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1540 Committee

UNSC Resolution 1540 Overview

ESDC Course on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery (BAKS, Germany – FCO, United Kingdom – IHEDN, France) Brussels, Belgium, 1st February 2012

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Outline

 Key facts about resolution 1540  Functioning  Accomplishments  Way forward

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Key facts about resolution 1540

• A response to the risk that non-State actors may

acquire, develop, traffic in or use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their means of delivery

• Adopted 28 April 2004 by the UNSC at the unanimity of

its members and followed by UNSCR 1673 (2006), 1810 (2008), 1977 (2011)

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• Covers nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and

their means of delivery, as well as related materials

• Related

materials: materials, equipment and technology covered by relevant treaties and arrangements, or included on national control lists, which could be used for weapons of mass destruction purposes

Key facts about resolution 1540

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• All States shall refrain from providing any form of

support to non-State actors that attempt to develop, acquire, manufacture, possess, transport, transfer or use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their means of delivery

Key facts about resolution 1540

Resolution 1540, operative paragraph 1

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• All

States, in accordance with their national procedures, shall adopt and enforce appropriate effective laws which prohibit any non-State actors to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their means of delivery, in particular for terrorist purposes, as well as attempts to engage in any of the foregoing activities, participate in them as accomplice, assist or finance them

Key facts about resolution 1540

Resolution 1540, operative paragraph 2

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• All States shall take and enforce effective measures to establish

domestic controls to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical,

• r biological weapons and their means of delivery, including by

establishing appropriate controls over related materials and to this end shall :

• develop and maintain appropriate effective measures

to account for and secure items in production, use, storage or transport

• develop and maintain appropriate effective physical

protection measures

Key facts about resolution 1540

Resolution 1540, operative paragraph 3 (a) and (b)

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• All States shall take and enforce effective measures to establish

domestic controls to prevent the proliferation of nuclear, chemical,

• r biological weapons and their means of delivery, including by

establishing appropriate controls over related materials and to this end shall :

• develop and maintain appropriate effective border

controls and law enforcement efforts to detect, deter, prevent and combat the illicit trafficking and brokering in such items

• establish…

effective national export and trans- shipment controls.. Including to control export, ttransit, trans-shipment and re-export.. and controls

Key facts about resolution 1540

Resolution 1540, operative paragraph 3 (c) and (d)

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Assistance and capacity-building :

• the Security Council recognizes that some States may

require assistance in implementing the resolution, while others might be in a position to offer assistance in response to specific requests to the States lacking the legal and regulatory infrastructure, implementation experience and/or resources (Resolution 1540, OP 7)

• [the Security Council] urges the 1540 Committee to continue

strengthening the Committee’s role in facilitating technical assistance for implementation of resolution 1540, in particular by engaging actively, with the support of the group of experts, in matching offers and requests for assistance, through such means as visits to States, at the invitation of the State concerned, assistance templates, action plans and other information submitted to the Committee (Resolution 1977, OP 15)

Key facts about resolution 1540

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Cooperation with IROs:

• [the Security Council] encourages relevant international,

regional and sub-regional

• rganizations

to enhance cooperation and information sharing with the 1540 Committee

• n technical assistance and all other issues of relevance for

the implementation of resolution 1540 (Resolution 1977, OP 18)

• [the Security Council] calls upon relevant IROs to designate

and provide the 1540 Committee with a point of contact or coordinator for the implementation of resolution 1540 (Resolution 1977, OP 18)

Key facts about resolution 1540

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Transparency:

• “Transparency is an essential principle guiding the work and

activities of the 1540 Committee, contributing to enhance confidence, to foster greater cooperation, and to help States, relevant IROs, as well as the civil society and the private sector to be better informed about issues relevant to resolution 1540, which facilitates implementation of the resolution by States” (2011 Annual Review on the implementation of resolution, adopted 31 January 2012)

• [the Security Council] requests the 1540 Committee to

continue to institute transparency measures and activities, inter alia by making fullest possible use of the Committee’s website (Resolution 1977, OP 20)

Key facts about resolution 1540

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Functioning

• 1540 Committee, subsidiary body of the UN Security

Council with a ten-years mandate since resolution 1977 (2011)

