Northeast Asia. Apart of the committee participants, representatives of regional research institutions, NGOs and states with nuclear weapons took part in the forum as observers, considering a chance for setting up the zone in the region.