Geneva outreach side event on HCoC

4 September 2013

On 4 September 2013, the FRS organised, on behalf of the European Union, an outreach event in support of the HCoC and ballistic missile non-proliferation. This meeting took place at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

AGENDA

WELCOMING REMARKS

  • Andras KOS, Minister Counsellor, Head of Section – Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Security, Permanent Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Geneva
  • Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Minister, Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament

 

ROUND TABLE I: CURRENT & FUTURE CHALLENGES IN COMBATING BALLISTIC-MISSILE PROLIFERATION 

  • Camille GRAND, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Dr. Ian ANTHONY, Director, Programme on Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

 

ROUND TABLE II: THE HCoC: UNIVERSALITY, IMPLEMENTATION & VISIBILITY

  • Lucia MARTA, Researcher, Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Dr. Mark SMITH, Programme Director, Defence and Security, Wilton Park
All publications

The HCoC: A Small Yet Key Tool Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation

The HCoC was adopted in 2002, at a time where the international community pushed strongly for the adoption of norms to promote non-proliferation and disarmament. It was initially designed as a first step which would lead to further regulations in the field. However, rising international tensions have prevented states from engaging beyond the 2002 compromise.

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The HCoC and China

China is currently the main ballistic missile possessor and spacefaring nation which remains outside the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCoC). This can be explained by China’s traditional opacity regarding its deployment of strategic missiles, but also its exports of ballistic systems or technologies abroad. This absence is nonetheless problematic for a regime based on voluntary transparency and confidence-building which aims at universality.

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