And I now get the floor first of all madam isn't mean I can eat soup thank

parties to approach the review
conference in a spirit of flexibility
and with winning nests to engage in real
dialogue in order to create an
atmosphere conducive to success
success of the review conference faces
many challenges not least varying
definitions of what success entails but
also because of the geopolitical context

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in which we find ourselves we cannot
skate over the fact that the world is a
very different place than it was in 2015
Marylyn 2010 the last time a review
conference produced a full looking
outcome document relationships between
states especially nuclear weapon states
are fractured so called great power
competition is the order of the day
division distrust and a dearth of
dialogue are increasingly the norm the
specter of unconstrained nuclear
competition looms over us for the first
time since the 1970s we are witnessing
what has been termed a qualitative
nuclear arms race won not based on
numbers but on faster stealthier and
more accurate weapons regional conflicts
with a nuclear dimension are worsening
and proliferation challenges are not
receding having said that I do not
believe the issues necessarily preclude
success at the review conference in fact
I hope that these issues can be
discussed constructively and in ways
that can move them forward as part of a
full implementation of the treaty in
terms of a full looking outcome

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obviously this will depend on dialogue
at the conference itself however I think
there are several issues that should
form a part of any consensus document
let me mention some today first a
high-level reaffirmation of commitment
to the treaty and to all obligations
undertaking as a party to it at the half
century mark of a treaty this seems
fitting second a recommitment to the
norm against the use of the nuclear
weapons the recent growth in rhetoric
extolling the utility of nuclear weapons
is dangerous and destabilizing we should
return to the logic of President Reagan
and general secretary Gorbachev a
nuclear war cannot be won and must not
be fought third development of a package
of Risk Reduction measures that can help
take the world away from the prospect of
nuclear weapon use and towards nuclear
disarmament will be a significant
confidence-building measure fourth
states should recognize that challenges
to non-proliferation are not static and
therefore the regime cannot be either at
a minimum I would hope that States