ABSTRACT
The International Nuclear Disarmament Agency (INDA) should be created as a related organization of the United Nations (UN) family with a direct connection to the UN Security Council. It should have separate membership comprising all Parties to the the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Conference of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would create INDA. Even more so than for non-proliferation, national technical means employed by other States would be critical for INDA assurances to be credible. The Nuclear Disarmament Council should organize its ongoing work through standing committees, which should be defined in the INDA Statute. The Preparatory Commission to establish INDA should seek to adopt successful practices existing in the International Atomic Energy Agency, the the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization and the OPCW, and consult with Austrian authorities regarding establishing INDA Headquarters in Vienna.
