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The Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) is a coalition of states within the framework of the 
Global Post: Philippines, Nigeria join nuclear nonproliferation framework, 24 September 2013
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Four members of the NPDI also joined the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation ...
(NPT) formed in 2010.
History
The coalition was formed in an effort to help implement the Final Document of the2010 NPT Review Conference
The 2010 Review Conference for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City from 3 to 28 May 2010.
, freshly adopted by consensus.
It aims to:
*encouraging greater transparency surrounding nuclear disarmament efforts
*addressing the lack of substantive work in the Conference on Disarmament across the four core issue on its agenda
*increasing support for and conclusion of key legal instruments that safeguard and govern nuclear activities and strengthening the NPT regime
On April 12, 2014, the twelve member countries denounced North Korea's atomic program in the recent live-fire drills near the disputed border with South Korea. The coalition issued a statement condemning North Korea' nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and invited the said country to return to compliance with its IAEA safeguards agreement and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation ...
(NPT).
Member countries
Composed of Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, it has issued a series of declarations concerning the pace of NPT negotiations and the need to swiftly move on both non-proliferation ''and'' disarmament. Nigeria and the Philippines joined the Initiative in September 2013./ref>
Four members of the NPDI also joined the
Humanitarian Initiative The Humanitarian Initiative is a group of states that evolved within the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and nuclear weapons diplomacy more widely. 159 states subscribed to the last iteration of the initiative's Joint Statem ...
: Chile, Mexico, Nigeria and the Philippines.
References
{{Reflist Anti–nuclear weapons movement Organizations established in 2010 21st-century diplomatic conferences (Security) United Nations coalitions and unofficial groups