4. 爱尔兰现时正在参加由联合国授权在纽约进行的拟定一项禁止核武器并导致彻底消除核武器的新法律文书的多边条约谈判。作为一个无核武器国家，我们相信，必须抓住每一个机会谋求核裁军进展。我们认为，新条约将会增强《不扩散条约》的裁军条款，我们鼓励《条约》的所有缔约国和联合国的所有会员国共同参与这些努力。同样，我们相信，这个审议周期及其成果还会提供激发行动的动力。《条约》不是无限期保留核武器的许可证，当前升高的区域和国际紧张局势表明，现在比过去有更迫切需要采取多边核裁军行动。
4. Ireland is participating in the current United Nations-mandated multilateral treaty negotiations in New York on a new legal instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading to their total elimination. As a non-nuclear-weapon State, we believe that every opportunity to seek progress in nuclear disarmament must be seized. Our view is that the new treaty will strengthen and reinforce the disarmament provisions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and we encourage all States parties to the Treaty and all States Members of the United Nations to join us in these efforts. Equally, we trust that this review cycle and its outcome will also provide a stimulus for action. The Treaty is not a charter for the indefinite retention of nuclear weapons, and the heightened regional and international tensions we are currently witnessing make the case for action on multilateral nuclear disarmament even more urgent than before.