The EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

Strengthening Non-proliferation and Disarmament Education in Europe (Part I – virtual)
2020-06-23 09:00 - 2020-06-24 12:00 (Europe/Paris)
On 23 and 24 June 2020, SIPRI, on behalf of the EUNPD Consortium, organised a virtual event on Strengthening Non-proliferation and Disarmament (NPD) Education in Europe. The inperson event originally planned to be held in Brussels will take place at a later date. The 47 participants included, for the first time, university-affiliated members of the EUNPD Network. The first session provided an overview of education activities by the Consortium, the Network and the United Nations. The second session focused on how to make NPD education relevant and engaging, with contributions from academics who drew on experiences in different disciplines. The third session discussed ways to adjust to current challenges by sharing lessons learned from online teaching as well as other platforms. In this context, PRIF presented the EUNPDC e-Learning tool. Given the sudden shift to online learning following the COVID outbreak, the event provided an extremely valuable forum for sharing good practices, including feedback from students on online teaching. The concluding roundtable session explored ideas to improve NPD education for Consortium and Network members. Suggestions included a gender focus given the continuing imbalance in NPD education; interdisciplinary initiatives; shared classrooms and mutual teaching at each other’s classes; joint summer schools; engagement with other regions; and stronger synergies between students and professionals, inter alia by reinforcing links between Network members involved in education activities and those who are not, as well as officials participating in the various Consortium activities. An overview of NPD education activities by Network members will be the subject of an EUNPD paper to be published after the summer.

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Short Course on The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: History, Threats and Solutions
2020-02-19
On 19-21 February 2020, the VCDNP held the first course on nuclear non-proliferation for graduate and post-graduate students in the fields of IT and engineering, titled “The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: History, Threats and Solutions”. The course represented a joint project between the VCDNP and the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), of which the VCDNP is one of six leading non-governmental organizations. The course brought together 26 participants from nine European universities in nine countries.
Course instructors Alexi Drew (King’s College London), Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova (VCDNP), Sibylle Bauer (SIPRI), Elena Sokova (VCDNP) and Jean-Maurice Crete (IAEA, retired) during the course’s final session on “Nuclear Proliferation, New Technologies, and the Shape of the Future
The three-day course was designed to provide an introduction to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament issues to students of technical subjects. The program covered a broad range of topics, from the fundamentals of the nuclear fuel cycle and the history of the spread of nuclear weapons, to export controls and the challenges and opportunities presented by advanced and emerging technologies.
The students learned about different elements of the international non-proliferation regime, including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its safeguards, and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and the verification system it establishes. Course participants also received an overview of how open source information and tools, including satellite imagery and image analysis software, can be used to monitor nuclear and missile programs such as that of North Korea.
The lecturers at the course included experts from the VCDNP, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, IAEA, CTBTO, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, King’s College London and Austrian Red Cross.
Course instructors Alexi Drew (King’s College London), Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova (VCDNP), Sibylle Bauer (SIPRI), Elena Sokova (VCDNP) and Jean-Maurice Crete (IAEA, retired) during the course’s final session on “Nuclear Proliferation, New Technologies, and the Shape of the Future

International Politics and the Nuclear Age
2019-12-21 08:00 - 17:00
Jan Ruzicka
Aberystwyth University
Winter 2019/2020
The module examines key historical developments of the nuclear age. It looks at various factors which have shaped this period (the end of the World War II; the onset, conduct and the end of the Cold War; the post-Cold War period). It shows how nuclear weapons and concerns about their spread have informed state policies, led to the formation of international agreements and regimes, and shaped the involvement of non-state actors in international politics. The module also highlights the normative dilemmas presented by the onset of the nuclear age. It will focus on state policies, institutional mechanisms, economic and societal constraints, and ideas influencing the humanity’s life with the bomb.

Level: Undergraduate
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Eighth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
2019-12-13 - 2019-12-14
Message from Pawel Herczyński on behalf of HR/VP Josep Borrell
EU NON-PROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
13-14 DECEMBER, 2019
Excellency’s, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Brussels to the Eight Annual EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Conference. Diplomats, policy makers, civil society, industry, and academics from around the world are here today to tackle some of the most complex challenges of our times. Today you are not simply discussing non-proliferation and disarmament issues. You are here to discuss about our future: the fate of global security. I very much regret not being able to attend in person.
I want to welcome the participation of civil society, in particular the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium of think tanks. Thank you for organising this event. But, above all, thank you for your tireless work in promoting research and dialogue on these important issues.
We live in a dangerous world. This will not come as a surprise to you. Looking at the wider geo-strategic picture, we see the rebirth of geo-strategic competition. This affects different regions and mobilises powerful regional actors. Today’s challenges affect us all irrespective of our location.
We are seeing a step back in some of the greatest accomplishments in global non-proliferation and disarmamanet after the cold war. If we forget our past, we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. We must avoid entering into a new arms race which would endanger the peaceful future of our continent.
Non-proliferation and disarmament are at a critical juncture. Multilateralism as a whole is under threat. The European Union strongly believes in a rules-based world order, where States and institutions address global challenges together, but also resolve their differences.
In the coming year, the EU will particularly focus on promoting a successful outcome of the 2020 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. On its 50th anniversary, we must celebrate and reinforce the NPT as a key multilateral instrument for international peace, security and stability. The EU strongly supports all three pillars of the NPT: disarmament, non-proliferation, and peaceful uses of nuclear technologies. All States Parties have committed to pursuing policies that are fully compatible with the Treaty and the objective of achieving a world without nuclear weapons. Our non-proliferation efforts in relation to Iran will continue to be key in this context.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty has been an important component of European security architecture. Its disappearance creates a dangerous security void. It also highlights that intermediate-range nuclear missiles are a threat way beyond Europe. The EU is ready to support international efforts aimed at developing confidence-building measures that will help avoid escalation and further proliferation.
The well-established norm against chemical weapons is being tested. We must be firm that any use of chemical weapons anywhere, at any time, by anyone, be it a State or a non-State actor, under any circumstances is unacceptable and violates international law and norms. There can be no impunity, those responsible need to be brought to justice.
Finally, we should not forget that it is conventional weapons that claim most victims in today’s conflicts. For this reason, the EU is stepping up its efforts to prevent the trafficking of small arms and light weapons, and to achieve a mine-free world for future generations. We should never forget the human face of security.
Further initiatives and processes at international and regional levels to restore dialogue and trust and promote transparency and confidence-building measures are crucial and deserve our support.
In all these areas, dialogue with our global partners is essential. This is what makes gatherings such as this conference so important. We must collectively speak the language of both our interests and of our values.
I call upon all of you to demonstrate persistence and creativity in strengthening the global non-proliferation and disarmament architecture. We owe this to future generations to leave to them a more secure and stable world.
I wish you a fruitful and open discussion, with the collective aim to increase international security, ensure non-proliferation, and promote disarmament.
This is some extract of the Eighth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference :
SUMMARY REPORT

Presentation at the 8th EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference

FRIDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2019
INTRODUCTORY SESSION – Europe Room
Welcome Addresses
Ettore Greco, Executive Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Opening Speech
Pawel Herczyński, Acting Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis Response
FIRST PLENARY SESSION – Europe Room
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at a Critical Juncture: New Trends and Challenges
Chair:
Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, European Union External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels
Speakers:
Christopher Ford, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, New York
Mikhail Ulyanov, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna
William Alberque, Director of Arms Control, Disarmament, WMD Non-Proliferation Centre (ACDC), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
SESSION IA – Orange Room
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in North-East Asia
Chair:
Elena Sokova, Executive Director, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Speakers:
Akira Igata, Visiting Professor, Center for Rule-making Strategies, Tama University, Tokyo
Andrei Lankov, Director of Korea Risk Group, and Professor, Kookmin University, Seoul
Duyeon Kim, Senior Advisor for Northeast Asia and Nuclear Policy, International Crisis Group, Seoul
Melissa Hanham, Deputy Director, Open Nuclear Network, and Director, Datayo Project, One Earth Future Foundation, Vienna
SESSION IB – Europe Room
Prospects and challenges of the WMDFZ in the Middle East
Chair:
Chen Kane, Director, Middle East Nonproliferation Program, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), Monterey
Speakers:
Emad Kiyaei, Principal, IGD Group
Farzan Sabet, Project Manager and Researcher, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva
Karim Haggag, Professor, American University of Cairo
Tomisha Bino, Programme Analyst, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva
SESSION IIA – Orange Room
Arms Control in Outer Space
Chair:
Michael Elleman, Director of Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Policy Programme, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Washington DC
Speakers:
Ajey Lele, Senior Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi
Alexandra Stickings, Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London
Petr Havlik, Senior Space Policy Officer, EEAS
Ma Shengkun, Deputy Director-General, Department of Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Beijing
Xavier Pasco, Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), Paris
SESSION IIB – Europe Room
Cyber Security Challenges
Chair:
Niklas Schörnig, Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
Speakers:
Giacomo Persi Paoli, Programme Lead for Security and Technology, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva
Gregor Ramuš, Project Associate, OSCE, Vienna
Jinghua Lyu, Visiting Scholar, Cyber Policy Initiative, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.
Raluca Csernatoni, Visiting Researcher, Carnegie Europe, Brussels
SECOND PLENARY SESSION – Europe Room
Towards the 2020 NPT Review Conference
Chair:
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior Research Fellow, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), Paris
Speakers:
Jenny Nielsen, Information Officer, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Vienna
Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Director of International Organizations and Non-Proliferation Program, Vienna Center For Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Marjolijn van Deelen, Head of the Non-proliferation, Disarmament and Nuclear Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, The Hague
Meena Singelee, Head of the Geneva Office, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
The JCPOA Procurement Channel: An Assessment
Nicolas Kasprzyk, Head JCPOA Procurement Channel Section, Delegation of the EU to the International Organisations in Vienna
SATURDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2019
THIRD PLENARY SESSION – Europe Room
Regulating Arms Trade
Chair:
Tim Ripley, Independent journalist and analyst
Speakers:
Abayomi Nicholas Adeomi, Program Officer, Small Arms and Light Weapons, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Jānis Kārkliņš, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations, Geneva
Mélanie Régimbal, Director, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), Lima
Sigrid Lipott, Associate Researcher, Small Arms Survey, Geneva
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION – Europe Room
Keynote Speech

