Step 12 encompasses a mechanism to enhance transparency and accountability. It provides for “regular reports, within the framework of the strengthened review process for the Non-Proliferation Treaty, by all States parties on the implementation of article VI and paragraph 4 (c) of the 1995 Decision on `Principles and Objectives for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament', and recalling the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 8 July 1996.” Step 12 is also the step that focuses most directly on what States parties themselves can do in the implementation of the Treaty and the obligations and commitments that each has accepted.
La mesure 12 est également celle qui concerne le plus directement ce que les États parties eux-mêmes peuvent faire s'agissant de l'application du Traité et des obligations et engagements qu'ils ont acceptés.