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The HCoC at the Space Security Conference (UNIDIR)

29 may 2019

On 29 may 2019, in the context of the Space Security Conference, organised by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the FRS conducted a panel dedicated to the HCoC.

AGENDA 

MODERATOR:

  • Dr Xavier PASCO, Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

 

PANELLISTS:

  • Amb. Ann-Sofie NILSSON, Swedish Ambassador for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
  • Ms Isabelle SOURBES, Research Director, Centre national de la recherche scientifique
  • Mr Tal INBAR, Head of the Space Research Center, Fisher Institute for Air & Space Strategic Studies
January
2018
Research Papers

The use of the existing WMD free zones as an exemple and a potential Framework for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles

Taken as a wide-ranging notion, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have not produced significant instruments in international security over time, UNSCR1540 being an exception. As such, there are no existing WMD free zones (WMDFZ) which can be used as examples and as potential frameworks for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles.

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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.

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