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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

  1. 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

  2. Nuclear disarmament verification activities Various initiatives - membership by invitation only - not global - paucity of 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)

  3. 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?

  4. 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?

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