Hans Brattskar, President of the Fourth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations and other International Organisations, Geneva
Implementing the EU’s Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Agenda
Chair:
Gustav Lindstrom, Director, EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris
Speakers:
Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, European Union External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels
Leena Pylvanainen, Director for Arms Control, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki
Susanne Baumann, Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control and Director-General for International Order, the United Nations and Arms Control, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Closing Remarks
Sibylle Bauer, Chair, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium /Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

To watch the full videos from the conference, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqpWJLN2954&list=PLlBLU211Zhenvhe4HE_vDwV1JnuaOnaWd&index=2&t=0s

2019 Next Generation Workshop
2019-12-12 08:00 - 17:00
Welcome Addresses
Eran Nagan, Incoming Chair of Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM),
European Union External Action Service (EEAS)
Federica Dall’Arche, Researcher, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Emerging Technologies, including Cyber Security
Chair:
Ettore Greco, Executive Vice-President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Speakers:
Alexi Drew, Postdoctoral Researcher, King’s College, London
Johanna Polle, Researcher, Research Area Arms Control and Emerging Technologies,
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)
Federico Variola, PhD Candidate, School of International Relations and Public Affairs
(SIRPA) at Fudan University, Shanghai
Non-Proliferation and Arms Control in Asia
Chair:
Névine Schepers, Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS),
London
Speakers:
Maimuna Ashraf, Research Officer, Center for International Strategic Studies,
Islamabad
Kanica Rakhra, Consultant, Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division
(D&ISA), Ministry of External Affairs of India, New Delhi
Elizabeth Yeseul Woo, Developing Scholar, Hudson Institute, Washington D.C.
Sayaka Shingu, Assistant Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Disarmament
Non-proliferation and Science, Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA),
Tokyo
Illicit Trade of Conventional Arms, including SALW
Chair:
Giovanna Maletta, Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Speakers:
Liat Biron, CEO, Forum for Regional Thinking, Tel Aviv
Maria Camello, Researcher, Group for Research and Information on Peace and
Security (GRIP), Bruxelles
Martha Mariana Mendoza Basulto, International Relations Officer, Agency for the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Carribean (OPANAL), Mexico City
Non-Proliferation and Arms Control in the Middle East
Chair:
Federica Dall’Arche, Researcher, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Speakers:
Maximilian Hoell, Policy Fellow and Project Manager, European Leadership Network,
London
Selim Can Sazak, Resident Fellow, Delma Institute, Abu Dhabi
Concluding Remarks
Sibylle Bauer, Chair, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium /Director of
Studies, Armament and Disarmament (SIPRI)
Georgios Kritikos, Deputy Head of Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division,
European External Action Service (EEAS)

Security, Safety, Sustainability: Promoting Good Behaviour in Outer Space
2019-12-09 08:00 - 19:00
Security, Safety, Sustainability: Promoting Good Behaviour in Outer Space
Objective: Exchange of views and information on national, regional and global initiatives to promote the preservation of safe, secure and sustainable space environment and the peaceful use of outer space on an equitable and mutually acceptable basis, with a view to feed into a voluntary instrument to establish standards of responsible behaviour across the full range of space activities and related challenges.

08:45 – 09:00 Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
Carine Claeys, Special Envoy for Space, European External Action Service
Xavier Pasco, Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, France

09:00 – 11:00 Session 1: The Legal and Political Environment
Chair: Sergio Marchisio, Chairman, European Centre for Space Law
Speakers:
– Nathalie Le Cam, policy and legal officer, Space Task Force, European External Action Service
– Andre João Rypl, Chair, UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Brazil
– David Kuan-Wei Chen, Executive Director, McGill Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, Canada
– Daniel Porras, Space Security Fellow, UNIDIR

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 13:00 Session 2: National Policies and International Implications
Chair: Petr Havlik, Space Policy Officer, Space Task Force, European External Action Service
Speakers:
– Xavier Pasco, Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, France
– Mariel Borowitz, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
– Shang Zhen, Councellor and Legal Advisor, Mission of China to the EU

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:15 – 16:15 Session 3: Knowledge and Monitoring of the Space Environment
Chair: Jana Robinson, Space Security Program Director, The Prague Security Studies Institute
Speakers:
– Sabine Lecrenier, HoU Space policy, European Commission
– Daniel Oltrogge, Director, Center for Space Standards and Innovation, Analytical Graphics, Inc., USA
– Christine Leurquin, VP, Institutional Relations, SES SA, Belgium
– Jean-François Bureau, Vice-President, Eutelsat, France

16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 18:30 Session 4: Challenges and Opportunities for International Regulation
Chair: Paul Wohrer, Research fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, France
Speakers:
– Patricia Lewis, Research Director, Chatham House, UK
– Niklas Hedman, Chief, UNOOSA’s Committee, Policy and Legal Affairs Section
– Regina Peldszus, Co-Chair, EU SST Consortium
– Jean-Jacques Tortora, Director, European Space Policy Institute, Austria
– Smita Jha, Senior Partner, Mazars, India

18:30 – 18:40
Concluding Remarks
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior research fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, France
Georgios Kritikos, Deputy Head of Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division, European External Action Service

Arms Control and Nonproliferation: Contemporary Challenges
2019-09-21 08:00 - 17:00
Richard Cupitt
George Mason University
Fall 2019
The United States and many other countries have identified the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as the gravest threat to international peace and national security, but the international efforts to slow, halt, or reverse the spread of these weapons and their means of delivery have been under intense strain in recent years. The course explores these nonproliferation regimes and the many challenges they face.

Level: Postgraduate
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The UN Disarmament Fellows’ Visits
2019-09-12 - 2019-09-13
The European Union (EU) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium is tasked with arranging the visit of the United Nations (UN) Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament to Brussels, Belgium. The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) organises the two-to-three-day visit which aims to familiarise participants with the structure and functions of the EU’s main institutions and policy-making bodies, as well as the EU’s strategies and policies in the field.
Launched by the General Assembly in 1978 at its first special session devoted to disarmament, the UN Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament aims to train and build the capacity of officials from UN Member States to enable them to participate more effectively in international disarmament deliberating and negotiating fora. Since its inception in 1979, participants in the Fellowship Programme are selected by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) based on nominations from Member States. The selection process considers the greater needs of developing countries by training their young diplomats in the field of disarmament and security, and the need for geographical and gender balance. Many participants of the programme have held positions of responsibility in the field of disarmament within their governments and disarmament-related international organisations.
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▶ UN Disarmament Fellows: EU-Focused Day in Vienna – April 2025

On 10 April 2025, the VCDNP, on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), was pleased to organise and host a one-day programme in Vienna to provide the 2025 UN Disarmament Fellows with an overview of the policies and functioning of the European Union (EU), in particular related to non-proliferation and disarmament. The 24 UN Disarmament Fellows represented countries from around the world, with this year’s cohort including only one EU Member State representative.
The intensive programme brought together speakers from the EU Delegation in Vienna, representatives from the European External Action Service (EEAS), and the EU Commission in person and virtually, as well as members of the EUNPDC network. Ambassador Carl Hallergard, EU Ambassador to the International Organisations in Vienna, welcomed the Fellows and provided remarks reflecting on Europe’s history, the establishment of the European Union, and the challenges Europe faces today. These themes were seen throughout the programme.

EU Ambassador in Vienna Carl Hallergard and VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova with the UN Disarmament Fellows

Following welcome remarks, the programme commenced with an overview of the key EU institutions, covering in detail the European Council, the Council of the EU, the European Commission, and the European Parliament. Subsequent sessions focused on thematic areas, including the European Union’s approach to space security, emerging technologies and arms control, and export controls on arms and dual-use items.
The programme concluded with a presentation from EUNPDC network member Dr. Oliver Meier, Policy & Research Director at the European Leadership Network, focused on Europe and the European Union in today’s changing world.
The highlight of the programme was the opportunity for the Fellows to engage in an in-person, informal dialogue with EEAS Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ambassador Stephan Klement. The session covered topics across the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) spectrum, the EU’s 2003 WMD strategy, and the EU’s role in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
The interactive dialogue allowed for an open and frank conversation about the EU’s position in the non-proliferation and disarmament field and the challenges today’s geopolitical environment presents.

EU Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Stephan Klement and VCDNP Executive Director Elena K. Sokova

The one-day EU-focused programme in Vienna was packed with dynamic presentations, active Q&A sessions, and positive feedback from the participants.
The VCDNP extends its gratitude to the European External Action Service and the EU Delegation in Vienna for their support and cooperation in organising the programme, and thanks the European Union for its support to the EUNPDC for making the event possible.

▶ UN Disarmament Fellows Visit to Brussels – June 2024

From 18 to 19 June 2024, the VCDNP, on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), organised a visit for the 2024 UN Disarmament Fellows to Brussels, Belgium, to learn more about the policies and functioning of the European Union, in particular on non-proliferation and disarmament.
The group of 25 Fellows, representing countries from around the world, travel to various centres of international disarmament and non-proliferation, including Geneva, Vienna, and New York, to gather insights about the work of the international organisations and to gain a better understanding of issues relevant to non-proliferation and disarmament.

UN Disarmament Fellows and VCDNP staff visiting the EU Council

The programme in Brussels commenced on 18 June with a tour of the EU Council, to learn about one of the key legislative branches of the European Union and how decisions are made in the EU. Following the tour, participants proceeded to the European External Action Service (EEAS), where Deputy Head of the Division for Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Controls Mr. Stefan Tressing welcomed them. The Fellows were introduced to the work of the Division and of other policy-making organs in the EU working on non-proliferation and disarmament matters, as well as the EU’s overall approach to these issues.
Following Mr. Tressing’s remarks, the work of the Council Working Party on Arms Export Control (COARM) and Council Working Party on Non-Proliferation (CONOP) was discussed. The day ended with presentations from representatives of the EU institutions and EUNPDC network on outer space and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence. The UN Disarmament Fellows were also given the opportunity to hear from a representative of NATO on its work in arms control, disarmament, and weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation.

UN Disarmament Fellows receiving presentations at the European External Action Service

On the second day, the UN Disarmament Fellows visited the European Parliament. The tour was timely given the recent European Parliament elections that took place in early June 2024. The visit explained the Parliament’s structure and functioning, its co-legislative role together with the EU Council, and how decisions are made. After the visit, the Fellows heard thematic presentations covering a range of topics from cyber security, missile defence, and illicit arms trafficking, to the role of the EU Joint Research Centre and a review of Belgium’s presidency of the EU Council. An overview of the history, structure, and activities of the EUNPDC was provided as well.

