New York outreach side event on HCoC 2013

11 October 2013

On 11 October 2013, the FRS organised, on behalf of the European Union, an outreach event in support of both the HCoC and ballistic missile non-proliferation. This meeting took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, in the margins of the UN General Assembly First Committee.

AGENDA

PRESENTATIONS

  • Amb. Jacek BYLICA, Principal Advisor and Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service
    • EU action to promote the non-proliferation of WMD delivery systems
  • Amb. Toshiro OZAWA, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organisations in Vienna; HCoC Chair
    • The role of HCoC and the aims for the Japanese presidency
  • Camille GRAND, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
    • Assessing and responding to current and future threats posed by ballistic missile proliferation
Other publications

Overcoming current and future challenges linked to missile proliferation: Prospective analysis and possible ways forward for the HCoC

This report, written by the HCoC Youth Group, addresses four dimensions of missile proliferation: regional concerns, transfer to non-state actors, transformation of regulatory tools, and relations to space security. It studies in particular how these developments could impact the way the Hague Code of Conduct tackles missile proliferation and proposes ways forward.

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Research Papers

The Shield and the Sword: The Impact of Ballistic Missile Defence on Missile Proliferation

Missile defence has become increasingly attractive in recent years, following the demonstration of its efficacity in the Israeli-Iranian conflict, and has epitomised by the ambitious Golden Dome programme. However, its relationship with missile proliferation is ambiguous. Arms control, non-proliferation and confidence building measures can to some extent address some of the most destabilizing features of this offense-defence competition.

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