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
Other publications

Overcoming current and future challenges linked to missile proliferation: Prospective analysis and possible ways forward for the HCoC

This report, written by the HCoC Youth Group, addresses four dimensions of missile proliferation: regional concerns, transfer to non-state actors, transformation of regulatory tools, and relations to space security. It studies in particular how these developments could impact the way the Hague Code of Conduct tackles missile proliferation and proposes ways forward.

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