EU Pilot Project Conference Materials

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Strengthening European Action on WMD Non-proliferation and Disarmament:
How Can Community Instruments Contribute?

On 7-8 December 2005 a Conference Strengthening European Action on Non Proliferation and Disarmament: How can Community Instruments contribute? took place in Brussels.

During the first part of the Conference UNIDIR and SIPRI, who have been carrying out research under a European Union Pilot Project, presented reports that were prepared as part of the project.

These reports were discussed by Conference participants, which included experts from EU member states, experts from non EU countries, experts from the Commission and from the Council Secretariat, experts from specialized institutions (including the OPCW and the IAEA) as well as non-governmental experts.

The second part of the event took the form of an Inter-Parliamentary Conference organized under the auspices of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament.

This page includes the following resources:

• The Agenda for the Conference
• Statement of the President at the Official Opening of the Conference.
• Non-proliferation and disarmament: what role for the EU? Speech of Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy
• The report entitled Strengthening European Action on WMD Non-proliferation and Disarmament: How Can Community Instruments Contribute? (1MB PDF file), presents the main findings and recommendations from the research related to weapons of mass destruction carried out under the project.

In addition, the following Background Papers are available:

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The report prepared by UNIDIR under the overall pilot project is available online and can be found on the UNIDIR internet server. The UNIDIR report addresses issues of small arms and light weapons as well as explosive remnants of war.