Many countries and representatives of public society consistently criticize the NPT for various reasons. Nevertheless, we remain committed to full implementation and strengthening of the Treaty. In this respect Kazakhstan calls upon nuclear Powers which pledged that they would make sincere efforts for the elimination of nuclear weapons in accordance with article VI of the NPT to take practical steps and effective measures in this field. Here I also recall the importance of action 5 of the Final Document of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, which stipulates acceleration of concrete progress on the steps leading to nuclear disarmament and reporting their undertakings by the 2014 Preparatory Committee. Yet the NPT was not successful in limiting the number of nuclear-weapon States outside its frame. We must rectify this course of events and in a step-by-step manner elaborate a forward-looking multilateral effective and transparent universal agreement in the field of nuclear disarmament. Meanwhile, particular attention would be attached to the following steps, with no limits for their further extension.