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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
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organized a workshop in Baku from 12 to 13 April on the implementation of
Security Council resolution 1540 (2004).
For the first time, NATO officials participated as observers in the
Seventh Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons
Convention (BWC), 57 held in Geneva from 5 to 22 December. On 6 December,
the NATO-Russia Council adopted a joint statement on the Seventh Review
Conference, which confirmed the high value of the BWC and the work
of the Review Conference, as well as the intention of the 29 States of the
NATO-Russia Council to work to strengthen the implementation of the
Convention and its universalization.
In accordance with its tradition, NATO also attended the Sixteenth
Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons
Convention held in The Hague from 28 November to 2 December.
At Lisbon, the Alliance also reaffirmed its commitment to the
Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) 58 with all its elements. Allies
actively engaged in talks with other CFE States parties in order to preserve,
strengthen and modernize the CFE regime. The Euro-Atlantic Partnership
Council Ad Hoc Working Group on Small Arms and Light Weapons and
Mine Action met on five occasions during the year, and its capstone event
was a Structured Information Exchange to enhance opportunities for States to
consult and coordinate on bilateral and multilateral SALW-related efforts.
The Alliance also continued to train national experts on arms control
issues at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany. In 2011, the school
conducted nine courses (with a total of 217 participants) on arms control,
disarmament, non-proliferation and confidence- and security-building
measures.
Middle East
League of Arab States
During the year, the League of Arab States (LAS) held the twentyninth
and thirtieth meetings of the Follow-up Committee on Israeli
Nuclear Activities. The Committee coordinates Arab positions on different
disarmament issues, especially those related to the IAEA and the Preparatory
Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
57 The full title is Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and
Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction.
The treaty text and status of adherence are available from http://disarmament.un.org/
treaties.
58 Treaty text and status of adherence are available from http://disarmament.un.org/treaties.