JOINT STATEMENT BY GARETH EVANS AND YORIKO KAWAGUCHI, CO-CHAIRS

Vienna (OTS/Australian Embassy) - The International Commission on
Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament held its final meeting in
Vienna on 2-4 July 2010 to review progress made in meeting its
mandate of re-energizing global efforts towards the goal of
eliminating nuclear threats.

The Commission's findings - and recommendations as to how its
action agendas for the future, as set out in its December 2009
report, could best be followed through - are set out in the attached
Communiqué.

The Commission recommends the establishment of a Global Centre on
Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament to focus and encourage the
continuing interest of the whole international community -
governments and civil society alike - in eliminating nuclear threats
once and for all.

The primary role of the Centre would be to publish, and conduct
advocacy related to, an annual "report card" evaluating the
performance of both nuclear-armed and non-nuclear-armed states, and
relevant international organizations, against the action agendas in
the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Final
Document and, amongst other sources, the Commission's report.
The other major role of the Centre would be to lead worldwide
research aimed at refining and developing a Nuclear Weapons
Convention, with the aim of having a robust model available to inform
and guide multilateral disarmament negotiations as they gain
momentum.

Following the Commission meeting, Co-chairs Gareth Evans and
Yoriko Kawaguchi briefed Austria's Foreign Minister Dr Michael
Spindelegger, the International Atomic Energy Agency and other key
Vienna-based nuclear agencies, including the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization on the outcome of the final
Commission meeting.

For detailed background on the Commission, an independent global
panel established by the Governments of Australia and Japan, and the
full text of its report, see www.icnnd.org.

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