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Sixth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
12 December 2017 - 13 December 2017
The Sixth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament conference took place in Brussels on 12 and 13 December 2017.
For any questions please contact “EUNPC Conference Account“.
Video message by Federica Mogherini
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission
EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference 2017
Overview of the conference by Dan Smith, SIPRI Director
The video has been produced by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and is published on SIPRI’s YouTube Channel.
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
| 09:30 – 09:40 | Welcome |
| Sibylle Bauer, Chair, EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Video message by Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission Pedro Serrano, Deputy-Secretary General for CSDP and Crisis Response, European External Action Service (EEAS) |
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| Plenary Session: Perspectives on Nonproliferation and Disarmament Challenges | |
| Chair: Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, EEAS Vladimir Baranovsky, Board member, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO) Rose Gottemoeller, Deputy Secretary-General, NATO Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Jianqun Teng, Director, Department of American Studies, China Institute of International Studies Irma Arguello, Non-proliferation for Global Security Foundation, Buenos Aires (was unable to participate due to flight disruptions) (download the presentation) |
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| 12:00 – 13:30 | Parallel Break-out Sessions I : Perspectives on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Challenges |
| North East Asia Chair: Angela Kane, Former UN Under-Secretary-General Antoine Bondaz, Research Fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS), Paris Hua Han, Professor, School of International Studies (SIS), Beijing University Andrei Lankov, Professor, Kookmin University, Seoul Kiejoo Kim, Minister, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Belgium and Mission of the Republic of Korea to the European UnionAsia Pacific Chair: Laura Rockwood, Executive Director, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-proliferation (VCDNP) Rizwana Abassi, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, National Defence University, Islamabad Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Senior Fellow and Head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative, Observer Research Foundation, Delhi Piotr Topychkanov, Senior Researcher, Center for International Security – Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
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| 14:30 – 16:00 | Parallel Break-out Sessions II : Perspectives on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Challenges |
| After the BTWC Meeting of States Parties: What Next? Chair: Anne Kemppainen, Head of Political Section for Disarmament and Non-proliferation, EU Delegation, Geneva Amandeep Singh Gill, Ambassador of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament Elisande Nexon, Research Fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS), Paris Richard Guthrie, Coordinating Editor, CBW Events Emil Kazakov, International Relations Officer, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Export Control Division, EEASSmall Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Flows: Preventing Diversion Chair: Pawel Herczynski, Director, Security Policy Directorate, EEAS James Bevan, Executive Director, Conflict Armaments Research Nils Duquet, Senior Researcher, Flemish Peace Institute Nobushige Takamizawa, Ambassador of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament/ President of the Fourth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty |
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| 14:30 – 16:00 | Plenary Session: The JCPOA |
| Chair: Rolf Ekeus, European Leadership Network / Distinguished Associate Fellow SIPRI Mark Fitzpatrick, Head, Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Policy Programme, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London/Washington D.C. Saeed Khatibzadeh, Acting Director, Institute for International and Political Studies (IPIS), Tehran Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London |
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| 18:00 – 18:30 | Keynote Speech |
| Annika Söder, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Sweden |
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Plenary Session: Technological Challenges to Arms Control, Too Fast to Keep Up? |
| Chair: John Borrie, Chief of Research, UNIDIR/Associate Fellow, Chatham House Rick Cupitt, Senior Associate, WMD, Non-proliferation and Security, Stimson Center, Washington D.C. Netta Goussac, Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross – Arms Unit, Legal Division Lora Saalman, Director of Studies, Peace and Conflict/ Programme Director, China and Global Security, SIPRI |
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| 11:00 – 13:00 | Closing PLenary: The Future of Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and the Role of the EU |
| Chair: Sibylle Bauer, Chair, EU Non-proliferation Consortium/Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament, SIPRI Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, EEAS Christopher Ford, Senior Director for WMD and Counterproliferation, U.S. National Security Council (download the presentation) Angela Kane, Former UN Under-Secretary-General (download the presentation) |
