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UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540 (2004) The Implementation Challenge G-8 Global Partnership Working Group 26 February St Petersburg

Terence Taylor Coordinator

GROUP OF EXPERTS SUPPORTING THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL 1540 COMMITTEE

UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540 (2004)

• Unanimously adopted on 28 April 2004 under Chapter VII of

the UN Charter, and reaffirmed by four follow-up resolutions (1673 (2006), 1810 (2008), 1977 (2011) and 2055 (2012)).

• Proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, as

well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security.

• Legally binding instrument countering the threat posed by

non-state actors, including terrorists, of acquiring such weapons or related materials.

• Complements relevant multilateral treaties and

arrangements.

UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540 (2004)

• Basic obligations

– Refrain from providing any form of support to non-state actors that attempt to develop, acquire, manufacture, posses, transport, transfer or use WMD & their means of delivery – Adopt and enforce appropriate and effective laws that prohibit any non-state actor engaging in such activities, including acting as an accomplice, or to assist or to finance – Establish domestic controls to prevent the proliferation of these weapons, i.e. controls over related materials, measures in the areas of accounting / securing, physical protection, border and law enforcement, export and trade-related controls.

• The resolution specifies the obligations – that is what States

have to do, but not how to do it

Resolution 1977 (2011)

Extension of the Mandate of the1540 Committee to 2021

WHAT IS THE 1540 COMMITTEE?

• Subsidiary body of the Security Council, composed of

the fifteen current members of the Council, assisted in its work by a group of nine experts;

• Current Chair: Ambassador Oh Joon, Republic of

Korea;

• Not a Sanctions Committee. Does not investigate or

prosecute alleged violations of non-proliferation

• bligations;
• Mandate and scope of activities of the 1540

Committee are derived from UNSCR 1540 and its follow-up resolutions;

• Four Committee Working Groups, covering the four

key areas of work: (I) Monitoring and National Implementation; (II) Assistance; (III) Cooperation with International Organisations; (IV) Transparency and Media Outreach.

Key 1540 Committee Documents

• Programme of Work (endorsed by the

Security Council)

• Annual Review (latest 2013 N.B. Future

Steps)

National Report The 1540 Matrix National Action Plan Dialogue with States Sharing of experiences

1540 IMPLEMENTATION

VOLUNTARY NATIONAL REPORTING

• States are called upon to submit a

report on the implementation of the resolution

• States that have submitted such

reports are encouraged to provide additional information, including, voluntarily, on effective practices

• Continuous task
• All but 22 UN Member States have

submitted at least a first national report

• Objective: universal reporting: 10th

anniversary in 2014

List of UN Member States yet to submit a first report as of 1 February 2014

• 1. Cape Verde
• 2. Central African

Republic

• 3. Chad
• 4. Comoros
• 5. DPRK
• 6. Equatorial Guinea
• 7. Gambia
• 8. Guinea
• 9. Guinea-Bissau
• 10. Haiti
• 11. Lesotho
• 12. Malawi
• 13. Mali
• 14. Mauritania
• 15. Mozambique
• 16. Sao Tome and Principe
• 17. Solomon Islands
• 18. Somalia
• 19. Swaziland
• 20. Timor-Leste
• 21. Zambia
• 22. Zimbabwe

• States are encouraged to prepare, on a

voluntary basis, National Implementation Action Plans (NAP) mapping out their priorities and plans for implementing UNSCR 1540

• NAP has to fit national circumstances:

scope, content and form vary

• Valuable to enhance inter-agency

coordination for, inter alia, gap analysis, prioritisation, identification of assistance needs

• Relationship to Integrated National

Nuclear Security Plan (INNSP)

NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLANS

• The 1540 Committee actively engages with

States, including through visits to States, at their invitation.

• Planned by inviting State in coordination

with the 1540 Committee: Visits can be used to discuss any matter related to the implementation of UNSCR 1540, such as national implementation efforts, assistance needs, first report / additional information, national action plans, effective practices etc.

• Visits to Albania, Burkina Faso, Grenada,

Madagascar, Niger, Republic of Congo, Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago and U.S.A: more are in the pipeline.

VISITS TO STATES

Cooperation with International Organisations (1)

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), INTERPOL. Office

International des Epizooties (OIE) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), World Customs Organisation (WCO), World Health Organisation (WHO)

OPCW

ORGANISATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS

Cooperation with International Organisations (2)

Regional Organisations

(Illustrative list only)

– African Union (AU) – ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) – Central American Integration System (SICA) – Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) – Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – European Union (EU) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – Organisation of American States (OAS) – Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) – Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) – Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Transparency and Outreach

• Academia
• Outreach to Industry
• Parliamentarians
• Public events
• Publications (1540 Compass)
• Web Site (www.un.org/sc/1540)

Relationship with other Committees/Panels

• Counter-terrorism

– 1267 (1999) Al Qaida/Taliban – 1373 (2001) Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC)

• Sanctions

– 1718 (2006) DPRK – 1737 (2006) Iran

Funding Challenge

• 1540 Implementation is under-funded
• Cuts in UN Budget for 2014
• Importance of Donations to the UN Trust

Fund – Role of UN ODA

• Other Direct Financial Support
• Support from other UN Bodies such as

INTERPOL and UNODC

UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2118 (2013) SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS

CONTACT DETAILS

Chair of the 1540 Committee

Attention: Chair, 1540 Committee: H.E. Ambassador Oh, Joon, Permanent Representative of The Republic of Korea to the United Nations 730 Third Avenue, TB-08040E, United Nations, New York, NY 10017 Fax: +1 (212) 963-1300, Email: sc-1540-Committee@un.org 1540 Committee Group of Experts 300 East, 42nd Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10017 Fax:+1 (917) 367 9358, Email: 1540experts@un.org

1540 Committee Website: www.un.org/sc/1540