The EU and the NPT 2005 Review Conference

Opening remarks

by Nicole Gnesotto, Directeur, IES-UE, Paris

Opening Session: The EU WMD Strategy and the 2005 NPT Review Conference

Speakers:

Sergio Queiroz Duarte, Ambassador, President designated of the 2005 NPT Conference

Annalisa Giannella, Personal Representative of the HR for the non-proliferation of WMD, Council of the EU, Brussels

Session I: Non-Proliferation – How to ensure an effective compliance mechanism

Chair: Antonio Nunez, Ambassador, Former Chairman of the IAEA Board of Governors

Speakers:

Darryl Howlett, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Southampton

Vilmos Cserveny, Director for External Relations, IAEA

Session II: Nuclear Disarmament – How to make progress

Chair: Paul Wilke, Head of Nuclear and non-proliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague

Speakers:

Bruno Tertrais, Maître de Conférence, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris

Markku Reimaa, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Finland to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva

Session III: The Peaceful use of Nuclear Energy – Challenges Ahead

Chair: Filippo Formica, Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, MFA, Rome

Speakers:

Harald Müller, Director, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt

Richard Ekwall, Director of the Department for Strategic Export Control, MFA, Stockholm

Closing Session and Conclusions: The EU Perspectives for the NPT 2005 Review Conference

Speakers:

Nicole Gnesotto, Directeur, IES-UE, Paris

Paul Kayser, Ambassadeur en Mission Spéciale, MFA, Luxembourg

Annalisa Giannella, Personal Representative of the HR for the non-proliferation of WMD, Council of the EU, Brussels

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