27 April – 22 May 2026
Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

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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.

ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT
1 August 2022, New York
Secretary-General Portrait

NPT 2026
programme and logistics

 

Information notes

States Parties, Observer States & Intergovernmental Organizations: NPT/CONF.2026/INF/1

Non-Governmental Organizations: NPT/CONF.2026/INF/2

Preparatory documents

 

Provisional agenda

See Annex VI (p.42) of NPT/CONF.2026/1

Programme of work

Draft proposed programme of work: 27 April – 22 May 2026 (pending)

 

Other

Statements

Speakers List (available on the 'Information for Participants' page)

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Register to participate

Please refer to the relevant section for updated deadlines for registration and submission of applications.

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Side events & exhibitions

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Latest updates & news

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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.