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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2284/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/2284",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/2284 of 11 December 2017 to provide support to States in the African, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and Caribbean regions to participate in the high-level fissile material cut-off treaty expert preparatory group consultative process",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2284",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. In accordance with the EU Strategy, which sets the objective of upholding, implementing and strengthening the multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements, the Union shall provide support to States in the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean regions to participate in the high-level fissile material cut-off treaty expert preparatory group consultative process.\n2. The projects providing support to States in the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean regions to participate in the high-level FMCT expert preparatory group consultative process, corresponding to measures in line with the EU Strategy, shall consist of sub-regional workshops, expert meetings, substantive support activities provided to United Nations Member States, and the establishment of a repository of relevant information and publications.\n3. The aim of the projects shall be:\nthe facilitation of dialogue at the regional level among States in the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean regions;\nthe development of a sense of ownership of the issue among States in these regions;\nthe identification of the national needs and policy priorities of States in these regions;\nthe involvement of relevant regional organisations in the discussions on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices to be negotiated in the framework of the Conference on Disarmament;\nthe evaluation of the implications of the process at the regional level and of the role that relevant regional and international organization may play in that process;\nthe comparative analysis of the implications of the process for each region;\nthe facilitation of the transmission of knowledge between academia, civil society organisations and Member States relating to fissile materials.\n4. A detailed description of the projects is set out in the Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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