Regional Seminar on HCoC in Djibouti

26 September 2019

On 26 September 2019, FRS organised a regional outreach seminar in Djibouti entitled « Dealing with missile proliferation: one side of the non-proliferation and disarmament regime » with the support of IGAD and UNREC.

AGENDA

WELCOMING REMARKS

Mr Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS
Mr Patrick GEYSEN, Head of the Political, Press and Information Section, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Djibouti

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

Ms Maïté FRANCOIS, Judicial Affairs Specialist, UNREC

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

MODERATOR:

Ms Agnès LEVALLOIS, Senior Research Fellow, FRS

PRESENTERS:

Amb. Kjersti Ertresvaag ANDERSEN, Ambassador of Norway to Austria, HCoC Chair, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Mr Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS
Amb. Georg PÖSTINGER, Ambassador of Austria to Saudi Arabia, representative of the HCOC Immediate Central Contact (ICC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria

KEY ISSUES:

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

III/ THE PROLIFERATION OF MISSILES, A REGIONAL THREAT?

MODERATOR:

Mr Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS

PRESENTERS:

Ms Agnès LEVALLOIS, Senior Research Fellow, FRS
Dr Sitki EGELI, Assistant Professor, Izmir University of Economics
Mr Jean MASSON, Research Fellow, FRS

KEY ISSUES:

Missile proliferation in the Gulf of Aden: what dynamics?
Trafficking and missiles proliferation risks in the Horn of Africa
The role of transparency instruments in the case of missiles

IV/ INSERTING THE HCoC IN REGIONAL NON-PROLIFERATION & DISARMAMENT PRIORITIES

MODERATOR:

Mr Hervé-Jude SIABI, Program Manager, UNREC

PRESENTERS:

Mr Noël STOTT, Senior Researcher, Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC)
Mr Khalid ABDELRAHMAN, Head of Security Institutions Capacity Building, Security Sector Program, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Dr Susan MWANGI, Professor, Kenyatta University

KEY ISSUES:

Eastern African priorities on non-proliferation and disarmament
Regional efforts to enhance non-proliferation norms: from SALW to WMD
Combining non-proliferation with peace and development in the Horn of Africa

PERSPECTIVES & CONCLUSION

August
2015

Other publications

Making the Hague Code of Conduct Relevant

The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation, the Missile Technology Control Regime and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 each contribute to the international regime for the nonproliferation of ballistic missiles. The three instruments aim at controlling both horizontal and vertical proliferation.

December
2020

Issue Briefs

The HCoC and African States

While both ballistic programmes and the risk posed by these systems remain very limited on the African continent, ballistic missiles inherently constitute a global risk – due to their range and destructive potential. Instruments such as the HCoC, which seek to limit the proliferation of such systems, are therefore relevant for African countries.

January
2018

Research Papers

Limiting the proliferation of WMD means of delivery: a low-profile approach to bypass diplomatic deadlocks

Since the creation of the HCoC in 2002, the need for more collective commitment and action to fight the proliferation of ballistic missiles has certainly not decreased. The destabilizing nature of these weapons has not changed. Non-proliferation is just less about keeping the world stable and more about not adding a risk factor to an uncertain future. The HCoC was and remains a response to that need, but certainly not the end of the quest for improvement.

Supporting the Hague Code of Conduct

an FRS project funded by the European Union