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1540 Committee Formal Meetings (top)

Date	Summary
20 February 2013	The Committee held its 54th formal meeting. In his opening statement, the Committee's Chair outlined some key activities since the last Committee's meeting and presented a number of proposals for future activities. He noted that the Committee had made some good progress and highlighted a novel initiative resulting in posting the Chair's message on the 1540 Committee's website. The Committee received briefings by the Coordinators of the Working Groups and the Coordinator of the group of 1540 experts reported on the group's work.
23 January 2013	The Committee held its 53rd formal meeting. Ambassador Kim Sook, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations and 1540 Committee Chairman, thanked his predecessor Ambassador Baso Sangqu of South Africa for his important work and progress achieved on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) during his two-year tenure as Chairman of the 1540 Committee. Ambassador Kim announced that the year of 2014 will be the “Year of Universality”, which refers to the universality of the submissions of first reports by States on the steps they have taken or intend to take to implement resolution 1540 (2004). Guatemala was nominated as the Coordinator of the Working Group on Monitoring and National implementation and Morocco was nominated as the Coordinator of the Working Group on Cooperation with international organizations, including the Security Council committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1373 (2001). The Committee was briefed by the Coordinators of the Working Groups and the Coordinator of the group of experts reported on their work.
19 December 2012	The Committee held its 52nd formal meeting. The Committee was briefed by the Coordinators of the Working Groups and the 1540 experts reported on their work. The delegation of India reported back to the Committee on the results of the "1540 Workshop on Building New Synergies on Nuclear Security", organized by its Government in cooperation with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, held in Delhi from 30 November - 1 December 2012, which was attended by the Chairman and a 1540 expert. As the outgoing Chair of the 1540 Committee, South Africa expressed its appreciation to the Committee members and the experts for their work and support during its chairmanship. For the full statement please see: Final Statement of the South African Chair to the 1540 Committee.
14 September 2012	The Committee held its 51st formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman summarized the Committee’s activities since the last meeting. The Chairman briefed the Committee on his participation in a meeting of the Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG), organized by the United States under its presidency of the GPWG. The meeting was held in Stockholm, Sweden on 28-29 August 2012. The Committee received briefings from the coordinators of the Working Groups and the 1540 Experts reported on their activities.
16 August 2012	The Committee held its 50th formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman gave introductory remarks summarizing recent activities of the Committee. The coordinators of the Committee’s Working Groups followed with briefings on the work and consultations of their respective groups. South Africa announced that it would host a Workshop on the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) for African States, in collaboration with the African Union, supported by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and with the facilitation of the Institute for Security Studies on 21-22 November 2012 in Pretoria, South Africa. The 1540 Committee Experts reported on their work.
14 June 2012	The 1540 Committee held its 49th formal meeting. The Committee was briefed by the Coordinators of the Working Groups. The Coordinator of the Working Group on Monitoring and National Implementation introduced to the Committee the Summary Report on the Conference of International, Regional, and Sub-Regional Industry Associations on Security Council Resolution 1540, which was held from 23-25 April 2012 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He welcomed the Conference as an innovative, useful and forward-looking event and also highlighted Germany’s readiness to actively contribute to a substantial follow-up process to this Industry Conference. The UNODA representative provided examples of follow-up activities of the participants of the Conference, which included invitations addressed to the Committee and UNODA to participate in events organized by the participating industry associations from the financing and biological sectors. Afterwards, the 1540 Experts reported on their work.
25 April 2012	The 1540 Committee held its 48th formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman gave introductory remarks summarizing the Committee’s recent activities. The Chairman welcomed Togo as the newly appointed Coordinator of the Working Group on cooperation with international organizations. This was followed by a briefing by the Coordinator of the Committee’s Working Groups on Transparency and Outreach. The 1540 experts reported on their work.
24 February 2012	The 1540 Committee held its 47th formal meeting. Following remarks by the 1540 Committee Chairman, the Committee was briefed by the Coordinators of the Working Groups. Afterwards, the 1540 Experts reported on their work.
21 December 2011	The 1540 Committee held its 46th formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman gave introductory remarks summarizing the Committee’s activities since the last meeting, followed by a briefing by the Coordinators of the Committee’s Working Groups on Monitoring and National Implementation, on Assistance, and on Transparency and Outreach. The coordinator of the 1540 Experts reported on their work since the last meeting, including, inter alia, an update on outreach and assistance facilitation activities, as well as other support provided to the working groups of the Committee, as relevant.
