FRS organises a series of regional and/or sub-regional events, as well as country-specific expert missions. In other events, you can find our recent UNGA First Committee and HCoC ARM side-events, participation at the UNIDIR Space Security Conference and other external events. To find out more, go to our Project Activities
The seminar on 5 December 2025 in Geneva successfully gathered international experts and diplomats to address the evolving relevance of the HCoC. Discussions focused on how the Code can adapt to new geopolitical and technological challenges to reinforce its critical role in transparency and restraint.
On 3 December 2025, FRS organised an online webinar to discuss the critical dynamics between missile defence systems and global proliferation, anchored in the findings of the HCoC Research Paper N°15, “The Shield and the Sword”. The session highlighted the paradox that missile defences, while essential for protection, create incentives for adversaries to expand and sophisticate their arsenals, addressing resulting risks such as space militarisation and the necessity of confidence-building measures.
On 25-26 November 2025, the FRS, in cooperation with the Department of International Relations & Cooperation (DIRCO), hosted a Regional Seminar in Pretoria dedicated to ‘Missile Proliferation: What Role for Confidence-Building Measures Such as the HCOC?’. Representatives from South Africa , as well as governmental delegates from regional countries (including Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) , and officials from international organisations and other experts took part in this event.
On 25 November 2025, as part of our regional seminar in South Africa, participants were received at the South African Air Force Museum, located at the Air Force Base Swartkop (Pretoria). They attended a presentation by Andre Buys on South Africa’s Ballistic Missile Programme and its dismantlement.
Le 11 septembre 2025, nous nous sommes rendus à Djibouti pour un atelier de travail sur la prolifération des missiles et le HCoC, co-organisé avec le Ministère des affaires étrangères et de la coopération internationale
On 4 June 2025, FRS organised a side-event in the margins of the HCoC Annual Regular Meeting in Vienna. The side-event allowed participants to reflect on the evolving drivers of ballistic missile acquisition and development.
The joint workshop “Nepali priorities in non-proliferation and disarmament: the case of missiles” held on 6–7 February 2025 in Nagarkot, Nepal, brought together Nepali, French, and UNRCPD experts to analyse the global non-proliferation architecture and Nepal’s place within it.
On 22-23 January 2025, the FRS in collaboration with the government of the Philippines hosted a regional seminar dedicated to Asia-Pacific. More than 50 participants representing 12 countries took part to this event.
On 22 October 2024, the FRS will hold a side-event in the margins of the UN General Assembly First Committee, which will explore the links between the Hague Code of Conduct and space security.
Costa Rica hosted a regional seminar on 2-3 July 2024 in San José dedicated to Latin American and Caribbean States. The HCoC Chair, Chile, was in particular represented to the meeting, as well as around 20 regional states.
On 11 April 2024, FRS organised a side-event in the margins of the HCoC Annual Regular Meeting in Vienna. The side-event allowed participants to reflect on how the HCoC is used to reduce the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation created by the deployment of missiles and why it is a valuable multilateral tool.
On 19-21 March 2024, as part of the European Union’s decision to support HCoC, the FRS organised a visit to NARO space centre (Republic of Korea), in close cooperation with the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Science and ICT and KARI.
In January 2024, the Foundation for Strategic Research and the B’huth co-organised a seminar in Dubai (UAE) to engage with representatives from 10 countries and key actors from the region. This is part of a series of seminars organised all over the globe by the Foundation to spread awareness on the role of the Hague Code of Conduct with the support of the European Union.
The HCoC Youth Group attended the 3 days Ballistic Missile Proliferation Workshop in Paris from 25-27 October 2023.
On 28 June 2023, the HCoC Ballistic Missile Youth Group was officially kicked off. 17 fellows will work on these key issues until 2027.
A regional seminar was held on 22 & 23 June 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria, to discuss ballistic missile proliferation with a selection of African countries.
On 15 June 2023, FRS organised a side-event in the margins of the HCoC Annual Regular Meeting in Vienna. The side-event presented the main trends regarding missile proliferation, and to assess how they are influencing the arms control architecture aimed at reducing the destabilizing nature of these weapon systems.
On 17 January 2023, FRS organised a webinar to discuss its recently published report on North Korea’s short range ballistic missiles. The authors of the study presented their main findings and Vann van Diepen assessed the contribution of this report to our understanding of North Korea’s military strategy.
On 13-16 December, as part of the European Union’s decision to support HCoC, the FRS organised a visit to Europe’s spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana), in close cooperation with the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) and the French authorities in French Guiana.
Dr Xavier Pasco explained how the Hague Code of Conduct participates to space security during the UNIDIR Space Security Conference on 1st November 2022, in Geneva.