Division 2.2 Description of the measures

1. (a)

   UNODA, acting in close liaison with the 1540 Committee, will respond to up to seven assistance requests from States, giving priority to States from the OSCE region, the African region as well as the Gulf and Middle East region. The assistance provided will be designed to enable States to take additional, practical steps to implement the obligations of UNCSR 1540 (2004) at national level, thereby responding to assistance requests by States to the 1540 Committee. Such assistance will complement the matchmaking function of the 1540 Committee, but not include the provision or procurement of technical equipment.

2. (b)

   UNODA will support efforts to achieve universality of reporting. While UNSCR 1540 (2004) calls upon States to present a first report no later than six months from the adoption of the Resolution to the 1540 Committee on steps they have taken or intend to take to implement that Resolution, there are still a number of non-reporting States. In that context, UNODA will support through its Regional Centre in Africa (UNREC) and its Regional Centre in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), and in close association with the African Union and relevant regional European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (the ‘EU CBRN Centres of Excellence’), up to five national or regional activities specifically targeted at non-reporting States.

3. (c)

   Furthermore, UNODA will support three regional/sub-regional training courses for national points of contact nominated by States with a view to coordinating national implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004) and assisting in the development of a network of points of contact as well as improving their communication with the 1540 Committee.

4. (d)

   UNODA will subcontract, among other activities, to the OSCE Secretariat a study on how to promote further synergies in the efforts of relevant international stakeholders involved in the implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004) in the OSCE region.

5. (e)

   UNODA will support up to three UNSCR 1540 (2004) regional industry conferences. Since 2012, the Government of Germany, with the support of the EU outreach programme for dual-use items and UNODA, hosted four conferences in the city of Wiesbaden for stakeholders from industry and civil society in order to encourage industry and private-sector engagement in the implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004). One of the outcomes of the fourth such conference, held in November 2015 in cooperation with the 1540 Committee, its Group of Experts and UNODA, was a common understanding to strengthen the regional approach, i.e. to carry out similar conferences in locations including Asia, Latin America and the OSCE region. Future regional conferences for stakeholders from industry should be complementary to the work under the relevant Union programmes, e.g. the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence and/or the EU P2P Export Control Programme for dual-use items.

6. (f)

   UNODA will organise or support workshops for representatives of civil society, academia and industry aimed at the practical implementation of the 2016 comprehensive review of the status of the implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004). In that context, UNODA will support the participation of national officials of States requesting assistance in training courses and other capacity-building activities.

As appropriate, UNODA will seek synergies with the activities of other actors involved in the implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004), the regional EU CBRN Centres of Excellence as well as other Union-sponsored programmes in this field.