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Geneva outreach side event on HCoC 2015

18 March 2015

On 18 March 2015, 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 Palais des Nations in Geneva, in the margins of the Conference on Disarmament.

AGENDA

WELCOMING REMARKS 

  • Camille GRAND, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Jarmo SAREVA, Director, UNIDIR

 

OPENING REMARKS 

  • Andras KOS, Head, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Security, Permanent Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Geneva
  • María Antonia MASANA, Deputy Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva

 

I/ ROUND TABLE 1: CURRENT & FUTURE CHALLENGES RELATED TO BALLISTIC MISSILE NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS CONTROL

  • Camille GRAND, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Dr. Pavel PODVIG, Senior Research Associate, UNIDIR

 

II/ ROUND TABLE 2: THE HCoC: UNIVERSALITY, IMPLEMENTATION & VISIBILITY 

  • Caroline WÖRGÖTTER, Counsellor (Disarmament), Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in Geneva
  • Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, Foundation for Strategic Research
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Research Papers

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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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Other publications

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Since its inception and through the collective outreach efforts of its Chairs, the Executive Secretariat, the EU and the United Nations, the Hague Code of Conduct has received growing support. It has improved its efficiency and implementation through a series of initiatives which have made it more easily accessible.

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