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For the health of the international non-proliferation regime, it is vital that the 1999 Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) lay the groundwork for a successful 2000 NPT Review Conference. To be successful, the Review Conference must “look forward as well as back”. Specifically, states parties must agree on the significance and meaning of the 1995 agreements on “Strengthening the Review Process” and “Principles and Objectives.” Principally, this will require the nuclear-weapons states to endorse some of the possibilities inherent in the 1995 decisions.