Regional Seminar on HCoC in Livingstone, Zambia

19 July 2019

On 19 July 2019, the FRS organised a regional outreach seminar in Livingstone entitled « Dealing with missile proliferation: one side of the non-proliferation and disarmament regime. »

AGENDA

WELCOMING REMARKS

Mr Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS
Mr Eliphas CHINYONGA, Assistant Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zambia
Mr Matteo SIRTORI, EU Delegation in Zambia

I/ UNREC CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PERTINENT NON-PROLIFERATION INSTRUMENTS BY AFRICAN STATES

Mr Mouhammed-Awali IBOURAIMA, Disarmament Project Manager / STG, UNREC

II/ THE HCoC: KEY INSTRUMENT TO PROMOTE CONFIDENCE IN THE FIELD OF WMD DELIVERY VEHICULES

MODERATOR:

Ms Emmanuelle MAITRE, Research Fellow, FRS

PRESENTERS:

Mr Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS
Mr George-Wilhelm GALLHOFER, Minister, Head of Nuclear Disarmament, IAEA, CTBTO and NPT, Immediate Central Contact of the HCoC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria
Ms Bodil BAKKEN, Senior Adviser, Section for Export Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Ms Thato Mapuleng MOKITIMI, Legal Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lesotho

KEY ISSUES:

Contribution of the Code to international security
Being a Subscribing State: commitments and benefits
Day-to-day implementation of the Code

III/ INSERTING HCoC INTO REGIONAL NON-PROLIFERATION & DISARMAMENT PRIORITIES

MODERATOR:

Mr Mouhammed-Awali IBOURAIMA, Disarmament Project Manager / STG, UNREC

PRESENTERS:

Ms Emmanuelle MAITRE, Research Fellow, FRS
Prof. Anna-Mart van WYK, Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg
Dr Nelson ALUSALA, Research Consultant, ISS Africa

KEY ISSUES:

Southern African priorities on non-proliferation and disarmament
Missile proliferation, a threat for Africa?
Implementing the Code as part of a non-proliferation and disarmament national strategy

IV/ COMBINING NON-PROLIFERATION & DEVELOPMENT

MODERATOR:

Mr Jean Bosco RUMONGI, Political Affairs Officer, UNREC

PRESENTERS:

Mr Paul WOHRER, Research Fellow, FRS
Dr Guy LAMB, Director of Safety and Violence Initiative, University of Cape Town

KEY ISSUES:

Fostering technological development and trade through non-proliferation
Enabling the peaceful exploration of space thanks to transparency and confidence-building measures

PERSPECTIVES & CONCLUSIONS

Mr Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS
Mr Jean Bosco RUMONGI, Political Affairs Officer, UNREC

September
2021

Issue Briefs

From Small Arms to WMD Arms Control: Linkages and Shared Benefits

The proliferation of WMD and of conventional weapons are, in many ways, separate threats with different levels of impact and proliferation dynamics. However, there are linkages between WMD and conventional weapons proliferation. Notably, the same factors increase the risk of both threats, including geographic vulnerabilities.

January
2025

Issue Briefs

The HCoC and New Technologies

In the field of arms control and non-proliferation, ‘emerging technologies’ are commonly perceived as creating potential threats that may make it even more difficult to prevent arms racing and regulate global competition. Given the dual-nature of the Hague Code of Conduct, space developments must also be considered to assess the adaptability of the regime to new technologies.

August
2015

Other publications

Missile Control?

This issue of Disarmament Forum assesses the current situation concerning missiles and investigates future prospects for control. Existing devices, such as the Missile Technology Control Regime and the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC), UN Security Council resolution 1540 and the Proliferation Security Initiative, are all attempts at ameliorating some aspects of missile-related problems, as are the various bilateral confidence-building measures already in operation.

Supporting the Hague Code of Conduct

an FRS project funded by the European Union