Security, Technology, and Cooperation: The Future of the HCoC
5 December 2025
10:00 – 12:30 CET
Geneva
This event will explore how the Hague Code of Conduct can continue to curb ballistic missile proliferation amid new geopolitical and technological challenges. Representatives are invited to take part in this discussion.
INVITATION
While ballistic proliferation remains a global phenomenon, the Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) has for more than 20 years served to create restraint in WMD-able ballistic missile transfers and testing. New developments in terms of geopolitics but also technology are creating additional challenges for the Code, but also opportunities.
This event will assess the role that can be played by the HCoC in the current context and in the foreseeable future.
It is our privilege to invite representatives of your countries or your organisations to participate in the event organised by FRS, with the support of the European Union, the Permanent Mission of Uruguay and the Permanent Mission of Austria.
First Session: Role of the HCoC in a tense international environment
MODERATOR:
- Mr Alexandre Houdayer, Secretary General, FRS
PANELLISTS:
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Amb. Alejandro Garofali, Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations (Vienna), Chair of the HCoC (2025-2026)
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Ms Markéta Homolkova, Deputy Head of the Division for Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Controls, EEAS
- Mr Andrey Baklitskiy, Senior Researcher, UNIDIR
- Amb. George-Wilhelm Gallhofer, Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, MFA, Austria (Executive Secretariat of the HCoC)
Second Session: Role of the HCoC in a tense international environment
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Mr Etienne Marcuz, Associate Fellow, FRS
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Dr Laetitia Cesari, Consultant, UNIDIR
- Ms Emmanuelle Maitre, Senior Research Fellow, FRS
