Today, humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation. We need the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as much as ever. That is why this Review Conference is so important. It’s an opportunity to hammer-out the measures that will help avoid certain disaster. And to put humanity on a new path towards a world free of nuclear weapons.
NPT 2026
programme and logistics
Conference opening remarks
Press Releases & Briefings
- Press Release 24 April 2026, UNODA, New York: Eleventh NPT Review Conference
- Press Briefing, 24 April: invitation letter watch on-demand
- Press Briefing, 27 April: invitation letter watch on-demand
Information notes
States Parties, Observer States & Intergovernmental Organizations: NPT/CONF.2026/INF/1
Non-Governmental Organizations: NPT/CONF.2026/INF/2
Preparatory documents
- NPT/CONF.2026/1: Final Report of the Preparatory Committee
- NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/DEC.1: Dates & venue for the 2026 Review Conference (Decision by the Preparatory Committee)
- NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/DEC.2: Election of the President & other officers (Decision by the Preparatory Committee)
Provisional agenda
See Annex VI (p.42) of NPT/CONF.2026/1
Programme of work
Revised 3 May: NPT 2026 draft proposed programme of work: 27 April – 22 May
Main Committee III and Subsidiary Body 3:
Draft programme of work 4–15 May
Draft indicative timetable 4–15 May
Main Committee II and Subsidiary Body 2:
Draft programme of work 4–15 May
Draft indicative timetable 4–15 May
Main Committee I and Subsidiary Body 1:
Draft programme of work 30 April – 14 May
Draft indicative timetable 30 April – 15 May
Other
Speakers List (now available: Main Committee I, II, III)
Register to participate
Please refer to the relevant section for updated deadlines for registration and submission of applications.
Side events & exhibitions
Please refer to the relevant section for updated information on side-events and exhibits.
Latest updates & news
For the Press Kit, press releases, news, and other updates, please visit the "Latest Updates & News" page.
Brief overview
What is the NPT?
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the achievement of nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
The NPT represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States.
Timeline
Opened for signature in 1968, the Treaty entered into force in 1970. Since its entry into force, the NPT has been the cornerstone of global nuclear non-proliferation regime.
191 States parties have joined the Treaty, including the five nuclear-weapon States, making the NPT the most widely adhered to multilateral disarmament agreement.
NPT Review
The Treaty, as outlined in article VIII, paragraph 3, envisages a review of the operation of the Treaty every five years, a provision which was reaffirmed by the States parties at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference and the 2000 NPT Review Conference.