UN Disarmament Fellows and VCDNP staff visiting the EU Council

At the end of the programme an anonymous survey was circulated. Overall, the participants found the programme to be very good and useful. A selection of comments is posted below (quoted as written):
“The session helped me to understand the role of the EU in the realm of non-proliferation and disarmament.”
“It was an excellent introduction to the work that EU is doing in regards to Disarmament and non-proliferation. I had very little knowledge prior but this visit has set a good base that I will build on.”
“It was extremely useful for a better understanding of the rules and functioning process of the main European institutions.”
The VCDNP extends its gratitude to the European External Action Service and the EU Council for their support and cooperation in organising the visit, made possible thanks to the generous support of the European Union for the EUNPDC.

▶ The UN Disarmament Fellows’ Visit to Brussels – September 2023

From 13 to 15 September 2023, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), on behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC), organised a visit to the seat of the European policy organs in Brussels for participants of the United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament.
Browse the visit’s programme here.

UN Fellows and VCDNP staff at the European External Action Service with Marjolijn van Deelen (in green)

The visit of the UN Disarmament Fellows to Brussels, which has taken place every year since 2018, is aimed at introducing participants to the EU’s decision-making processes and policies on disarmament and non-proliferation.
This year, the programme started with a visit to the European External Action Service (EEAS), where the Fellows were welcomed by Amb. Marjolijn van Deelen, EU Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.

At the EEAS, the Fellows gained insights into the EU’s extensive involvement in international security, non-proliferation, and disarmament matters, including countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction, coordinating arms and dual-use export controls, and formulating policies on outer space. Presentations were delivered by EEAS and European Commission experts from different offices.

Jose Torres, Policy Officer in the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission delivering a presentation

Following briefings at the EEAS, fellows were offered a guided tour of the Council premises where a wide array of significant events, including EU summits, multilateral summits, and ministerial meetings are held.
The second day of the visit was dedicated to thematic presentations from experts at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NATO, and the EUNPDC Network.
Eirini Lemos-Maniati, Deputy Director of the Arms Control, Disarmament, and WMD Non-Proliferation Centre, briefed the Fellows on NATO’s work in the field; Sigurd Schelstraete, Director of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, offered a national perspective; and Dr. Sybille Bauer, Chair of the EUNPD Consortium, provided an overview of the Consortium’s history, structure, goals, and activities.

Raluca Csernatoni, Louis Reitmann, and Clémence Poirier, respectively researchers at Carnegie Europe, the VCDNP, and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) and members of the EUNPDC Network, provided insights on artificial intelligence, the value of diversity for nuclear weapons policy, as well as ballistic missile proliferation and cybersecurity.

Fellows were then offered tours of the Parlamentarium and the House of European History, where they learned about the complexity and the decades-long processes that led to the creation of the European Union as well as the structure and functions of the EU policy-making bodies.

UN Fellows and VCDNP staff at the European Council

The VCDNP would like to extend its gratitude to the EEAS and the EU Council for their generous support and cooperation in organizing this visit.

Eighth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consultative Meeting
2019-06-11 - 2019-06-12 | Breydel Building, Auditorium - 45, Avenue d'Auderghem, Brussels, 1040, Belgium
The Eighth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (EUNPD) Consortium was held in Brussels (Breydel building) on 11 and 12 June 2019.
This year’s debates addressed six current and future challenges: Missile proliferation and new tools and initiatives to fight against it, the renewal of arms control thinking towards outer space, the increasing nuclear and ballistic challenges in North East Asia, including the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula since the Singapore summit in May 2018, the future of strategic arms control and the role the EU in the future of security architecture in Europe, new technologies and arms control, including artificial intelligence, and the study and definition of hybrid warfare and cyber risks.
While the beginning of our century has been characterised by the deconstruction of a significant part of the arms control architecture developed in the post-Cold War years, European countries find themselves in a paradoxical situation: The EU has become a global actor in non-proliferation and disarmament since the adoption of the 2003 Common Strategy; at the same time, security within Europe’s borders has been attacked in such a way that today’s collective European security frameworks are fragile.
In this context, this Eighth Consultative Meeting of the EUNPD Consortium was a privileged opportunity to collectively rethink what multilateral arms control can bring to European security interests.

Five interviews were conducted on the margins of the Eighth Consultative Meeting.
With :
• Benjamin Hautecouverture, Head, Arms control and Technologies programme, FRS
• Jacek Bylica, Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament, EEAS
• Renata Dwan, Director, UNIDIR
• Frank Meeussen, Policy Officer, Conventional arms export control, EEAS
• Névine Schepers, Research Associate, Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Policy programme, IISS
Agenda
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
14:45 – 15:15
Registration
15:15 – 15:30
Welcome and introduction to the meeting
15:30 – 17:00
Dealing with missile proliferation: tools, approaches, initiatives
17:00-18:30
Arms control in outer space
19:15 Dinner
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
08:15 – 08:45
Registration
08:45 – 10:45
Proliferation challenges in North East Asia
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00
The future of strategic arms control
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00
New technologies and their implications for arms control (including LAWS and AI)
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 – 18:15
Hybrid warfare, cyber risks and threats and arms control
18:15 – 18:30
Concluding remarks

Seventh EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
2018-12-17 - 2018-12-19 | Palais d’Egmont, Brussels, Belgique
SUMMARY REPORT

NETWORK MEETING
Monday, 17 December 2018
14.00 – 15.00 Registration and Welcome Coffee

15.00 – 16.30 FIRST SESSION:
CURRENT STATE OF THE NETWORK AND THE WAY AHEAD
This session will provide a brief overview of the new structure and activities of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium as well as of the EUNPD Network, assessing membership, role and available expertise. The session will also be an opportunity to provide input and make proposals for the next implementation steps.
Chair:
Sibylle Bauer, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium/ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Introductory Remarks:
Emil Kazakov, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms
Export Control Division, European External Action Service (EEAS)
State and Prospects of the Network:
Giovanna Maletta, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium/SIPRI

16.30 – 17.00 COFFEE BREAK

17.00 – 18.30 SECOND SESSION:
THE CHANGING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, THE EU’S ROLE AND RELATED RESEARCH PRIORITIES
This session will look at the challenges ahead for non-proliferation and disarmament, exploring in particular the EU’s role. In light of this, the session will also discuss the network’s current and future contribution to the ongoing security debate.
Chair:
Ettore Greco, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium / Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Open Debate

Closing Remarks:
Representative of the European Union External Action Service (EEAS)

18.30 DINNER BUFFET

EU NON-PROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
Tuesday, 18 December 2018

MORNING
INTRODUCTORY SESSION

8:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

9:30 Welcome Remarks
Ettore Greco, Executive Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

9:45 Opening Speech
Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission – TBC

FIRST PLENARY SESSION
10:00 Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: The Political Framework
Chair:
Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, European Union External Action Service (EEAS)
Speakers:

Vladimir Baranovskiy, Member of the Directorate, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow
Christopher Ford, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Security and Non-Proliferation, U.S. Department of State
Rose Gottemoeller, Deputy Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Anja Kaspersen, Director Geneva Branch, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

11:45 Keynote Speech – The CWC after the Fourth Review Conference
Fernando Arias, Director-General, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

12:15 – 13:30 – LUNCH

AFTERNOON
PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

SESSION IA
13:30 Regulating the Arms Trade
Chair:
Sibylle Bauer, Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Stockholm
Speakers:

Ashley Georgina Hamer, Field Analyst, Conflict Armament Research, London
Manuel Martinez Miralles, Researcher, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva
Sarah Parker, Policy Support Officer, Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Secretariat, Geneva
Anselme Nahmtante Yabouri, Director, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), Lomé

SESSION IB
13:30 The Challenges of Autonomous Weapons
Chair:
Niklas Schörnig, Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Frankfurt
Speakers:

Vincent Boulanin, Senior Researcher, SIPRI
Ulrike Esther Franke, Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), London
Kathleen Lawand, Head of Arms Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva
Gustav Lindstrom, Director, The EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris

15:00 – 15:30 – COFFEE BREAK

PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS II

SESSION IIA
15:30 Arms Control in Outer Space
Chair:
Xavier Pasco, Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS), Paris
Speakers:

Amber Charlesworth, Office of Space and Advanced Technology, U.S. Department of State – TBC
Carine Claeys, Acting Special Envoy for Space, EEAS
Sergio Marchisio, Chairman, European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)
Tereza Kupkova, Project Coordinator, Space Security Program, The Prague Security Studies Institute, Prague
Guoyu Wang, Deputy Dean, Academy of Air, Space Policy and Law, Beijing Institute of Technology

SESSION IIB

15:30 Cyber Security Challenges
Chair:
Antonio Missiroli, Assistant Secretary General for Emergency Security Challenges, NATO
Speakers:

Eléonore Pauwels, Research Fellow on AI and Emerging Cyber Technologies, United Nations University, New York
Francesco M. Talò, Coordinator for Cyber Security Issues, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Ambassador at Large for Cyber Security, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – TBC
Tong Zhao, Fellow, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Beijing

17:00 – 17:30 – COFFEE BREAK

SECOND PLENARY SESSION

17:30 Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Chair:
Névine Schepers, Research Analyst, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London
Speakers:

Irma Arguello, President, NPSGlobal Foundation, Buenos Aires
Cornel Feruţă, Assistant Director General, Chief Coordinator, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House, London
Adil Sultan Muhammad, Visiting Research Fellow, King’s College London
Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director, FRS, Paris

19:00 – DINNER

WEDNESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2018
THIRD PLENARY SESSION

08:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in North-East Asia
Chair:
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior Research Fellow, FRS, Paris
Speakers:

Nobuyasu Abe, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center, Cambridge
Andrea Berger, Senior Research Associate, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey
Park Jiyoung, Senior Fellow, Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul
Phillip Schell, Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Department of Political Affairs

10:30 – 11:00 – COFFEE BREAK

FOURTH PLENARY SESSION

11:00 The EU CBRN Centres of Excellence Initiative and its 2019-2020 Roadmap
Tristan Simonart, EU Coordinator, CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence, Brussels

