Side event on HCoC in the margins of the UNGA in New York

14 October 2026

On 14 October 2026, on behalf of the European Union, the FRS will organise a side event on the Hague Code of Conduct and Ballistic Missile Non-Proliferation, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly’s First Committee in New York.

It is our privilege to invite representatives of your countries or your organisations to participate in a side-event organised by the FRS, with the support of the European Union, in the margins of the UNGA First Committee.

This event will take place on 14 October 2026 at the UN HQ in New York from 1:15 to 2:30 PM in Conference Room A. Lunch will be served in front of the room.

Please pre-register by email to Ms Emmanuelle Maitre (e.maitre@frstrategie.org)

AGENDA

INTRODUCTION

  • Ms Markéta HOMOLKOVÁ, Deputy Head of Division, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Export Control, European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union
  • Amb. Mohammed HINDAWI, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Jordan to the International Organisations in Vienna, HCoC Chair 2026-2027

PRESENTATIONS

  • TBC, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) – Missile transfers and proliferation concerns – what we learn from looking at debris
  • Mr Wolf-Christian PAES, Associate Fellow, IISS – Missile transfers and proliferation concerns – proliferation routes
  • Amb. J. K. YOUN, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations – Tracking proliferation networks: role of the MSMT
  • Dr Nicole GRAJEWSKI, Assistant Professor, Sciences Po, Non-resident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – Options for negotiation: bilateral and multilateral arms control framework
  • Mr George-Wilhelm GALLHOFER, Head of Nuclear Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Delivery Systems, MFA, Austria, HCoC Executive Secretariat – Role of CBMs: challenges and evolutions for the HCoC
Research Papers

The HCoC: current challenges and future possibilities

The Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC), currently the only game in town on its topic, marked its 10th anniversary in 2012. It has generated membership comfortably into three figures, and its supporters have tried valiantly to help it make progress. However, even its most enthusiastic admirers would concede that has not fulfilled the hopes and expectations of its founders when they gathered for the opening ceremony in November 2002.

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