 美国强调坚持和充分遵守《不扩散条约》的安全效益，宣布美国将不对作为《不扩散条约》缔约国且遵守其核不扩散义务的无核武器国家使用或威胁使用核武器，从而加强它长期的“消极安全保证”。
• Underscoring the security benefits of adhering to and fully complying with the NPT, the United States strengthened its long-standing “negative security assurance” by declaring that the United States will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states that are party to the NPT and in compliance with their nuclear non-proliferation obligations.