11:30 Implementing the EU’s Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Agenda
Chair:
Laura Rockwood, Executive Director, Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Speakers:

Rüdiger Bohn, Ambassador, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, EEAS
Ann-Sofie Nilsson, Ambassador for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Manpreet Sethi, Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi

13:00 Closing Remarks
Sibylle Bauer, Chair, EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium /Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament, SIPRI

13:30 – LUNCH

Mine Action Donor Strategies
2018-11-28 | Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Mine Action Donor Strategies – Lessons for the Revision of the EU Guidelines for Mine Action

On 28 November 2018, the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium organized an Ad-Hoc Seminar on Mine Action Donor Strategies – Lessons for the Revision of the EU Guidelines for Mine Action, which was held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on the margins of the 17th Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine-Ban Convention (the Ottawa Convention). The event brought together nearly 60 participants from States Parties to the Convention, the UN (UNMAS), the EU (EEAS, Commission), and the main NGOs in the field of Mine action.
The objective of this Ad-Hoc Seminar was to collect lessons learned, views and inputs regarding Mine action donor strategies, with a view to feed the revision of the EU guidelines for Mine action. The EU is one of the world’s top donors. EU’s assistance is still led by the “guidelines for Mine action” dating from 2008 and which has to be revised.
As a result, seven main donor countries explained their Mine action strategies (the UK, Germany, the USA, the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland, Norway) along with key donors at regional (the EU) and global (the UNMAS) levels. Thanks to Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Colombia, the participants were provided with accurate lessons learned from the ground. Significant messages were sent to donor countries and operators. And exchanges with some of the more relevant operators helped European officials fuel the reflexion about the revision of the EU guidelines.

Agenda
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
19:00 Welcome Dinner

Wednesday, 28 November 2018
08:15 – 08:45
Registration & Welcome Coffee

08:45 – 09:00
Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
Ahmad Helal Atmar, Afghan presidency of the 17th Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior research fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

09:00 – 11:00
Presentation of National Mine Action Donor Strategies
Chair: Frank Meeussen, Policy officer, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control, SECPOL1, European External Action Service
Speakers:

Elizabeth McGarva, Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department, Department for International Development United Kingdom
Ingrid Schøyen, Humanitarian Affiars, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Oliver Bräuner, Desk Officer, Europe and Humanitarian Mine Action, Federal Foreign Office Germany
Steven Costner, Deputy Director, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State USA
Koen Höcker, Directorate Stability & Humanitarian Aid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Alessandro Palmoso, Programme Officer, Human Security Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Jun Yamada, First Secretary, Defense Attaché, Delegation of Japan for the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 13:00
Regional and Global Mine Action Strategies
Chair: Anne Kemppainen, Deputy Head, EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva
Speakers:

Agnès Marcaillou, Director, UN Mine Action Service
Fotini Antonopoulou, Programme Manager in charge of Mine Action, Operations Section III, EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Asa Massleberg, Advisor, Strategic Management, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Tomaž Lovrenčič, Director, ITF Enhancing Human Security

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch

15:00 – 16:30
Donor strategies – perspectives from affected Countries
Chair: Mohammad Shafiq Yosufi, Director, Directorate of Mine Action Coordination, Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority
Speakers:

Adriano Gonçalves, Head, Cabinet of International Cooperation and Assistance, Angola
Saša Obradović, Director, Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Centre
Miguel Ceballos, High Commisioner for Peace, Colombia

16:30– 16:45 Coffee break

16:45 – 18:30
Donor Strategies – perspectives from operators
Chair: Hector Guerra, Director, International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition
Speakers:

Tim Kreuk, Head, Halo Trust Europe office
Josephine Dresner, Country Representative, Mines Advisory Group
Emmanuel Sauvage, Director, Armed Violence Reduction Unit, Handicap International
Hans Risser, Head of Operations, NPA
Steve Priestley, Director, MA Programs, Janus Global operations LLC

18:30 – 18:40
Concluding Remarks
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior research fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
Frank Meeussen, Policy officer, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control, SECPOL1, European External Action Service

Man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS)
2018-11-27 | Courtyard by Marriott, Avenue des Olympiades 6, Brussels, 1140, Belgium
Man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS)
On behalf of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) organised an ad-hoc workshop in Brussels on 27 November on the diversion risks of man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS), attended by approximately 55 government officials and non-governmental experts from Europe and elsewhere. Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, who had initiated the workshop, noted that MANPADs exemplify the interactive nature of the key threats identified in the European Agenda on Security: in this case, terrorism, organised crime and proliferation.
The workshop addressed the level of risk, the level of awareness and the actions needed to alleviate risks. A technical session explained the history, design, components, use, and variations of MANPADS, more than one million of which have been produced in the last 50 years. Over the past decade, about 20,000 have been transferred, often with insufficient transparency. Some of these weapons can be used with little training and they can last for decades in the right climate conditions. Trade and diversion trends were explained, and the export controls that have introduced, including best practices promoted by the OSCE and the authorization system introduced by one company to prevent illicit use of its weapons.
Briefings covered the situation in specific regions and conflict zones around the world, including northern Africa, the Levant, South America, eastern Africa, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. While the situation in the Horn of Africa remains fraught, here are serious risks in Venezuela, where the unstable government has procured over 500 MANPADS launchers and dispersed them to 42 military units around the country, and in the Donbas region of Ukraine, where Russian-supported rebels have seized government stockpiles. Elsewhere, government secrecy is as much of a problem as capacity constraints in impeding the tracing of transfers.

Agenda
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
08:45 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:15
Introductory remarks
Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-proliferation, EEAS
Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, IISS
Part I: MANPADS global issues and responses
These first two sessions will aim to address the following elements:

MANPADS basics:history, design, main components, use, variations
MANPADS lifecycle, durability and longevity
Expertise and training needed for effective operation.
Numbers produced
Trade and diversion trends
Export controls
Technical end-use control features
Principles and best practices

09:15 – 10:15
Session I a: Threat assessment, technical introduction, production, control features
Speakers:

Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare, IISS
Tomasz Brodniewicz, Head of the Precise Ammunition Department, MESKO

10:15 – 11:00
Session I b: Trade, export controls and best practices
Speakers:

Siemon Wezeman, Senior Researcher, Arms Transfers and Military Expenditure
Programme, SIPRI
Robin Mossinkoff, Head FSC Support Section, Conflict Prevention Centre, OSCE

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
Part II: Focus on specific regions and conflict zones
In each of the following sessions we will seek, as best possible, to address:

Availability and use of MANPADS
Perceptions of threat
Actions undertaken to address the issue
Capacity of local governments and regional institutions to mitigate threat
Outside assistance needed

11:30 – 12:15
Session II a: Regional focus –North Africa
Speakers:

Matt Schroeder, Senior Researcher, Small Arms Survey
David Diaz, Chief of Staff, Strategic Capacity Group

12:15 – 13:00
Session II b: Conflict zones – The Levant
Speakers:

David Diaz, Chief of Staff, Strategic Capacity Group
Siemon Wezeman, Senior Researcher, Arms Transfers and Military Expenditure
Programme, SIPRI

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:45
Session II c: Regional focus – Southeast Asia
Speaker:

Shang-Su Wu, Research Fellow, Military Studies Programme, Institute of Defence and
Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

14:45 – 15:30
Session II d: Regional focus – South and Central America
Speaker:

Andrei Serbin Pont, Research Director, La Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones
Económicas y Sociales (CRIES)

15:30 – 15:45
Coffee break
15:45 – 16:45
Session II e: Regional focus – East Africa
Speakers:

Dr Nelson Alusala, Research consultant, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Claudio Gramizzi, Head of Regional Operations – West Africa, Conflict Armament
Research

16:45– 17:30
Session II f: Regional focus – Eastern Europe (Ukraine)
Speaker:

Dr Margarita Konaev,Non-Resident Fellow, Modern War Institute at West Point

17:30 – 17:45
Concluding remarks
Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-proliferation, EEAS

Seventh Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
2018-09-04 - 2018-09-05 | Borschette Center, Brussels, B-1040, Belgique
The Seventh Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) was held in Brussels (Borschette Center) on 4 and 5 September 2018. ​
It tackled the most pressing challenges in the Middle East (the US withdrawal from the JCPOA in May 2018) and in North East Asia (which “denuclearization” process for the DPRK after the June 2018 Singapore Summit?), the nuclear disarmament objective in a constraint strategic environment, the UN Secretary general’s disarmament agenda, the reinforcement of the chemical weapons prohibition norm after the 2017 crises, and the EU strategy against illicit small arms and light weapons.
It cannot be denied that the present context is not auspicious to progress in the non-proliferation and disarmament realm: The global environment has seen many challenges to the normative order for several years (North Korea’s withdrawal from the NPT in 2003, US and Russia’s strategic dialogue stalemate since 2014, chemical weapons use in the Syrian conflict since 2013, etc.); existing arms control and non-proliferation agreements are getting dangerously close to unravelling.
In such a context, it was widely acknowledged by the hundred participants to the meeting that the EU has a special responsibility to uphold existing regimes in a coherent, concerted and effective way, pursuant to the principle of “effective multilateralism” which has been the cornerstone of the European Strategy against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction since 2003.

Agenda
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
13:30 – 14:00
Registration
14:00 – 14:15
Welcome and introduction to the meeting
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service
14:15 – 15:45
The revision of the EU Strategy against illicit SALW and their ammunition
Chair: Frank Meeussen, European External Action Service
Speakers:
– Damien Spleeters, Conflict Armament Research
– Fabio Marini, DG Home
15:45-16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 18:00
The chemical weapons non-use norm after the Special Conference of States Parties to the CWC
Chair: Christopher Daase, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Speakers:
– Elisande Nexon, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
– Una Becker-Jakob, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
– Dimitris Iliopoulos, EEAS, Former EU Liaison Officer to OPCW
19:00 Dinner

Credit: FRS

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
08:15 – 08:45
Registration
08:45 – 10:45
The JCPOA after the US withdrawal
Chair: Stephan Klement, European External Action Service Iran Task Force
Speakers:
– Tytti Erastö, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
– Louis de Gaulle, Le Club des Juristes
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00
The DPRK crisis after the Singapore summit
Chair: Laura Rockwood, Vienna Center on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Speakers:
– Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies
– Tongfi Kim, Vesalius College
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00
Nuclear disarmament, the NPT review process and the TPNW: Prospects for the EU
Chair: Ettore Greco, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Speakers:
– Emmanuelle Maître, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
– Bruno Hellendorff, Egmont
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 – 17:45
UNSG’s Disarmament agenda
Chair: Maria Mekri, SaferGlobe
Speakers:
– Renata Dwan, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
– Cristina Varriale, Royal United Services Institute
– Anne Kemppainen, EUDEL Geneva
17:45 – 18:00
Concluding remarks
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service

Sixth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
2017-12-12 - 2017-12-13 | Palais d’Egmont, Brussels, Belgique
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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

Sixth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
2017-06-14 | Charlemagne Building, Sicco Mansholt - Rue Froissart 36, Brussels, B-1040, Belgique
The Sixth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium took place on 14 June 2017 in the Charlemagne Building, Brussels.