• Chairman: H.E. Mr Baso Sangqu (South Africa)
• Vice-Chairmen: Azerbaijan, Portugal, UK
• Members of the Committee: Azerbaijan, China,

Colombia, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Togo, UK, US

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Functioning

• Four working groups open to all members of the

Committee:

• Monitoring

and national implementation (Coordinator: Germany)

• Assistance (Coordinator: France)
• Cooperation with IROs including 1267 and 1373 Committees

(Interim Coordinator: South Africa)

• Transparency and Media Outreach (Coordinator: US)

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Functioning

• Support to the 1540 Committee by:
• Experts (a “group of up to 8 experts” to be established under

resolution 1977). Five experts as at 1st February 2012

• The UN Secretariat, in particular the Office for Disarmament

Affairs and the Department for Political Affairs

• Resolution

1977

• ffers

new perspectives and

• pportunities to enhance and strengthen the support

provided to the 1540 Committee

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Accomplishments

• Wide acceptation of resolution 1540, recognized as a

platform for cooperation

• Demonstrated actions by States to implement the

resolution

• Increasing role played by relevant IROs
• Active and transparent role by the 1540 Committee,

including on facilitation of assistance

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Accomplishments / Reporting

Non-reporting States

As at 1st February 2012

Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo (Republic of) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Equatorial Guinea Gambia Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Lesotho Liberia Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Soudan Swaziland Timor-Leste Zambia Zimbabwe

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Accomplishments / Implementation

20 40 60 Number of UN Member States 30 60 90 150 180 210 240 270 300 313 Number of Fields with Measures 20 40 60 Number of UN Member States 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 Number of Fields with Measures 313

2008 2011

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Accomplishments / Assistance

• In October 2010, the 1540 Committee adopted new

procedures to improve and accelerate response to assistance requests and facilitate match-making. As a result, assistance requests are now distributed to potential providers of assistance within one week after it is received by the Committee;

• Frequent updating of the compendium of assistance

requests and circulation to assistance providers

• Increased dialogue of the Committee with assistance

providers (i.e. participation in G8’s GPWG meetings)

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Accomplishments / IROs

• In the past 12 months, activities/interactions of different

natures and scopes with IROs such as:

• ASEAN, AU, BWC-ISU, CARICOM, CICA, CIS, CSTO,

CTED, CTITF (*), EAEC, FAO, FATF, GCC, G8 Global Partnership Working Group, Hague Code of Conduct, ICAO, IAEA, INTERPOL, LAS, MTCR, NATO, OAS, OIE, OPCW, OSCE, PIF, SCO, SICA, UN Regional centres for Disarmament, UNDP, UNDPA (**), UNDPI, UNHCR, UNICRI, UNODA (**), UNODC, UNODC, UNRCCA, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, Zangger Committee

• (*) The “1540 Committee expert staff” (CTITF terminology) is one of the UN CTITF (Counter Terrorism

Implementation Task Force) entities.

• (**) UNODA and DPA provide support to the Committee and its experts.

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Accomplishments / IROs

• Some

regional

• rganizations

have designated a coordinator/point of contact to facilitate implementation of resolution 1540 by States and cooperation with the 1540 Committee:

• Caribbean region: regional Coordinator for CARICOM

(November 2009)

• Central America: regional Coordinator for SICA States

(June 2011)

• OSCE region: 1540 Adviser (September 2010)
• Some others under consideration?

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Way forward

• A lot of progress since the adoption of resolution 1540, but

much work remains to be done towards full and effective implementation by States

• The 10-years extension of the mandate of the 1540 Committee

decided through resolution 1977 (2011), supplemented with annual reviews and two comprehensive reviews, allows better planning opportunities for all partners

• Annual Programmes of Work of the Committee to be

submitted to the Security Council before the end of each May

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Questions?

1540 Committee Contact Information E-mail: 1540experts@un.org Fax: +1 917 367 9358 Website: http://www.un.org/sc/1540

Nicolas Kasprzyk 1540 Committee expert UN Security Council 1540 Committee T: 1 917 367 9344 E: kasprzyk@un.org