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Regional Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Program. Ronnie Faircloth Director On-Site Inspection Directorate. Purpose and Agenda. Purpose To provide information about the Regional Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Agenda WMD Material Trafficking Global Initiatives - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Regional Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
Ronnie FairclothDirectorOn-Site Inspection Directorate
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Purpose and Agenda
• Purpose• To provide information about the Regional Combating
Weapons of Mass Destruction Program• Agenda
• WMD Material Trafficking• Global Initiatives• Combating WMD – National and International Commitment• National Capacity and Capability• International and Regional Cooperation• Regional Combating WMD Program• Concept of Operations• Regional Combating WMD Program – Black Sea• Way Ahead
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WMD Material Trafficking
Georgia Authorities Confirm
Arrest in Uranium Smuggling
Incident
29 January 2007
Georgian authorities have
disclosed the arrest of a Russian
man last year on charges of
smuggling contraband uranium.
Russian scientists confirmed the
radioactive material was
weapons-grade uranium but they
said the sample is too small to
determine its origin…
Trafficking in Nuclear and
Radioactive Material in 2005
21 August 2006There were 103 confirmed
incidents of illicit trafficking and
other unauthorized activities
involving nuclear and radioactive
materials in 2005, newly release
statistics from the IAEA’s Illicit
Trafficking Database (ITDB)
show.
Pakistan Leader Confirms
Nuclear Exports
13 September 2005
Pres Pervez Musharraf of
Pakistan says he believes
Paksitani nuclear expert A Q
Khan, who ran world's largest
proliferation ring, exported
'probably a dozen' centrifuges to
North Korea to produce nuclear
weapons fuel…
… Necessitating a “Proliferation Pathway” Focus
Attempt to Smuggle Nuclear-
related Materials out of Ukraine
Thwarted27 November 2007The Yahodyn customs office [Volyn
Region] prevented in October 2007
an attempt to smuggle out of
Ukraine precious metals and dual-
purpose materials which can be
used for the production of nuclear
weapons…
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Global Initiatives
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540• Obliges states to refrain from supporting by any means non-
State actors from developing, acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, transporting, transferring or using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their delivery systems
• Proliferation Security Initiative• Aimed at stopping shipments of weapons of mass destruction,
their delivery systems, and related materials worldwide • Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
• Expands and accelerates the development of partnership capabilities to prevent, detect, and respond to the global threat of nuclear terrorism
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Combating WMD – Elements
• Scope• National capacity and capability• International and regional cooperation
• Pillars• Nonproliferation• Counterproliferation• Consequence Management
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National Capacity and Capability
WMD Consequence Management
Table-top Exercises
Coalition Warfare Proposals
Hard Target Defeat Research Agreements
International Counter-
proliferation Program
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
Research AgreementsCTR Proliferation Prevention Initiative
CTR Biological ThreatReduction Program
NATO Chemical, Biological,Radiological, Nuclear
Center of Excellence Support
Treaty Inspections
Nuclear Weapons Safety and Security
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International and Regional Cooperation
Threat Risk Understanding
Collaborative Technology Development
Information Exchange
Operational Interoperability
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• Objective • To support international efforts in combating weapons of mass
destruction by fostering regional and international cooperation to combat weapons of mass destruction
• Initial focus regions• Caribbean Sea• Black Sea• South-East Asia• Africa
• Develop and promote• Best practices• International standards
Regional Combating WMD Program
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Concept of Operations
Coordinate Develop Partnerships Support Activities
Tabletop Exercises
Working Groups
Workshops
Regional Organizations
Academia
Regional Centersfor Security Studies
International Initiatives- UNSCR 1540- Proliferation Security Initiative
- Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Countries
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Regional Combating WMD Program – Black Sea
• Regional Counterproliferation Cooperation Conference, November 2007, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
• Conference Report – Agreed Challenges and Opportunities • Create new capabilities for interagency and regional information
exchange and databases• Conduct assessments of risks, vulnerabilities, and capabilities,
both nationally and regionally• Improve use of regional and international organizations• Develop cooperation in regional nuclear and radiological
consequence management• Reduce vulnerability by increasing control, protection, and
accountability of nuclear and radiological material• Make pre-crisis plans for emergency assistance between states• Develop national and regional public communications plans for
nuclear and radiological incidents
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Way Ahead
• Develop partnerships• Countries• Regional organizations
• Establish working groups• Information exchange
• Regional Information Exchange Workshop, 9-11 December 2008, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
• Threat/risk understanding• Consequence management
Making the World Safer...
…by reducing the threat of weapons of mass destruction