Statement by China at the 2024 NPT PrepCom general debate (Geneva, July 2024)

Statement by China at the 2024 NPT PrepCom general debate (Geneva, July 2024)

The statement notes China’s position on NSA, reiterating that the nuclear-weapon States should abandon the nuclear policies based on the principle of first-use, support negotiations to conclude a treaty on the mutual no-first-use of nuclear weapons or issue political statements in this regard, and support early negotiations on a legal instrument to provide negative security assurances to non-nuclear-weapon States at the Conference on Disarmament. It also notes that China has undertaken not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon States or nuclear-weapon-free zones unconditionally.