Latin America & Caribbean outreach seminar on HCoC - HCoC

Supporting the Hague Code of Conduct

an FRS project funded by the European Union

Latin America & Caribbean outreach seminar on HCoC

1 July 2014

On 1 July 2014, the FRS organised, on behalf of the European Union, a regional outreach seminar to raise awareness of ballistic missile proliferation and encourage discussions on perspectives to better address the ballistic missile proliferation threat at a regional level. This event was held in collaboration with the Republic of Peru, at the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lima.

AGENDA

WELCOMING REMARKS

Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, Foundation for Strategic Research
H.E. Irene HOREJS , Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to Peru
Amb. Juan Fernando ROJAS SAMANEZ, Vice Minister of Foreign Relations, Republic of Peru

I/ THE REGIONAL STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT

Dr. Raúl BENÍTEZ MANAUT, Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Andrés GÓMEZ DE LA TORRE ROTTA, Professor and Former Director, National School of Intelligence, Lima

KEY ISSUES:

Arms control and regional security
Security and missile technologies in the region

II/ REGIONAL DYNAMICS CONCERNING SPACE-LAUCH & BALLISTIC TECHNOLOGIES

Dr. Xavier PASCO, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research
Dr. Gustavo HENRÍQUEZ CAMACHO, Secretary General, Space Agency of Peru
Rosa María RAMÍREZ DE ARELLANO Y HARO, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs and Space Security, Mexican Space Agency

KEY ISSUES:

Issues arising from dual-use technologies and related strategies
Regional ballistic and space-launch programmes and capabilities

III/ THE HCoC AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILES: UNIVERSALITY, IMPLEMENTATION & VISIBILITY

Amb. Jacek BYLICA, Principal Advisor and Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service
Minister Hugo FLORES, Director for Defence and Security, Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hellmut LAGOS, Deputy Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

KEY ISSUES

The EU Strategy to combat the proliferation of WMD delivery systems
Presentation by current HCoC Chair of progress and challenges relating to HCoC universality, implementation and visibility
The role of the Code and other TCBMs in regional dynamics and the regional security environment

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Dr. Xavier PASCO, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research

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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.

August
2015

Other publications

Missile Control?

This issue of Disarmament Forum assesses the current situation concerning missiles and investigates future prospects for control. Existing devices, such as the Missile Technology Control Regime and the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC), UN Security Council resolution 1540 and the Proliferation Security Initiative, are all attempts at ameliorating some aspects of missile-related problems, as are the various bilateral confidence-building measures already in operation.

August
2015

Other publications

The Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation: “Lessons Learned” for the European Union Draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities

Concerns about the harm caused upon orbiting space objects – whether intentional or accidental – have increased in recent years, as well as the emerging awareness that the security and safety of national satellites – of vital importance for modern societies but at the same time so vulnerable – relies on a collective effort. In December 2008 the EU responded to these concerns by adopting a Draft Code of Conduct (EU Draft CoC) for outer space activities.