This working paper was submitted to the First Meeting of States Parties (1MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Written by SGI and the International Disarmament Institute, Pace University, the paper discusses interpreting Article 12 of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on Universality in light of the preambular paragraph: "Recognizing also the importance of peace and disarmament education in all its aspects and of raising awareness of the risks and consequences of nuclear weapons for current and future generations, and committed to the dissemination of the principles and norms of this Treaty…”