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Supporting the Hague Code of Conduct

an FRS project funded by the European Union

Latin America and Caribbean regional seminar on HCoC

25 April 2017

On 25 April 2017, the FRS organised, on behalf of the European Union, a regional outreach seminar in Santiago (Chile) to raise awareness of ballistic missile proliferation and encourage discussions on perspectives to better address the ballistic missile proliferation threat at a regional level.

AGENDA

WELCOMING REMARKS 

  • Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Dr. Xavier PASCO, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
  • H.E. Ambassador Stella ZERVOUDAKI, Head of the European Union Delegation in Chile
  • H.E. Ambassador Alfredo LABBÉ, Especial Envoy for Nuclear and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile

 

I/ THE HCoC AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILES: CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURE & PART OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME

PRESENTERS:

  • Zhangeldy SYRYMBET, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Vienna (Chair of the HCoC)
  • H.E. Ambassador Joachim ÖPPINGER, Austrian Ambassador to Chile
  • Michael PENNY, Senior Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Alexandre HOUNDAYER, Secretary General, Foundation for Strategic Research

KEY ISSUES:

  • Presentation of the Code: its main provisions
  • The concrete meaning of implementing the HCoC
  • The HCoC in the region: positions and evolution
  • Relevance of joining the HCoC in relation to regional non-proliferation policies
  • Successes and challenges of the HCoC in today’s environment

II/ PROMOTING DISARMAMENT & NON-PROLIFERATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: TRENDS, EVOLUTIONS & THE SPECIFIC ISSUE OF BALLISTIC PROLIFERATION

PRENSENTERS:

  • Mônica HERZ, Associate Professor, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Institute of International Relations
  • Dr. Rodrigo ÁLVAREZ VALDÉS, Research Fellow, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
  • Fernando GARCIA ROBLES, Expert, Mexico (in his own personal capacity)
  • Raúl BENÍTEZ MANAUT, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

 

KEY ISSUES:

  • The steps taken in the region to fight the proliferation of WMDs and their means of delivery
  • Confidence-building measures as a way to improve international security, non-proliferation and disarmament
  • Issues arising from dual-use technologies and related strategies: the specific case of ballistic missiles

 

III/ CURRENT TRENDS CONCERNING SPACE LAUNCH TECHNOLOGIES & CAPABILITIES: DYNAMICS OF SPACE LAUNCH & FUTURE USES OF SPACE APPLICATIONS

  • Dr. Xavier PASCO, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Dr. Luis ZEA, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
  • Major Daniel MORAGA, Ministry of Defence of Chile

 

KEY ISSUES:

  • Space development in the region
  • The characteristics of the development of space launch technologies
  • The evolution of the satellite industry and its impact upon the space launch sector

 

CONCLUDING REMARKS 

  • Dr. Xavier PASCO, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
  • H.E. Ambassador Alfredo LABBÉ, Especial Envoy for Nuclear and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile
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