2004 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

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1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

1972 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction

1979 Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials

1993 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

2006 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1673

2008 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1810

2011 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1977

2012 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2055

United Nations Documents accessed on 24/09/2026

The Security Council adopted resolution 2572 (2021) unanimously on 22 April 2021, extending the mandate of the 1540 Committee until 28 February 2022. The Council decided that the Committee shall continue to conduct and complete the comprehensive review on the status of implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) and submit a report on its conclusions. The review had been postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. As the review remained incomplete, the mandate was extended again through resolution 2622 (2022) until 30 November 2022, after which the comprehensive review was concluded and resolution 2663 (2022) extended the mandate for a further ten years to November 2032.