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Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty [FMCT]

Provisions
A Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty [FMCT] would strengthen nuclear non-proliferation norms by adding a binding international commitment to existing constraints on nuclear weapons-usable fissile material. The proposed treaty would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. It would not apply to plutonium and HEU for non-explosive purposes.It would also not apply to non-fissile materials, like tritium, and it would not address existing stockpiles.

Status
After consultations by Ambassador Shannon, the Conference on Disarmament (CD) reached consensus in 1995 on a mandate for an ad hoc committee to negotiate a cut­off agreement. But internal Conference agenda disputes, including most recently disputes over landmines and nuclear disarmament, prevented the formation of this negotiating committee to date. Finally, on 11 August 1998 the CD decided by consensus to establish a committee to negotiate a FMCT.

Chronology
In a 27 September 1993 speech before the UN, President Clinton called for a multilateral convention banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear explosives or outside international safeguards. In December 1993 the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 48/75L calling for the negotiation of a "non-discriminatory, multilateral and international effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices." The Geneva based Conference on Disarmament (CD) on 23 March 1995 agreed to a mandate for a committee to begin negotiations on the cutoff treaty.

Texts
Primary documents, including treaty text and associated memoranda, statements and other related material.

Documents
Chronological archive of official factsheets, announcements, briefings speeches and other related material.

News
Chronological archive of news reports, commentary analysis and other related material.

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