Interparliamentary conference on the global partnership against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction

Opening Statements

Chair: MEP E Brok (European Parliament, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee) Welcome Address - Objectives of this Conference

The role of Parliaments in the G8 Global Partnership

Speaker: Member of the Italian Parliament

Setting the Scene - A perception of the WMD Threat

Speaker: K Myers (Representative of the US Congress, Senior Staff of the US Senate) The G8 Global Partnership against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction (Part 1)

Chair: MEP E Brok (European Parliament)

The US long standing proliferation threat reduction programmes and the way forward to the Global Partnership Initiative

Speaker: Bolton (US Deputy Secretary of State)

The G8 Global Partnership since Kananaskis

Speaker: E Lebedel (F – SGDN, Director, G8 GP Senior Official)

A global perspective of EU programmes following the Thessaloniki Council

Speakers:

A Giannella (Council Secretariat, Personal Representative for WMD of HR/SG Solana)

L Briet (Director CFSP, G8 GP Senior Official, European Commission). The G8 Global Partnership against the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction (Part 2)

Chair: MEP E Brok (European Parliament)

Statements by G8 countries on their national contributions to the Global Partnership Initiative

Speaker: Zapf (Member of Parliament, Chair of the Committee on Disarmament, Non Proliferation and Arms Control)

Additional short statements

Speakers:

Min A Catalano (G8 GP Senior Official, Italy)

The Hon C Caccia (Chair of the CAN-EU Parliament Association)

I Downing (UK Department of Trade and Industry)

Contributions to the Global Partnership beyond the G8 countries:

Nuclear Safety in Northwest Russia : Norwegian experience and priorities

Speaker: Traavik (NW - Deputy Foreign Minister)

Additional short statements

Speaker: JJ de Dardel (MFA, Switzerland (Additional short statements Ukraine) Chemical Disarmament and Submarines Dismantlement

Chair: Bezborodov (Member of the Russian Duma (RF)

Perspectives and priorities for the Russian Federation

Speakers:

Amb Antonov (RF – MFA, G8 GP Senior Official)

Nikolaev (Chair of the Defense Committee of the State Duma) short statement

Reducing the Threat of Chemical Weapons

Speakers:

Amb Meerburg (NL - MFA)

Herden (D MFA)

Monitoring Chemical Weapons Destruction: Present Realities and Future Challenges

Speaker: Pfirter (Dir Gen of the Technical Secretariat of OPCW) Keynote Speaker: Former Senator Nunn (NTI)

During the dinner, the discussions at the tables will be animated by experts from Think/Tanks, organised jointly by CSIS and EUISS Nuclear Non Proliferation and Disarmament

Chair: Tessier (Member of the Assemblée Nationale)(F)

Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Materials Proliferation: the case of weapons plutonium released by the disarmament

Speaker: Amb Guhin (USA – DOS, Fissile Materials Negotiator)

Nuclear Verification and Nuclear Security : the role of the IAEA

Speaker: J Lodding (IAEA)

Securing Radioactive Sources

Speaker: Bamière (F – SGDN) Non Proliferation of Expertise, Export Control

Chair: Colman (Member of the UK Parliament (UK)

Tackling the non proliferation of the expertise and technology

Speaker: D Gambier (Executive Director, The International Science and Technology Center in Moscow -ISTC)

Statement on the activities of the Science and Technology Center of Ukraine

Speaker: Y Carmel (Executive Director of STCU)

Supporting the development of effective Export Control

Speaker: Oakden (UK – FCO, Senior Official for the G8 GP) Final Session : A Non Governmental Perspective and Conclusions by the Chair

Chair: MEP E Brok (D) (European Parliament) :

An Action Agenda for the Global partnership - One year after the CSIS Study

Speaker: Nicole Gnesotto (EU ISS, Director) Drawing Conclusions: MEP E Brok (D)