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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
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Cooperation with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism
Implementation Task Force
OPCW actively supported the implementation of the United Nations
Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, including by co-chairing the Working
Group on Preventing and Responding to Weapons of Mass Destruction Attacks
of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force. The Organisation hosted
a meeting of the Working Group from 16 to 17 May to share experiences and
information on existing inter-agency mechanisms and mandates. (For more
information, see p. 170.)
Cooperation in promoting the implementation of Security Council
resolution 1540 (2004)
The OPCW Secretariat maintained regular contact with the United
Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution
1540 (2004). Experts of the 1540 Committee participated in a series of new
programme activities of OPCW aimed at building national and regional
capacities in the area of prevention of, preparedness for and response to
incidents involving the misuse or release of toxic chemicals, as well as
incidents involving chemical safety and security.
Terrorism and disarmament (IAEA)
In resolution 10 of 23 September entitled “Nuclear security”, 52 the
General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) took
note of United Nations Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001), 1540 (2004),
1673 (2006), 1810 (2008) and 1977 (2011), United Nations General Assembly
resolution 65/62 of 8 December 2010, the International Convention for the
Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, and international efforts aimed at
preventing access by non-State actors to weapons of mass destruction and
related materials. In this connection, it recalled General Assembly resolution
65/62 (para. 2), which stated that progress was urgently needed in the area
of disarmament and non-proliferation in order to maintain international
peace and security and to contribute to global efforts against terrorism, and
acknowledged the need to make further progress towards achieving nuclear
disarmament. All IAEA member States were encouraged to become party to
the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
if they had not yet done so. 53
The General Conference noted the Agency’s leading role in the field
of nuclear security, as well as its central role in developing comprehensive
nuclear security guidance documents and, upon request, in providing
assistance to member States in their implementation. The Conference also
52 IAEA, document GC(55)/RES/10. Available from http://www.iaea.org/About/Policy/GC/
GC55/GC55Resolutions/English/gc55res-10_en.pdf (accessed 17 May 2012).
53 Ibid., para. 6.