10 years of the HCoC

15 January 2013

On 15 January 2013, the FRS organised an international seminar at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna to mark the 10th anniversary of the Code. The meeting, which gathered 100 participants, raised HCoC’s international profile, highlighted the successes of the Code to date, and promoted debate on how the Code can tackle the challenges facing it in the future. Among the topics addressed were:

  • The historical genesis of the Code and the motives behind its creation.
  • The importance and role of HCoC and the Code’s successes.
  • Future trends in ballistic-missile proliferation and space-launch technologies and the resulting challenges facing the Code.
  • Proposals for enhancing HCoC

AGENDA

OPENING REMARKS 

  • H.E. Györgyi Martin ZANATHY, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
  • H.E. Cho HYUN, HCoC Chair, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the International Organisations in Vienna
  • Camille GRAND, Director of FRS

 

DISCUSSIONS 

 

CONCLUDING REMARKS 

  • Camille GRAND, Director of FRS
  • H.E. Györgyi Martin ZANATHY, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
Research Papers

The use of the existing WMD free zones as an exemple and a potential Framework for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles

Taken as a wide-ranging notion, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have not produced significant instruments in international security over time, UNSCR1540 being an exception. As such, there are no existing WMD free zones (WMDFZ) which can be used as examples and as potential frameworks for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles.

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Research Papers

Limiting the proliferation of WMD means of delivery: a low-profile approach to bypass diplomatic deadlocks

Since the creation of the HCoC in 2002, the need for more collective commitment and action to fight the proliferation of ballistic missiles has certainly not decreased. The destabilizing nature of these weapons has not changed. Non-proliferation is just less about keeping the world stable and more about not adding a risk factor to an uncertain future. The HCoC was and remains a response to that need, but certainly not the end of the quest for improvement.

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