Wednesday, 14 June 2017

09:30 – 09:40
Welcome and introduction to the meeting
Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service

09:40 – 11:15
The Revision of the 2005 EU Strategy to combat the illicit accumulation and trafficking of SALW and their ammunition
Chair: Frank Meeussen, European External Action Service
Speaker: James Bevan, Conflict Analysis Research
Speaker: An Vranckx, Independent Expert
Speaker: Mark Bromley, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

11:45-13:00
Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) as a focus of the discussion in the framework of the CCW work programme of 2017
Chair: Lene Lindholft Rietveld, European External Action Service
Speaker: Vincent Boulanin, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Speaker: Anja Dahlmann, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik – German Institute for International and Security Affairs

14:00 – 15:30
Recent use of chemical weapons by state and non-state actors in Syria and Iraq, and international responses
Chair: Emil Kazakov, European External Action Service
Speaker: Jean Pascal Zanders, Independent Expert
Speaker: Dimitris Iliopoulos, European External Action Service

16:00 – 17:30
Current challenges in the field of ballistic missiles non-proliferation (MTCR, HCoC, INF, BMD systems)
Chair: Bruno Hanses, European External Action Service
Speaker: Marek Szczygieł, Chairman of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC)
Speaker: Stéphane Delory, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

17:30 – 18:00
Concluding remarks
Giorgio Franceschini, Chairman of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service

Cooperating to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions
2017-03-16 - 2017-03-17 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Conference Center , Meeting Room A - Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok, Thaïlande
Landmines and cluster munitions’ survivors : A testimony by Khun Wiboonrat Chanchoo (Thailand)
« It is a great honour for me to be here today. As all of you are aware, I’m not a cluster munitions survivor, but landmine survivor. For me, there is no difference between cluster munitions and landmine survivors or other remnants of wars. We are the same. We are victims.
I myself became person with disability nearly 20 years ago. That day, I went in to the forest near the Thai-Cambodian border to collect bamboo to bring home. I was not aware that there were landmines hidden in that area. All I well recalled was that all of a sudden there was loud noise and my body was catapulted into the air. When I looked at my left leg, I saw it was shattered with dangling fractured bones. I screamed to warn others not to come near while I crawled myself to safety. Though I did not lose my life, but life has changed dramatically after that. My husband by that time could not deal with it and felt ashamed of my physical condition so he abused me, abandoned me and left our family taking with him all the money and assets we had. But he left the most valuable assets for me, our two daughters.
I have been sharing my story, which is of course not a pleasant one, several times. I am aware that sometimes people feel uncomfortable when listening. But I have to continue doing this because I would like people to really know the lives of survivors. It’s not like we received support one time and all have been done so that case can be closed. Not only survivors receive affect, but also our family members. There are too many people with disabilities who still have difficulties in their lives. Some of them are in worse conditions. They still need support. Some of them don’t even have rice on the table.
After having accident, I did not give up, I continued working in the paddies and plots, growing rice and vegetables, and raising my two kids on my own.
As time went on, I came to realise that a person with disability not only can live a normal life with the proper care and support from those around them; but they can also contribute meaningfully towards others. I decided to join a local support group for people with disabilities. It is a platform where we can work together to help improve our living conditions.
Our self-help group started from small group of landmine survivors and people with disabilities in my village. The group expanded to neighbouring villages, and finally become a sub-district group. This group then connects with other survivors’ groups in other districts and provinces.
My self-help group now comprises over 100 landmine survivors. Most recently, I have expanded the scope of my activities to include persons with various disabilities, orphans, children with HIV infected parents, and the abandoned elderly.
Activities of our self-help groups in the past and at present include mushroom planting, micro-credit loan among group members, promotion of income generating activities, setting up a local network to deliver assistance is a much more efficient and sustainable approach in providing assistance, and more. Some activities become successful for example mushroom planting, but some are not successful including raising animals.
After 20 years of being a person with disability, believe it or not, the needs of survivors I have been observing remain the same, which are very basic needs. Survivors need prostheses. Survivors need financial support and micro-credit. Survivors need to accessibility and modification of accommodation and public facilities for appropriate use by persons with disabilities. Survivors need to know about their rights.
I would like to thank the Governments of Thailand for a lot of good work happening. My voices are louder. I would like also to thank other Governments including Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam, and more for lots of good work happening in my survivors’ friends’ countries. We all know that government support and understanding for victims is vital to ensuring our full and equal participation in the society. I wish the international community continue working together to ensure that no one will have to suffer from this indiscriminate weapon ever again. I wish Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam acceding to the CCM very soon. We need protection of the rights of victims in an all-inclusive and sustainable manner.
Aside from Government of Thailand, I would like to thank International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munitions Coalition, Handicap International, Jesuit Refugee Services, COERR and Norwegian People’s Aid for supporting me all along. »
Khun Wiboonrat Chanchoo, International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition, Thailand, 17 March 2017

The closed seminar on “Cooperating to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions: the country coalition concept” was held in conjunction with the Permanent Representation of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament. It was funded by the European Union and jointly organised by the European External Action Service through the EU Non-proliferation Consortium, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
It took place on the premises of the UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand, on March 16 and 17, 2017. The participants included both government officials, International organizations representatives and non-governmental experts from the South-East Asia region, the EU member states and beyond.
The purpose of this seminar was to discuss future developments impacting the implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). It focused on the concept of establishing “country coalitions” (i.e. with a country specific focus) as a means to enhance international cooperation and thus support the implementation of the Convention in South-East Asia. A coordinated approach concerning destruction and clearance (including mapping and securing of contaminated areas) of cluster munitions and assisting victims, involving donor states and operators will support States Parties to fulfil their commitments under the Convention. Lastly, a country specific approach is required to help ensure progress in implementation of the CCM.
Against this backdrop the concept of establishing “country coalitions” as a means to enhance international cooperation and thus promote the CCM seems to have considerable potential. The South-East Asia region is the location of the heaviest cluster munition contamination globally. It includes both States Parties and Non-States Parties to the CCM, including countries who are addressing contamination, stockpile destruction, etc. Within the region, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Cambodia are all dealing with very high levels of contamination. Lao PDR has the highest levels of contamination.
The seminar consisted of five sessions:
Session 1 offered to all the countries of the region the opportunity to share their perception of the issue (risks and threats, entry into force and implementation of the CCM, etc.).
Session 2 focused on cooperation and assistance by introducing the country coalition concept, discussing and refining this approach. The relevant actors for such a coalition would include representatives of: the affected country, donor states, international organizations, operators on the ground and other relevant experts, such as the GICHD.
Session 3 addressed the issue of the cooperation and assistance by introducing the country coalition concept.
Session 4 and 5 explored the practical implications of the country coalition concept on the challenge of article 4 obligations and on victim assistance.
Agenda
Thursday 16 March 2017

09:00 – 09:15
Welcome and Introduction – Setting the scene

Michael Biontino (Germany)
Frank Meeussen (EEAS/EU)
Benjamin Hautecouverture (France/EUNPC)

09:15 – 11:15
Session 1: Challenges of Cluster Munition Remnants contamination in the region

Chair & Introduction: Megan Burke (CMC)
Cambodia
Lao PDR
Malaysia
The Philippines
Sri Lanka
Thailand

11:15 – 11:30
Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:45
Session 2: Introducing the country coalition concept

Chair: Benjamin Hautecouverture (France/EUNPC)
Speaker 1 Michael Biontino (Germany)
Speaker 2 Megan Burke (CMC)

12:45 – 14:00
Lunch

14:30 – 16:30
Session 3: Cooperation and assistance – The connection between affected countries and donor countries – Best practices in coordination/cooperation

Chair: Frank Meeussen (EEAS/EU)
Speaker 1 Genevieve Clune (Australia)
Speaker 2 Khampheng Douangthongla (Lao PDR)
Speaker 3 Vidya Abhayagunawardena (Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines)

18:30 – 21:00
Reception, German residence

Friday 17 March 2017

09:00 – 10:00
Session 4: Practical implications 1 – Victim assistance

Chair: Aksel Steen-Nilsen (NPA Programme Director, Cambodia)
Speaker 1 JJuan Carlos Ruan (Ottawa ISU)
Speaker 2 Sheila Mweemba (CCM-ISU)
Speaker 3 Benoit Couturier (Handicap International Lao PDR)

10:00 – 11:00
Session 5: Practical implications 2 – Clearance

Chair: Maarten Broekhof (The Netherlands)
Speaker 1 Maarten Broekhof (The Netherlands)
Speaker 2 Touch Pheap (Cambodia)
Speaker 3 Bounpheng Sisawath (Lao PDR)

11:00 – 11:15
Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30
Wrap up and recommendations

Sandra de Waele (EU)
Balasubramaniam Murali (UNDP – Lao PDR)
Stefano Toscano (GICHD)
Benjamin Hautecouverture (France/EUNPC)

12:30 – 13:30
Farewell lunch

Developments in SALW Technology and Design: Implications for Countering Diversion
2017-03-07 | Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB), 36 rue Froissart, Brussels, B- 1040
The EU Non-proliferation Consortium organised a one-day expert seminar on “Developments in SALW-technology: implications for countering diversion”, on 7 March 2017 in Brussels.
Preventing diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) is a key priority for the international community in preventing violent conflicts and gun enabled crimes. The seminar included presentations and discussions on ‘Risks of diversion’, ‘Marking and tracing’, ‘Stockpile management’ and ‘End-use controls’. It built upon the outcomes of the 2015 Meeting of Governmental Experts on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on SALW. The discussions will feed into the review of the EU SALW Strategy as well as preparations for the 2018 Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on SALW.
The seminar brought together 40 participants from European industry, EU and EU member state officials, regional and international organizations, and research institutes.
Agenda

09:00–09:15
Welcome and introduction to the seminar

Pawel Herczynski, Director Security Policy and Conflict Prevention, European External Action Service
Mark Bromley, Co-Director of the Dual-use and Arms Trade Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

09:15–10:30
Session 1 — Diversion: causes, consequences and risk mitigation

Chair: Frank Meeussen, Alternate Chair of COARM Council Working Party, European External Action Service
Speaker: Savannah de Tessières, Senior Consultant, Small Arms Survey and United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Speaker: Tarmo Dix, Desk Officer Conventional Arms Control, German Federal Foreign Office
Speaker: N. R. Jenzen-Jones, Director, Armament Research Services
This session will explore the legal and normative standards to prevent diversion; recent cases of diversion following exports of SALW from Europe; and means to counter diversion, including the opportunities and challenges generated by emerging SALW technologies and designs.
Key questions that will be addressed

What were some of the most notable cases of SALW diversion in the past five years?
What were the main causes and consequences of these cases?
What legal and normative standards are in place to prevent SALW diversion?
What are the key gaps and weaknesses in these standards and their implementation?
What role have new technologies and designs played in recent cases of SALW diversion?
What role can new methods for marking, tagging and enabling/disabling SALW play in preventing cases of diversion?

