# Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/732 of 2 June 2020 in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism for investigation of alleged use of chemical and biological or toxin weapons, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. For the purpose of giving immediate and practical application to some elements of the EU Strategy and of building on the successful implementation of Joint Actions 2006/184/CFSP and 2008/858/CFSP and Decision 2012/421/CFSP, this Decision serves as an operational policy tool for providing essential follow-up and momentum to the activities undertaken throughout the period 2016 to 2019 in the framework of Decisions (CFSP) 2016/51 and (CFSP) 2019/97 in support of the BTWC.
2. This Decision is guided by the following principles:
(a) making best use of the experience gained through Decisions 2012/421/CFSP and (CFSP) 2016/51;
(b) bearing in mind the lessons learned from the most recent SGM investigation, which took place in 2013 in Syria, with the aim of continuing the implementation of those lessons;
(c) actively encouraging the nomination of experts and laboratories from the Global South to the SGM roster;
(d) actively encouraging the nomination of female experts to the SGM roster;
(e) building strategic partnerships with relevant institutions;
(f) supporting the efforts of interested UN Member States to ensure the full operational readiness of the SGM;
(g) contributing to the implementation of the UN Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament ‘Securing our Common Future’.
3. The Union shall support the following projects corresponding to measures of the EU Strategy:
(a) support for training of experts on the SGM roster;
(b) capacity-building of laboratories from developing countries;
(c) outreach activities to ensure the nomination to the SGM roster of experts and laboratories from the Global South;
(d) support for a full field exercise (Capstone Exercise);
(e) support for regular coordination activities or workshops or both with relevant organisational partners.
4. A detailed description of those projects is set out in the Annex.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/732/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-732/article-1
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