UNITED NATIONS, May 10: Over 100 countries took part in a two-week meeting seeking to review the United Nations-backed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which forms the foundation of the world’s nuclear non-proliferation regime.

This gathering, which wrapped up on Friday, was the second of three sessions of the Preparatory Committee of the Parties to the Treaty on the NPT.

Participants held constructive discussions on substantive issues, such as nuclear non-proliferation, disarmament, nuclear weapon-free zones and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The meeting ended with the adoption of a report detailing substantive and procedural issues.

The third session of the Committee to be held from May 4 to 15, 2009 and the Review Conference from April 26 to May 21, 2010, will take place in New York.