21 November 2011	The 1540 Committee held its 45th formal meeting. Following remarks by the 1540 Committee Chairman, the Committee heard a briefing by Ms. Nineta Barbulescu (Romania), Chairperson of the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCoC), on ways to increase the cooperation between HCoC and the Committee. Next, the Committee was briefed by the Coordinators of the Working Groups. Afterwards, the 1540 Experts reported on their work.
27 October 2011	The 1540 Committee held its 44th formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman gave introductory remarks summarizing recent activities of the Committee. Representatives of the coordinators of the Committee’s Working Group on Monitoring and National Implementation and the Working Group on Assistance provided briefings on the work of their respective groups. The 1540 Experts briefed the Committee on their activities since the last meeting of the Committee. A representative of South Africa provided a briefing on the 1540 Committee’s country visit to the United States (12-16 September 2011). A representative of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) informed the Committee that UNODA and the Conflict Prevention Centre of the Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint implementation of projects on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
4 August 2011	The 1540 Committee held its 43rd formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman gave introductory remarks summarizing the Committee’s activities since the last meeting. The coordinators of the Committee’s Working Groups followed with briefings on the work and consultations of their respective groups. The coordinator of the 1540 Experts provided a report on activities since the last meeting, including, inter alia, technical assistance and outreach.
11 May 2011	The 1540 Committee held its 42nd formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman gave introductory remarks, including, inter alia, recognition of United Nations Security CouncilResolution (UNSCR) 1977 (2011)as a solid framework for future work. Additional matters were brought forth by the Chairman and discussed, including, inter alia, the drafting of the annual program of work and the facilitation of new requirements outlined in UNSCR 1977. The 1540 Experts reported on their work in support of the Committee in the areas of implementation, assistance, cooperation, and outreach and transparency.
31 March 2011	The 1540 Committee held its 41st formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman summarized the Committee’s activities since the last meeting. The Committee received briefings from the coordinators of the Working Group on Transparency and Outreach and the Working Group on Assistance on their activities. The 1540 Experts provided a report on their activities. The Deputy Permanent Representative of the U.S. announced her Government’s intention to make a $3 million voluntary contribution in 2011 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Global and Regional Disarmament to support the work of the 1540 Committee. A representative of France informed the Committee that France had recently adopted a new law aimed at curbing the proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery. At the meeting, the Committee appointed Germany as the coordinator of the Working Group on Monitoring and National Implementation and South Africa as interim coordinator of the Working Group on Cooperation with International Organizations, including Security Council Committees established pursuant toresolution 1267 (1999)andresolution 1373 (2001).
17 January 2011	The 1540 Committee held its 40th formal meeting. The 1540 Committee Chairman outlined his vision for the work of the Committee in 2011. The Committee received briefings from the coordinators of the Committee’s Working Group on Transparency and Outreach and the 1540 Working Group on Assistance regarding activities of their respective Working Groups. The Committee heard the report of the 1540 Experts on their activities. At the meeting, the Committee decided to extend its ninth program of work until 25 April 2011 (S/2011/37).

Working Group Meetings (top)

Date	Summary
11 March 2013	The 1540 Working Group on Monitoring and National Implementation held informal consultations to discuss an options paper on enhancing implementation matrices prepared by the 1540 group of experts. The meeting also discussed ways to proceed forward in the Committee’s work on identification of effective practices, templates and guidance as requested in para. 12 of resolution 1977 (2011). The working group will submit its recommendations to the Committee on the issues discussed.
31 January 2013	The Working Group on Transparency and Media Outreach held a meeting. In his opening remarks, the Coordinator of the Working Group outlined some possible areas of focus for the Group in 2013. The meeting further discussed a number of issues related to the 1540 Committee website, posting national reports submitted to the 1540 Committee, academia and industry outreach and initial ideas related to a media outreach strategy. The Group adopted recommendations for the Committee.