10:45–12:00
Session 2 — Developments in SALW technology and design: implications for marking and tracing

Chair: Lina Grip, Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Speaker: Dr. Giacomo Persi Paoli, Research Leader, RAND Europe
Speaker: Thierry Jacobs, Strategic Projects and Relations Executive, Fabrique Nationale d’Herstal
Speaker: Dr. Gernot Schrems, Laser Expert, Trotec Laser GmbH
This session will explore the current state of the art with regard to available technologies for marking and tracing SALW and related ammunition; the challenges and opportunities posed by developments in modular design, polymer materials and additive manufacturing and how they can be met; and options for states to promote the use of new marking techniques.
Key questions that will be addressed

What systems are in place for establishing harmonized standards for the marking and tracing of SALW?
What are the key gaps in these systems, and what challenges do they face?
What are the particular challenges posed by modular design, polymer materials and additive manufacturing for marking and tracing SALW?
What systems are companies developing for overcoming these challenges?
What are the particular challenges involved in developing effective systems for marking and tracing SALW ammunition?
What systems are companies developing for overcoming these challenges?

13:15–14:30
Session 3 — Developments in SALW technology and design: implications for stockpile management

Chair: Pilar Reina, Independent consultant
Speaker: Alain Lapon, Chief Technical Officer, South Eastern and Eastern European Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Speaker: Diman Dimov, Project Support Office, Conflict Prevention Centre, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Speaker: Robert Kondor, Regional Sales Director, Dynamit Nobel Defence
This session will explore the current state of the art with regard to available technologies for tagging and tracking SALW shipments and stockpiles to facilitate secure stockpile management; the role these systems can play in preventing SALW diversion; and options for states to promote the use of these technologies.
Key questions that will be addressed

What systems are in place for establishing improved standards in SALW physical security and stockpile management?
What are the key gaps in these systems and what are the implementation challenges do states and other stakeholders face?
What are the key lessons-learned from recent efforts to improve SALW physical security and stockpile management in Europe and elsewhere?
What role can different types of technologies play in improving SALW physical security and stockpile management?
What new systems are companies developing for helping to tag and track SALW?
What role can these systems play in helping to improve SALW physical security and stockpile management standards and prevent cases of diversion?

14:30–15:45
Session 4 — Developments in SALW technology and design: implications for end-use controls

Chair: Elvan Isikozlu, Researcher, Bonn International Center for Conversion
Speaker: Matt Schroeder, Senior Researcher, Small Arms Survey
Speaker: Dr. Georg Jahnen, Head of Development, Armatix
This session will explore the current state of the art with regard to available technologies for enabling and/or disabling SALW; other technologies that can help to prevent the post shipment diversion of SALW; and options for states to promote the use of these technologies.
Key questions that will be addressed

Where have technologies for enabling and/or disabling SALW been used to help prevent or respond to cases of diversion?
What potential is there for the wider use of these systems?
What are the economic, functional and political barriers?
What systems have companies developed for ensuring that SALW can only be operated by authorized end-users?
What are some of the potential applications of these systems?

15:45–16:00
Summary of the day’s discussions and links with EU and UN-level processes

Frank Meeussen, alternate chair of COARM Council Working Party, European External Action Service
Dr. Ali Arbia, Project Manager, Small Arms Survey

Fifth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
2016-12-03 - 2016-12-04 | Crowne Plaza, Le Palace, Rue Gineste 3, Brussels, B-1210
The fifth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament conference was held in Brussels from 3–4 November 2016.
Introduction by High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini
Selection of pictures
For additional information on the Conference, please see the dedicated Conference website of IISS.

Thursday 3 November 2016

10:00 – 11:00
Introduction to the conference

Introduction of video welcome
Video welcome
Introduction of keynote speaker
Keynote speaker

11:00 – 13:00
First Plenary Session: Disarmament and Deterrence – bridging the divide

14:15 – 15:45
Simultaneous Special Sessions (First Sitting)

Session 1: The role of Conventional Arms Control in light of pressing security challenges

Session 2: Ensuring the Space Environment is peaceful, safe and secure

Session 3: The threat of Non-State Actors – responding to CBRN events

Session 4: Prospects for Arms Control and Disarmament in the Middle East

16:15 – 17:45
Simultaneous Special Sessions (Second Sitting)

Session 5: The BTWC – maintaining relevance

Session 6: Combatting the trafficking of small arms and light weapons

Session 7: Security on the korean peninsula

Session 8: The future of the Nuclear Suppliers Group

19:000 – 21:00
Conference Dinner

Introduction of keynote speaker
Keynote speaker

Friday 4 November 2016

08:45 – 10:00
Second Plenary Session: the impact of technological change on Security and Nonproliferation

10:30 – 12:00
Simultaneous Special Sessions (Third Sitting)

Session 9: Progress and Challenges in Chemical Disarmament

Session 10: Nuclear Security – what next after the NSS process?

Session 11: Missile Defence – Asia, Middle East and Europe

Session 12: The utility of sanctions in Non-Proliferation Policy

12:30 – 13:45
Third Plenary Session: the Iran accord one year on

13:45 – 14:00
Closing Comments

EU – Republic of Korea Non-Proliferation Seminar on the nuclear and ballistic dimensions of the DPRK crisis
2016-10-24 - 2016-10-25 | Seoul
The European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea co-sponsored a seminar on the nuclear and ballistic missile dimensions of the DPRK crisis, which took place in Seoul on 24-25 October 2016. The seminar was co-hosted by the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium (EUNPC), the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) and the Korea Nuclear Policy Society (KNPS).
The seminar brought together some 60 participants from governments and think-tanks in Europe, North-East Asia and the United States. Participants shared their assessment of the DPRK nuclear and ballistic programmes, reiterating their grave concern about the threat that this programme constitutes to regional and international stability. Participants also shared their views on how the international community, including the EU, should best respond to the persistent violation by the DPRK of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions.
They discussed in particular the effectiveness of a diplomatic response, including sanctions, as well as counter-proliferation solutions and options.
Participants agreed that the seminar had provided a very useful opportunity for sharing views and assessments. They expressed the hope that the dialogue and exchange on this issue would continue, including in the framework of the bilateral relations between the EU and the Republic of Korea.
Agenda
Monday 24 October 2016

Welcome and introduction

09:30 – 09:45
Welcome and Introduction to the meeting

SHIN Dong-ik, President, IFANS, ROK
Ambassador Gerhard Sabathil, Head of EU Delegation in the Republic of Korea, EU
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior research fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS), France

09:45 – 11:50
Session 1: The DPRK nuclear and ballistic programmes: what assessment?

12:30 – 13:00
Keynote speech

Session 2: The international community’s response: approaches and effectiveness

13:00 – 14:30
The diplomatic answer (including the sanctions)

14:50 – 16:20
The counter-proliferation solutions and options

Session 3: What more can be done or how different?

16:40 – 18:40
Leverage and new room for action

Thursday 25 October 2016

Session 4: Summary and Recommendations

09:00 – 11:00
A specific role for the EU?

11:20- 12:20
Wrap-up and Recommendations

Closing of the meeting

12:20 – 12:35
SHIN Dong-ik, President, IFANS, ROK
Bruno Hanses, Senior Expert Disarmament, non-proliferation and arms export control, European External Action Service, EU
Benjamin Hautecouverture, FRS, France

Fifth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
2016-10-07 - 2016-10-08 | Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB), 36 rue Froissart, Brussels, B- 1040
Thursday 7 July 2016

Welcome and introduction

09:00 – 10:00
Registration and welcome breakfast

10:00 – 10:15
Welcome and introduction to the meeting
Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Joëlle Jenny, European External Action Service

Session 1: Preventing CBRN Terrorism

10:15 – 11:45
EU support for preventing proliferation and use of biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear weapons, including by non-state actors
Chair: Bruno Dupré, European External Action Service
Speaker (Chem.): Dimitris Iliopoulos, European External Action Service (download the presentation)
Speaker (Bio): Richard Guthrie, CBW Events
Speaker (Radiological / Nuclear): Matthew Cottee, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Discussant: Nomi Bar-Yaacov, Chatham House

11:45 – 12:45
A mid-term assessment of the Comprehensive Review of UNSCR 1540 Implementation: Implications and Options for the EU
Chair: Vicente Garrido Rebolledo, INCIPE
Speaker: Scott Spence, VERTIC (download the presentation)
Speaker: Sibylle Bauer, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

12:45 – 14:15
Lunch

Session 2: Arms export control

14:15 – 15:00
The way ahead for the ATT
Chair: Pierre-Arnaud Lotton, European External Action Service
Speaker: Elli Kytömäki, Chatham House (download the presentation)
Speaker: Michael Brzoska, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (download the presentation)

15:00 – 15:45
Increasing accountability: end-user control and identification of diversion
Chair: Frank Meeussen, European External Action Service
Speaker: Paul Holtom, Coventry University (download the presentation)
Speaker: Sarah Parker, Small Arms Survey

