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[12.10.10] A Nuclear Weapon-Free World

The Government of Kazakhstan, current holder of the OSCE Chairmanship, in cooperation with The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, has the greate pleasure to invite you to the International Conference

A Nuclear Weapon-Free World:
Nuclear disarmament strategies, non-proliferation and export control

Recently, a number of important developments have taken place in the field of disarmament. They include the UN Security Council Summit of September 2009, where state leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a world without nuclear weapons, the Global Summit on Nuclear Security in Washington, the signing of the new US-Russian agreement on strategic offensive weapons, and the 2010 Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This meeting will assess recent progress and explore new steps forward.

Tid:
Tirsdag 12.10.10, kl.10:40
Sted:
Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel , Holbergsgate 30, Oslo

Programme (10.40-11.45)

  • Welcome address
    Jan Egeland, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
  • Keynote address
    Kanat Saudabayev, Chairman in Office of the OSCE, Secretary of State – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
  • Keynote address
    Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway

   
Questions and answers

Plenary session 1 (12.00–13.30)  Nuclear disarmament strategies
This panel will assess the contribution offered by the countries that have fully renounced nuclear weapons, and highlight the experiences linked to nuclear weapon-free zones. It asks whether and how these zones can be expanded. Panelists will also be invited to do a stocktaking of the new agreements between the USA and Russia and discuss steps that might be taken by other nuclear powers. The challenges associated with Iran and North Korea and prospects of the CTBT entering into force will also be debated.

Moderator:  Sverre Lodgaard – former NUPI director, former head of UNIDIR (The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research)

Participants of the plenary session

  • Kjell Magne Bondevik, President of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, former Prime Minister of Norway
  • Aymeri de Montesquiou, Member of the French Senate
  • Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO)
  • Joan Rohlfing, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative

13.30–14.15   Lunch
     
Plenary session 2 (14.15–15.45)  Nuclear non-proliferation and export control
Growing interests in nuclear power pose new challenges to the international non-proliferation regime. This panel will examine the interface between nuclear power and nuclear weapons, addressing the rules of international nuclear commerce and export controls in particular. 

Moderator:  Ole Harbitz – Director General at Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority

Participants of the plenary session

  • Tariq Rauf, Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination at the IAEA
  • Sharon Squassoni, Senior Fellow and Director of the Proliferation Prevention Program, Center for International and Strategic Studies, Washington D.C.
  • Vladimir Shkolnik, President of JSC NAC Kazatomprom
  • Timur Zhantikin, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Committee of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan

Concluding remarks
Sverre Lodgaard – former NUPI director, former head of UNIDIR (The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research)

 

We welcome your attendance!