Joint Statement in Connection with Dr. El Baradei’s Call for a New Security Paradigm
Adopted on 25 May 2007, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

We, members of GPPAC-NEA, met in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to consider issues related to conducting a civil society forum in support of Six-Party Talks and promoting a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the region. In connection with the statement by Dr. Mohamed El-Baradei, Director-General of IAEA at the International Conference on the Prevention of Nuclear Catastrophe, we make the following statement:

We fully agree with Dr. El Baradei that the nuclear non-proliferation regime is faltering, and that there is a need for a new security paradigm in which nuclear weapons are “universally banned, morally abhorred and their futility unmasked.”

We support the idea that special efforts need to be taken to start talks on the conclusion of a Nuclear Weapons Convention that would outlaw and eliminate nuclear weapons worldwide, much like the conventions on biological and chemical weapons and landmines.

We also believe that efforts need to be taken to establish new Nuclear-Weapon-Free zones, including in Northeast Asia, that would promote strengthening of nuclear non-proliferation and the achievement of nuclear disarmament.

We believe that the decisions taken by Ulaanbaatar meeting of GPPAC-NEA will contribute to the promotion of the new security paradigm



List of Participants:

Seoul Focal Point

• Ms. Jungeun PARK – People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
• Mr. Kiho YI – Sungkonghoe University / Nautilus at Seoul
• Prof. Younghee SHIM – Hanyang University
• Mr. Jongmoo LEE – Korean Sharing Movement
  
  

Beijing Focal Point

• Mr. Duming CHEN – Chinese People’s Association for Peace & Disarmament
• Mr. Zhigang CAO – Chinese People’s Association for Peace & Disarmament
  
  

Shanghai Focal Point

• Prof. Huasheng ZHAO – Fudan University
  

Taipei Focal Point

• Prof. Szu-chien HSU – Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica (IPSAS)
• Prof. Mei-lin PAN – National Chiao Tung University
• Prof. Chih-kuang WU – Fu Jen Catholic University
  
  

Vladivostok Focal Point

• Mr. Vadim GAPONENKO – Maritime State University
  
  

Tokyo Focal Point

• Mr. Jun SASAMOTO – Japanese Lawyers International Solidarity Association
  
  

Kyoto Focal Point

• Prof. Hiroshi ANDO – Nonviolent Peaceforce Japan
  
  

Ulaanbaatar Focal Point

• Amb. Jargalsaikhan ENKHSAIKHAN – Institute for Strategic Studies of Mongolia; Blue Banner
• Prof. Tsokhio ADYASUREN – Environmental Education and Research Institute
• Mr. Damba GANBAT – Academy of Political Education
  
  

Resource Persons

• Mr. Bohyuk SUH – Korea National Strategy Institute (KNSI)
• Mr. Alyn WARE – International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
• Dr. Wade HUNTLY – Simons Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Research, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Colombia
  
  

Regional Initiator

• Mr. Tatsuya YOSHIOKA –Peace Boat
  
  

Regional Secretariat

• Mr. Akira KAWASAKI – Peace Boat
• Ms. Jinhye CHO – Peace Boat
• Mr. Stacy HUGHES – Peace Boat