16. Notes also that the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons agreed that legally binding security assurances by the five nuclear-weapon States to the non-nuclear-weapon States parties to the Treaty strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime, and that it called upon the Preparatory Committee to make recommendations on this issue to the 2005 Review Conference;2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I and II)), part I, art. VII, para. 2.
16. 还注意到不扩散核武器条约缔约国2000年审议大会同意，五个核武器国家向条约的无核武器缔约国作出有法律约束力的安全保证能加强核不扩散制度，并吁请筹备委员会就此问题向2005年审议大会提出建议；《不扩散核武器条约缔约国2000年审议大会，最后文件》，第一卷（NPT/CONF.2000/28（Parts I & II）），第一部分，第七条，第2款。