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EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference

More than 200 experts gathered in Brussels on the 3-4 February 2012 to discuss the spread of nuclear and other dangerous weapons. The EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference took place just as the EU imposed a ban on Iranian oil sales in an effort to persuade Tehran back to the nuclear negotiating table.

The conference keynote address was given by Hans Blix, the former Director General of the IAEA.

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With the support of the EU, the event was organised by the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, which was established following a 2010 Council Decision whose aim was to create a network of independent think tanks in support of the implementation of the EU Strategy against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The purpose of the Network is to seek to encourage an informal, frank and lively political and security-related dialogue between governmental and non-governmental experts and to contribute to EU non-proliferation policy formulation and implementation.

For further information please contact EUConsortium@iiss.org.

Keynote Address- Hans Blix

Hans Blix, Director General Emeritus, International Atomic Agency (IAEA) (Photo: Swedish Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010)

Hans Blix, the former Director General of the international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave the conference keynote address.

He discussed ways to to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue, the danger of an arms race in Asia and Europe's role in non-proliferation and disarmament.

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Strengthening the NPT

David Hannay, Joint Convenor, All-Party Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation, UK House of Lords

The first plenary session of the conference debated how to strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Panellists included George Perkovich of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Bogusław Winid of the Polish Minsitry of Foreign Affairs and David Hannay, the former UK Amabassador to the UN and Joint Convenor of the UK House of Lords All-Party Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation.

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About The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

The IISS is the primary source of accurate, objective information on international strategic issues for politicians, foreign affairs analysts, business, economists, the military, the media, academics and the informed public. The Institute is independent, owing no allegiance to any governments or any political or other organisations. The IISS stresses rigorous research with a forward-looking policy orientation and places particular emphasis on bringing new perspectives to the strategic debate.

The range of IISS publications, its convening power, and the Institute’s strong international policy perspective make the IISS a key actor in the global strategic and economic debate.

The IISS Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme seeks to provide objective assessments of proliferation threats, to support international efforts to strengthen nuclear security and the non-proliferation regime and to encourage a stronger congruence of non-proliferation and arms control policies.

About The EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

The EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, managed jointly by four institutes entrusted with the project, in close cooperation with the representative of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The four institutes are the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique in Paris, the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt (HSFK/ PRIF), the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Consortium began its work in January 2011 and forms the core of a wider network of European "think tanks" and academic institutes engaged in non-proliferation and disarmament issues.

The main aim of the network of independent non-proliferation think tanks is to encourage discussion of measures to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems within civil society, particularly among experts, researchers and academics. The scope of activities shall also cover issues related to conventional weapons. The fruits of the network discussions can be submitted in the form of reports and recommendations to the responsible officials within the European Union.

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List of delegates who attended the conference

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Plenary Sessions and Speeches

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Conference photo gallery at the IISS Flikr page