European Parliament and Committee on Foreign Affairs 15 December 2021, European Parliament resolution of 15 December 2021 on the challenges and prospects for multilateral weapons of mass destruction arms control and disarmament regimes (2020/2001(INI))

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The European Parliament, in its resolution of 15 December 2021 (P9_TA(2021)0504), addresses the deteriorating multilateral arms control, non-proliferation, and disarmament architecture, expressing alarm at the erosion of key treaties—including the INF Treaty's collapse, the CTBT's incomplete ratification, and challenges to the NPT and JCPOA—while calling on all nuclear-weapon states to fulfil their disarmament obligations in a verifiable and legally binding manner. The resolution urges the EU to assert a unified, proactive role in international disarmament forums, support the IAEA, OPCW, and BWC verification mechanisms, and address emerging threats from AI-enabled weapons systems, hypersonic missiles, and CBRN terrorism. It further calls on specific states—including Russia, China, Iran, and the DPRK—to comply with or accede to relevant international instruments, and instructs the VP/HR and EEAS to advance confidence-building measures and universalisation of existing arms control regimes.AI