ISM on NPD Auckland, 8 March 2017 Update on developments on nuclear - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2017 ASEAN Regional Forum ISM on NPD Auckland, 8 March 2017

Update on developments on nuclear disarmament verification Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Law, University of Canterbury Deputy Executive Director, VERTIC, London

Nuclear disarmament verification activities

Various initiatives - membership by invitation only - not global - paucity

• f publicly-available information on certain activities/outcomes
• US-UK technical cooperation (2000-)
• UK-Norway Initiative (with VERTIC) (2007-2017?)
• The Quad: UK-Norway + Sweden, US (2015-)
• UK-Sweden (2015-)
• International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification

(IPNDV) (Phase I - 2014-2017)

• UN Group of Governmental Experts (2018-2019) (”Norway

Resolution” on Nuclear Disarmament Verification)

In International l Partnership for Nucle lear Dis isarmament Verif ification

• Launched in 2014 by US Department of State and Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
• Objectives:
• To build capacity among NWS and NNWS in the field of nuclear disarmament

verification

• To improve and broaden understanding of the challenges inherent in nuclear

disarmament verification and monitoring

• To provide international leadership by facilitating technical progress to address the

challenges of nuclear disarmament verification

• Membership: 27 States (not publicly identified), plus the European Union
• Plenary meetings 2015-2016: Washington, Oslo, Tokyo, Abu Dhabi (Argentina late 2017)
• Working Groups (defined Terms of Reference, hypothetical dismantlement scenario)
• 1. Monitoring and Verification Objectives (Netherlands and United Kingdom, co-chairs)
• 2. On-Site Inspections (Australia and Poland, co-chairs)
• 3. Technical Challenges and Solutions (Sweden and United States, co-chairs)
• Will outcome of Phase I be made public? Will it enjoy continued support post-

2017 Plenary Meeting? Phase II? Expand membership?

UN Group of Governmental l Exp xperts on Nucle lear Dis isarmament Verif ification

• “Norway Resolution” A/RES/71/67, 2016 (175-0-6 UNGA)
• OP 3. Calls upon all States to work together to identify and develop practical and effective

disarmament verification measures…

• OP 4. Calls for the development and strengthening of practical and effective nuclear disarmament

verification measures…

• OP 6. Requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the development

and strengthening of practical and effective nuclear disarmament verification measures…

• OP 7. Also requests the Secretary-General to establish a group of governmental experts (25

people, meetings 2018-2019 in Geneva, GGE established at 2017 UNGA)

• Give your views to UNSG. Which issues should it work on? Consider how Asia-Pacific may be

represented on the GGE.

• How may countries that are not invited to participate in the existing regimes contribute to nuclear

disarmament verification?