A Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty and its Verification - International ...

Scope: production - past, present and future• Pakistan wants an FMT, not FMCTTreaty should cover stocks, not just ban production• “A cut-off in the manufacturing of fissile material must beaccompanied by a mandatory programme for the eliminationof asymmetries in the possession of fissile material stockpilesby various states. Such transfer of fissile material to safeguardsshould be made first by states with huge stockpiles, both in theglobal and regional context.”• “A fissile material treaty must provide a schedule for aprogressive transfer of existing stockpiles to civilian use andplacing these stockpiles under safeguards so that theunsafeguarded stocks are equalized at the lowest levelpossible.”