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Supporting the Hague Code of Conduct

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Virtual seminar dedicated to CARICOM countries

8 June 2021

Virtual

A new virtual event was held on 8 June 2021. The FRS and delegations from 8 Caribbean nations discussed over ballistic missile proliferation and the role of the Hague Code of Conduct.

AGENDA

 

PRESENTATION & WELCOMING REMARKS 

  • Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS
  • Amb. Marjolijn VAN DEELEN, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union
  • Anselme YABOURI, Director, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC)
  • Amb. Joska KABONGO NGOY, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DRC

 

I/ The HCoC: A MULTILATERAL INSTRUMENT TO CURB THE PROLIFERATION OF MISSILES

MODERATOR:

  • Emmanuelle MAITRE, Research Fellow, FRS

PRESENTERS:

  • Benno LAGGNER, Resident Representative to the IAEA, Permanent Representative to the CTBTO PrepCom, Permanent Mission of Switzerland, Vienna, Austria, HCoC Chair 2020-2021
  • George-Wilhelm GALLHOFER, Minister, Representative of the HCoC Immediate Central Contact (ICC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria
  • Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS

 

KEY ISSUES:

  • Contribution of the Code to international security
  • Being a Subscribing State: commitments and benefits
  • Day-to-day implementation of the Code
  • What opportunities for Caribbean countries in joining the Code? What constraints?

 

II/ KEYNOTE SPEECH 

  • Jorge LÓPEZ, Project Advisor, UNLIREC

III/ The HCoC: CURBING BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL NON-PROLIFERATION & DISARMAMENT EFFORTS

MODERATOR:

  • Jorge LÓPEZ, Project Advisor, UNLIREC

 

PRESENTERS:

  • Emmanuelle MAITRE, Research Fellow, FRS
  • Paul WOHRER, Research Fellow, FRS

 

KEY ISSUES:

  • How to limit the risks associated with ballistic missile proliferation?
  • Links and bridges between the HCoC and other non-proliferation and disarmament tools
  • Contribution of regional organizations in implementing WMD disarmament and nonproliferation instruments

 

CONCLUSION
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