Division 2.1.1 Purpose of the project

The project will:

1. (a)

   provide a follow-up event related to the EU seminar on ‘Middle East Security, WMD Non-Proliferation and Disarmament’ which was held in Paris on 19-20 June 2008;

2. (b)

   discuss issues related to regional security in the Middle East, including proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery and conventional issues;

3. (c)

   explore possible confidence-building measures to facilitate the process towards the establishment of a Middle East zone free of WMD and their means of delivery, including by drawing from experiences with existing zones;

4. (d)

   discuss possibilities to universalise and implement international non-proliferation and disarmament treaties and other instruments;

5. (e)

   explore perspectives for peaceful nuclear cooperation and related assistance activities, including by drawing from Euratom experience.