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Newsletter

Issue #4

November 2024

Read news of the Code, updates on our recent activities and latest information about ballistic missile tests and space launches.

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CONTENTS

Latest HCoC News

  • The UNGA First Committee adopts a new draft resolution in support of the Code
  • The HCoC & Risk Reduction in Space

News about the Project

  • Side Event in the Margins of the First Committee
  • Addressing Missile Proliferation in International Forums
  • Regional Seminar organised in Costa Rica

News about the Ballistic Missiles & Launchers

  • Chinese ICBM test

Selected Missiles Tests

Selected SLV Launches

Information and contact
May
2025
Research Papers

The Growing Appeal of Missiles: Current Drivers Behind Ballistic Missile Acquisition and Development

This paper recalls the state of ballistic missile proliferation at the time of the adoption of the Code, before delving into the genesis of the Code and especially the various reports and meetings that promoted the adoption of a supply-side multilateral instrument. It describes the conferences and diplomatic efforts that led to the Code in 2002. It also explains why the Code ended up the way it is today with modest ambitions but concrete outcomes.

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February
2019
Research Papers

Opening HCoC to cruise missiles: A proposal to overcome political hurdles

The issue of extending the scope of the Hague Code of Conduct to cruise missiles is regularly raised in academic and political discussions about the Code. Some non-subscribing States justify their refusal to join the instrument because of this exclusion, perceived as a major flaw. Indeed, cruise missiles have characteristics that can make them very effective in carrying weapons of mass destruction. It is therefore clearly of interest to consider extending the HCoC scope to these weapons.

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