International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament 

Professor The Hon Gareth Evans, AO QC (Co-Chair International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament), The Hon Kevin Rudd MP (Prime Minister of Australia), HE Dr Yukio Hatoyama (Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan), Ms Yoriko Kawaguchi (Co-Chair International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament) at the launch of the report on 15 December. View photo gallery

ICNND Co-chair Prof Gareth Evans meets IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.
Vienna, 5 March 2010. View photo gallery

Eliminating Nuclear Threats

A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers

Eliminating nuclear threats is a matter of necessity, not choice. The world’s 23,000 nuclear weapons – many still deployed on high alert – can destroy life on this planet many times over. That the horror of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has not so far been repeated owes far more to luck than to good policy management.

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Dr Obed Eron, Head, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and
ICNND Co-chair, Prof Gareth Evans: INSS Round Table discussion
Tel Aviv, 9 March 2010 View photo gallery

ICNND Co-chairs Prof Gareth Evans and Ms Yoriko Kawaguchi and Dr Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima with ICNND Commissioners and Advisory Board Members, laying of wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Park.
Hiroshima, 16-20 October 2009. View photo gallery

Gareth Evans addressing The National Press Club of Australia.
Canberra, 18 February 2010. View photo gallery

The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament is a joint initiative of the Australian and Japanese Governments. It aims to reinvigorate international efforts on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, in the context of both the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, and beyond.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd proposed the Commission on the 9 June 2008, in Kyoto, to be co-chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans. On 9 July, Prime Minister Rudd and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda agreed to establish the Commission and announced that former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi would co-chair the Commission.

Launch of the Commission Report

Media release: Commission Report Launched in Tokyo: Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World, 15 December 2009

Transcript: Prime Minister Rudd's comments at the launch of the Report, 15 December 2009.

Transcript: Remarks by ICNND Co-chairs Ms Yoriko Kawaguchi and Prof Gareth Evans at the launch of the Report, 15 December 2009.

Report of the Commission

This report, the work of an independent commission of global experts sponsored by Australia and Japan, seeks to guide global policymakers.

The report: Eliminating Nuclear Threats - A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers

Australia's response to the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Report, 3 May 2010

Vienna Communiqué

ICNND Co-chairs Gareth Evans and Yoriko Kawaguchi address IAEA Member States on the Commission's Vienna Communiqué, Vienna, 5 July 2010.

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ICNND Research Papers now available online

Research papers specially commissioned as background material for the work of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament are being progressively made available online.

Note: These research papers have been commissioned by the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, but reflect the views of the authors and should not be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Commission.