The first meeting of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposed international Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament has begun in Sydney this morning.

Mr Rudd proposed the commission earlier this year, saying it will try to shape a global consensus in the lead up to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review.

The Commission is being co-chaired by Australian former foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans and Yoriko Kawaguchi, one of Japan's former foreign ministers.

Other countries attending the commission's two-day meeting include Indonesia, Russia, Pakistan and China.

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