15:45 – 16:15
Coffee break

Session 3: Non-proliferation diplomacy and sanctions

16:15 – 17:30
Assessing the High Level Review of United Nations Sanctions: What way forward for EU non-proliferation sanctions?
Chair: Teresa Archer Pratas, European External Action Service
Speaker: Per Saland, Former Sanctions Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Speaker: Clara Portela, Singapore Management University (download the presentation)

Friday 8 July 2016

Session 4: EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Policy

09:00 – 10:00
EU priorities for and contribution to the 2016 BTWC Review Conference
Chair: Emil Kazakov, European External Action Service
Speaker: James Revill, University of Sussex (download the presentation)
Speaker: Kathryn Millett, Biosecure

10:00 – 11:00
Recent developments in the field of nuclear disarmament
Chair: Judit Körömi, European External Action Service
Speaker: Jenny Nielsen, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (download the presentation)
Speaker: Oliver Meier, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00
The EU role in non-proliferation diplomacy with Iran and the DPRK
Chair: Benjamin Hautecouverture, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
Speakers (Iran): Annika Weidemann, European External Action Service Iran Task Force and Tarja Cronberg, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Speaker (DPRK): Andrea Berger, Royal United Services Institute

13:00 – 13:15
Closing of the meeting
Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service
Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt

Fourth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
2015-11-11 - 2015-11-12 | Brussels – Belgium
The fourth EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament conference was held in Brussels on 11 and 12 November 2015.
The list of participants and a selection of pictures are now available.
For additional information on the Conference, please see the dedicated Conference website of IISS.

Wednesday, 11 November, 2015

Welcome and introduction

11:30 – 13:30
Lunch and registration

13:30 – 14:30
Introduction to the conference
Introduction of keynote speaker
keynote speaker

14:45 – 16:15
Simultaneous Special Sessions (First Sitting)

Session 1: New technologies and challenges to Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

Session 2: Chemical warfare at 100

Session 3: The future of nuclear power

Session 4: The EU, China and Non-Proliferation: from Iran to North Korea?

16:15 – 16:45
Refreshment Break

16:45 – 18:00
Simultaneous Special Sessions (Second Sitting)

Session 5: Prospects for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit and beyond

Session 6: The Arms Trade Treaty – Implementation after entry into force

Session 7: The BWC: Issues for the 2016 Review Conference

Session 8: Advances in Missile Delivery Systems

18:00 – 19:00
Reception

19:000 – 21:00
Conference Dinner
Introduction of keynote speaker
keynote speaker

Thursday, 12 November, 2015

Plenary Sessions

08:45 – 10:00
First Plenary Session: The NPT Review Conference and the future of Nuclear Disarmament

10:00 – 10:30
Second Plenary Session: The Salience of Nuclear Weapons after Ukraine

10:30 – 12:00
Reception

12:00– 13:00
Lunch

13:00 – 14:30
Simultaneous Special Sessions (third Sitting)

Session 9: CBRN: Lessons learned from Fukushima, Ebola and Syria

Session 10: How to regulate Autonomous Weapons Systems

session 11: fostering cooperation and non-weaponisation in Space

Session 12: The CTBT as a regional CBM (in Middle East and South ASia)

14:30 – 15:00
Refreshments

15:00 – 16:30
Plenary Sessions

Third Plenary Session: The Iran deal – outcomes and next steps

16:30 – 17:00
Closing Comments

Fourth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
2015-06-13 - 2015-06-14 | Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB), 36 rue Froissart, Brussels, B- 1040
The Fourth Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium took place on 13 and 14 July 2015 at the Borschette Conference Centre in Brussels.
As the previous meeting – the Third Consultative Meeting from 3-4 November 2014 – it took place under Council Decision 2014/129/CFSP; it will be followed by the Fifth Consultative Meeting in 2016, which completes the series of consultative meetings within the contract period covered by CD 2014/129/CFSP.
The Fourth Consultative Meeting was attended by 76 participants coming from the European External Action Service, the EU Commission, the EU Member States, the EU think tanks and the EU academic world, as well as by three independent experts from Norway, Switzerland and Singapore University. Additionally, four EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Interns were present at the meeting.
The aim of the consultative meetings is to provide a forum for discussion and exchange of views on non-proliferation and disarmament matters for European experts, researchers, academics and practitioners.

Monday, 13 July, 2015

Welcome and introduction into the meeting

09:00 – 10:00
Registration and welcome breakfast

10:00 – 10:15
Welcome and introduction to the meeting
Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Joëlle Jenny, European External Action Service

Session 1: Nuclear non-proliferation

10:15 – 12-15
Implementing an Iran nuclear deal: the EU role
Chair: Stephan Klement, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy
Speaker: Clara Portela, Singapore Management University (download the presentation)
Speaker: Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies (download the presentation)

12:15 – 13:45
Lunch

13:45 – 15:30
The EU at the 2015 NPT Review Conference
Chair: Judit Körömi, European External Action Service
Speaker: Camille Grand, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Speaker: Alexander Kmentt, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break

Session 2: Conventional and non‐conventional terrorism threats

16:00 – 17:00
Terrorism threats to EU internal and external security from illicit trafficking of SALW
Chair: Carolin Thielking, European External Action Service
Speaker: Nils Duquet, Flemish Peace Institute (download the presentation)
Speaker: Ian Anthony, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

17:00 – 18:00
Preventing nuclear terrorism: What are the EU’s ambitions for the last Nuclear Security Summit in 2016?
Chair: John Bernhard, Independent Advisor on Political and Legal Issues
Speaker: Said Abousahl, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (download the presentation)
Speaker:Egle Murauskaite, Center for International Development and Confabousahllict Management, University of Maryland

Tuesday, 14 July, 2015

Session 3: Towards the BTWC Review Conference

09:00 – 10:15
EU options for the last intersessional process before the 2016 BTWC RevCon
Chair: Cindy Vestergaard, Danish Institute for International Studies
Speaker: Jean Pascal Zanders, The Trench, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (download the presentation)
Speaker: Iris Hunger, Federal Information Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute

Session 4: Emerging issues in arms control

10:15 – 11:30
Verification of nuclear weapon disarmament: can the EU play a role?
Chair: Piotr Szymanski, European Commission, Directorate-‐General for Energy
Speaker: Andreas Persbo, Verification Research, Training and Information Centre
Speaker: Ole Reistad, Institute for Energy Technology / University of Oslo

11:30 – 12:00
Coffee break

12:00 – 13:15
Militarized competition in outer space and the EU draft International Code of Conduct
Chair: Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Speaker: Xavier Pasco, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (download the presentation)
Speaker: Jana Robinson, Prague Security Studies Institute (download the presentation)

13:15 – 13:30
Closing of the meeting
Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service
Giorgio Franceschini, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt

Preparing for the 2015 NPT Review Conference
2015-04-08 - 2015-04-09 | Algiers
International seminar
© FRS Hosted by the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and supported by the European Union Co-organized by The Algerian Institut Diplomatique et des Relations Internationales and the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium/Fondation pour la recherche stratégique Sheraton Hotel, Algiers, 8-9 April 2015
An international seminar on “Preparing for the 2015 NPT Review Conference,” (RevCon) co-organized by the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium (EUNPC – Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, Paris, France), was held at the Sheraton hotel, near Algiers (Algeria), on 8 and 9 April 2015. The event was supported by the EU.
About 50 people attended the seminar: over 20 countries were represented, many at the ambassadorial levels. The ONUDA and the IAEA were represented. The president of the 2015 Revcon was present, along with the chairs of the three main committees of the Revcon. Five experts from the EUNPC and one nongovernmental expert from the Middle East gave presentations and/or moderated sessions.
It was recognized that the 2015 NPT RevCon would be difficult because of inadequate implementation of the 2010 action plan. Yet the interim deal between Iran and the E3+3/EU (the Lausanne agreement) was perceived as an opportunity to create a positive atmosphere because it strengthens the NPT and shows that nonproliferation tools work. The cornerstone of the EU non-proliferation strategy (“effective multilateralism”) was recalled and its approach to the 2015 Revcon was detailed.
Most of the challenges facing the RevCon were developed during session I (“Challenges and opportunities for the 2015 NPT Review Conference”). Session II (“Achieving progress on nuclear disarmament, including new approaches”) was marked by constructive propositions. It was stated that peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Session III) are crucial for social and economic development. Contribution of the Nuclear Weapon Free Zones to Non-Proliferation and Disarmament was detailed in Session IV. The success of the Nuclear Free Zones (NFZ) as a cross-cutting tool and issue for the NPT regime was recognized by the participants. Lastly, session V dealt with various aspects concerning the reinforcement of the NPT Review Process: institutional, procedural, substantive.
Agenda
Wednesday, April 8th 2015

9h00 – 9h45
Opening Session

Statement by Representative of Algeria
Statement by Ambassador Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy EEAS, EU
Statement by Representative of UN Office of Disarmament Affairs

9h45 – 10h00
Coffee break

10h00-11h30
Session I – Challenges and opportunities for the 2015 NPT Review Conference

Moderator: Representative of Algeria
Panel:
Representative of UK
Mr. Ayman Khalil, Director, ACSIS, Jordan
Representative of Algeria

11h30 – 11h45
Coffee break

11h45 – 13h00
Session II – Nuclear disarmament

Moderator: Bruno Tertrais, Senior Research Fellow, FRS, France
Panel:
Representative of Algeria
Representative of Japan
Ambassador Enrique-Roman Moray, President of Main Committee I
Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick, IISS, EUNPC

13h00 – 14h30
Lunch

14h30 – 16h00
Session III – Peaceful uses of nuclear energy

Moderator: Mr. Benjamín Hautecouverture, Senior Research Fellow, FRS, France
Panel:
Representative of Iran
Ambassador David Stuart, President of Main Committee III
Representative of the IAEA
Mr. Vitaly Fedchenko, SIPRI, Sweden

16h00 – 16h15
Coffee break

16h15 – 18h15
Session IV – Contribution of the Nuclear Weapon Free Zones to Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

Moderator: Representative of Egypt
Panel:
Representative of South Africa
Representative of Mexico
Ambassador Cristian Istrate, President of Main Committee II
Representative of Finland

