Article 1

For the purpose of supporting the Arms Trade Treaty (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ATT’), the Union shall undertake activities with the following objectives:

• to support the preparatory process leading up to the UN Conference on the ATT to ensure that it is as inclusive as possible and able to make concrete recommendations on the elements of the future ATT,

• to support UN Member States in developing and improving national and regional expertise to implement effective arms transfer controls, in order to ensure that the future ATT when coming into force, will be as effective as possible.

In order to achieve the objectives referred to in paragraph 1, the Union will undertake the following project:

• organisation of seven regional seminars, a launching and a concluding event, up to three side-events, and dissemination of results.

A detailed description of the project referred to above is set out in the Annex.