Division 2.2.1 Purpose of the project

The project will:

1. (a)

   provide up to eight background papers on topics covered by the seminar in support of a process of confidence building leading to the establishment of a zone free of WMD and their means of delivery in the Middle East;

2. (b)

   provide tools to understand the regional security landscape, including proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery and conventional issues;

3. (c)

   identify possible confidence-building measures that could serve as practical steps towards the prospect of a Middle East zone free of WMD and their means of delivery;

4. (d)

   identify ways to achieve further progress in the universalisation and implementation of international non-proliferation and disarmament treaties and other instruments;

5. (e)

   identify perspectives for peaceful nuclear cooperation in the context of countries’ energy policy and needs.