18h30
Welcome reception

Thursday, April 9th 2015

10h00 – 11h30
Session V: Strengthening the NPT Review Process

Moderator: Representative of Algeria
Panel:
Representative of Cuba
Representative of UN Office of Disarmament Affairs
Mr. Benjamin Hautecouverture, Senior Research Fellow, FRS, France

11h30-12h00
Closing session

Ambassador Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy EEAS, EU
Ambassador Taous Feroukhi of Algeria, the President-designate of the 2015 NPT Review Conference
Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, IISS Non-proliferation and Disarmament Programme / Vice-Chairman, EUNPC

Annecy Workshop : 2015 NPT RevCon
2015-03-13 - 2015-03-14 | Annecy
On March 13-14, 2015, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) hosted a two-day diplomatic workshop in Annecy, France on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The workshop was supported by the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium. It consisted of seven sessions, with one moderator and three commentators designated for each session.
Despite broad agreement among diplomats in attendance on the need to strengthen the NPT as the cornerstone of the nuclear nonproliferation regime, significant differences were evident regarding the path forward. Key sources of tension include: disappointment about the pace of progress on nuclear disarmament, frustration over the failure to convene a conference on the establishment of a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East (MEWMDFZ), and disagreement over the future direction of the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons (HINW) movement. Against this backdrop, Annecy workshop participants discussed how to build upon the 2010 NPT Action Plan and considered concrete proposals that might contribute to a successful 2015 NPT RevCon.
2015 Annecy Workshop: Looking for Common Ground Ahead of the NPT RevCon

Third Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
2014-10-03 - 2014-10-04 | Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB), 36 rue Froissart, Brussels, B- 1040
Final Program

The Third Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium took place on 3 and 4 November in Brussels. It continues the series of European expert meetings, which started in 2011 with the so-called Kick-off Meeting and was followed by the Second Consultative Meeting in 2013. Both events took place under the Council Decision 2010/799/CFSP.
The aim of the consultative meetings is to provide a forum for discussion and exchange of views on non-proliferation and disarmament matters for European experts, researchers, academics and practitioners.
The Third Consultative Meeting took place under the Council Decision 2014/129/CFSP and will be followed by a fourth and fifth meeting in 2015 and 2016, respectively. The meeting was attended by 91 participants coming from the External Action Service (15), other EU Institutions (4), the EU Member States (28), International Organizations (1), the EU think tanks and the EU academic world (40), as well as from three independent experts from Norway (1) and Switzerland (2).
20 EU Member states were represented by (at least) one official delegate at the meeting. It was the highest number of EU MS at the consultative meetings, so far. Also the new EU Member Croatia sent one delegate from the capital.
Monday, November 3, 2014

Welcome and Introduction into the Meeting

9:30 – 10:30 : Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:30 – 10:15 : Welcome and Introduction to the Meeting

Harald Müller, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Jacek Bylica, European External Action Service (EEAS)

Session 1 Repercussions of the Ukraine Crisis

10:45 – 12:30 : Chair/ Harald Müller, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Implications of the Ukraine crisis on the nuclear non-proliferation regime

Speaker: Łukasz Kulesa, European Leadership Network (ELN)

Challenges for the global arms control regime and cooperative security with Russia

Speaker: Jiří Schneider, Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI)
Speaker: Paolo Foradori, University of Trento

Session 2: Controlling Unconventional and Conventional Arms in the Middle East and in North Africa (MENA)

14:00 – 15:30 : Light at the end of the tunnel? The Syrian chemical weapon programme and the Iranian nuclear dossier

Chair: Erzsébet Rózsa, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA)
Speaker (Syria, CW): Ralf Trapp, Independent Consultant
Speaker (Iran, E3+3): Dina Esfandiary, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

16:00 – 17:30 : Tracking the flow of conventional weapons to state and non-state actors in MENA

Chair: Thanos Dokos, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Speaker (EU arms transfers): Jan Grebe, Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC)
Speaker (spread of arms to non-state actors): Ali Arbia, Small Arms Survey

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Session 3: Arms Control Issues for the European Union

9:30 – 10:45 : Implementation of the EU SALW Strategy in the light of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

Chair: An Vranckx, Group de recherche et d’ information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP)
Speaker: Nils Duquet, Flemish Peace Institute
Comment: Lina Grip, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

11:15 – 12:30 : Ensuring a successful outcome of the 2015 NPT Review Conference: steps to an EU Common Position

Chair: Tom Sauer, University of Antwerp
Speaker: Tarja Cronberg, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Comment: Camille Grand, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS)

Session 4: Emerging Issues in Arms Control

14:00 – 15:15 : Lethal autonomous weapons (“killer robots”) and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): is it time for an EU Common Position?

Chair: Nicholas Marsh, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Speaker: Noel Sharkey, International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC)
Speaker: Milena Costas Trascasas, Geneva Academy of International Law and Human Rights
Comment: Niklas Schörnig, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)

15:45 – 17:00 : Rapid advances in biotechnology and chemistry and their challenge to the BWC and CWC regime

Chair: John Hart, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Speaker (bio): Caitríona McLeish, University of Sussex
Speaker (chem): Michael Crowley, University of Bradford
Comment: Richard Guthrie, CBW Events

17:00 – 17:15 : Closing of the meeting

Joëlle Jenny, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Harald Müller, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)

Third EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
2014-09-04 - 2014-09-05 | Crowne Plaza, Le Palace, Rue Gineste 3, Brussels, B-1210
Around 280 experts have gathered in Brussels on the 4 &5 September 2014 to discuss the spread of nuclear and other dangerous weapons. In accordance with the Consortium division of labour, IISS took on the main organizing role for the conference. Introductory Remarks were given by Joelle Jenny, Director, Security Policy and Conflict Prevention, European External Action Service (EEAS). Keynote address was given by Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Evening Keynote Speech was given by UN High Representative for Disarmament Angela Kane and the ensuing discussion moderated by former BBC World News presenter Nik Gowing. All the plenary sessions, simultaneous special sessions, introductory remarks and keynote addresses were recorded on video and are available through this website.
For additional information on the Conference, please see the dedicated Conference website of IISS.
General Documents
Speaker agenda
Plenary and Special Sessions: videos, speech transcripts, Q & A

Introduction to the meeting and Keynote Speech – by Joelle Jenny and Ahmet Ahmet Üzümcü
First Plenary Session – The Role of the EU in Iran Nuclear Negotiations
Evening Keynote Address- by Angela Kane
Second Plenary Session – Eliminating Chemical Weapons
Third Plenary Session – Working for a Successful 2015 NPT Review Conference
Special Sessions

On Twitter
#EUnonprolif
Conference Photo Gallery
The Conference online photo album is available on Flickr.

European Forum Alpbach, Austria - "Nuclear Futures?"
2014-08-23 - 2014-08-25 | Alpbach, Austria
EU-organised retreat assesses future of nuclear power and related non-proliferation issues.
At an EU retreat in Alpbach, Austria on 23-25 August, three dozen experts from academia, industry and international organisations assessed future developments impacting the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Held in conjunction with the European Forum Alpbach, the seminar on ‘Nuclear Futures?’ concluded that nuclear power will continue to be a significant part of the global energy panorama, particularly in non-OECD Asia.
Nuclear energy can help ensure energy security and meet rising energy demands and greenhouse gas emission targets. While renewable sources will make an increasingly larger contribution, particularly if a way can be found to store solar and wind energy, technological advancements may also help overcome the serious problems associated with nuclear power. Indeed, how to ensure that nuclear power is provided safely, securely and without abetting nuclear-weapons programmes was the dominant theme of the event. Each aspect of the ‘3S’ framework – safeguards, safety and security – was discussed at length, as well as the role of export controls in ensuring the proper use of nuclear-related trade.
Following the 2.5-day retreat, several of the participants led a public break-out session at the Alpbach Political Symposium to present an overview of nuclear energy forecasts and the challenges it entails.
Three separate units of the European Union joined forces in funding and organising the seminar: the European External Action Service through the EU Non-proliferation Consortium, the Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid Directorate-General (DEVCO) of the European Commission, and the Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC). Administrative arrangements were handled by the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) through its DEVCO-funded program on ‘EU-Outreach in Export Control of Dual-Use Items‘.
Documents

Concept Note
Agenda
Public breakout session
Alpbach political symposium

EU Consortium Middle East Workshop
2014-06-18 - 2014-06-19 | Crowne Plaza, Le Palace, Rue Gineste 3, Brussels, B-1210
Capacity-building Workshop for mid-level Diplomats in support of the Helsinki Conference on a Middle East WMD Free Zone
In 2011 and 2012, the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium organised two international seminars in support of a process aimed at establishing a Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDFZ) in the Middle East. The 2011 and 2012 seminars proved successful in bringing parties together and exploring key issues. The EU decided to sponsor a related event in 2014 as a practical contribution to the Helsinki Conference. Organised by our Consortium, a capacity-building workshop was held on the 18th and 19th June 2014 in Brussels, bringing together mid-level diplomats from the region for presentations on zones elsewhere and building blocks of multilateral diplomacy, along with a simulation exercise.
Agenda

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Report

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Interactive briefings

African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (Pelindaba Treaty) – Case Study: History and Applicable Lessons, by Thomas Markram (UN Office for Disarmament Affairs)
Security and Confidence-Building Measures Elsewhere, by Ambassador Rüdiger Lüdeking (Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the OSCE)
Methodology, History, Tools of Multilateral Negotiations, by Ambassador Arend Meerburg (The Netherlands)
CBMs in Southeast Asia, by Mark Fitzpatrick (IISS)
Establishing a WMDFZ in the Middle East, by Tariq Rauf (SIPRI)

Documents

Official Documents – United Nations
Official Documents – European Union
Treaties, Conventions and Other Instruments

Enhancing compliance of the BTWC
2014-04-24 | Brussels – Belgium
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Disarmament, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation
2014-02-21 08:00 - 17:00
Trevor Findlay
Carleton University
Fall 2014
The course is intended to impart a comprehensive academic understanding of the origins, theory and practice of disarmament, arms control and nonproliferation. Students will explore the intellectual, political, strategic and other underpinnings of these approaches to conflict prevention and mitigation and how they have evolved, particularly since the end of the Cold War. There will be an emphasis on nuclear weapons, but chemical and biological weapons, conventional weapons and space weapons will also be considered.

Level: Postgraduate
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