19 December 2012	The Working Group on Assistance held a meeting. The Coordinator of the Working Group outlined past and planned activities of the working group. As a result of discussions, the Group adopted recommendations for the Committee and the 1540 Group of Experts to prepare new guidelines on assistance and match-making issues, update a consolidated list of assistance requests as well as the "point of contact" list for international, regional and subregional organizations. At the meeting, the representative of France provided a briefing on the preparations for a Conference on Assistance in the context of resolution 1540 (2004) envisaged to take place in 2013 in Paris, to be hosted by its Government and organized in cooperation with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs.
8 October 2012	The 1540 Working Group on Monitoring and National Implementation held a meeting and discussed issues related to the preparation of the annual review of the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) and the update of the 1540 matrices which are the primary method used by the 1540 Committee to organize information about implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) by Member States.
14 March 2012	The 1540 Working Group on Monitoring and National Implementation held a meeting and discussed the upcoming Conference of International, Regional, and Sub-Regional Industry Associations on Security Council Resolution 1540 to be held on 23-25 April in Wiesbaden, Germany. The 1540 experts provided a briefing on the promotion of 1540 implementation through the use of the 1540 Matrix.
17 January 2012	The Working Group on Assistance held a meeting and received a briefing from the Stimson Center about effective practices and the potential contributions from 1540 regional coordinators. The 1540 experts provided a report on cooperation with several countries. The Working Group also discussed approaches to improve future ways of assistance and changes to the website.
15 December 2011	The Working Group on Transparency and Outreach held a meeting and received a briefing from the Office for Disarmament Affairs on the structure of the new 1540 Committee website. The 1540 Experts provided an overview of outreach activities that they had participated in over the past several months. The status of the development of email lists and next steps in the ongoing media outreach strategy were also discussed.
14 December 2011	The Working Group on Assistance held a meeting and received, at its invitation, a briefing from the Chief of Regional Disarmament Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs on the activities undertaken by the UN Regional Centres for Peace and Disarmament, in the context of their assistance to States as well as regional and subregional organizations aimed at reinforcing their capabilities in the field of non-proliferation, disarmament and arms control, particularly with regard the implementation of resolution 1540. The 1540 Experts then briefed the Working Group on their assistance-related activities. The Coordinator then briefed the Working group on the state of play of the discussions on further possible ways forward on assistance-related activities.
5 October 2011	The Working Group on Assistance held a meeting and received a briefing from the 1540 Experts on recent assistance-related activities, including matchmaking efforts, country visits, and receipt of requests for assistance. The Working Group discussed progress towards achievement of assistance-related objectives, including, inter alia, improving procedures, developing dialogue with civil society organizations, and analysis on current and potential future assistance needs.
30 August 2011	The Working Group on Transparency and Outreach held a meeting. The coordinator of the Working Group provided brief introductory remarks. A discussion followed on various matters, including the ongoing overhaul of the 1540 Committee website, development of email lists for dissemination of public information and outreach, and implementation of the media outreach strategy. The 1540 Experts provided an update on their outreach activities.
28 July 2011	The Working Group on Monitoring and National Implementation held a meeting. The coordinator of the Working Group provided brief introductory remarks outlining Group’s tasks. The Working Group’s implementation plan was discussed.
11 May 2011	The Working Group on Cooperation with International Organizations held a meeting. A representative from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) provided a briefing on UNODC assistance to Member States in regards implementation of requirements of resolution 1540 (2004).
21 March 2011	The Working Group on Assistance held a meeting and received a briefing from the 1540 Experts on recent assistance-related activities, including, inter alia, matchmaking efforts and the coordination of expected future country visits. The Working Group addressed a number of matters related to future activities, including, inter alia, delineation of assistance-related objectives to guide the work of the 1540 Experts in this area.
16 March 2011	The Working Group on Transparency and Media Outreach held a meeting. The Working Group addressed matters related to the overhaul of the 1540 Committee website and the development of a Committee’s media outreach strategy. The Working Group also discussed the facilitation of public information regarding outreach events.
2 February 2011	The Working Group on Transparency and Media Outreach held a meeting to discuss, inter alia, matters related to the development of a new 1540 Committee website, means of correspondence and dissemination of information, development of a media outreach strategy, and the recent and forthcoming outreach events with participation from the 1540 Experts.
2 February 2011	The Working Group on Assistance held a meeting. The 1540 Experts made a presentation on the status of assistance requests and offers to provide assistance from Member States. The Working Group discussed matters related to the update of the assistance page on the 1540 Committee website, development of new procedures to streamline the assistance process, and the database on assistance requests.