Regional Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Program

Regional Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Program

Ronnie FairclothDirectorOn-Site Inspection Directorate

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Purpose and Agenda

• Purpose• To provide information about the Regional Combating

Weapons of Mass Destruction Program• Agenda

• WMD Material Trafficking• Global Initiatives• Combating WMD – National and International Commitment• National Capacity and Capability• International and Regional Cooperation• Regional Combating WMD Program• Concept of Operations• Regional Combating WMD Program – Black Sea• Way Ahead

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WMD Material Trafficking

Georgia Authorities Confirm

Arrest in Uranium Smuggling

Incident

29 January 2007

Georgian authorities have

disclosed the arrest of a Russian

man last year on charges of

smuggling contraband uranium.

Russian scientists confirmed the

radioactive material was

weapons-grade uranium but they

said the sample is too small to

determine its origin…

Trafficking in Nuclear and

Radioactive Material in 2005

21 August 2006There were 103 confirmed

incidents of illicit trafficking and

other unauthorized activities

involving nuclear and radioactive

materials in 2005, newly release

statistics from the IAEA’s Illicit

Trafficking Database (ITDB)

show.

Pakistan Leader Confirms

Nuclear Exports

13 September 2005

Pres Pervez Musharraf of

Pakistan says he believes

Paksitani nuclear expert A Q

Khan, who ran world's largest

proliferation ring, exported

'probably a dozen' centrifuges to

North Korea to produce nuclear

weapons fuel…

… Necessitating a “Proliferation Pathway” Focus

Attempt to Smuggle Nuclear-

related Materials out of Ukraine

Thwarted27 November 2007The Yahodyn customs office [Volyn

Region] prevented in October 2007

an attempt to smuggle out of

Ukraine precious metals and dual-

purpose materials which can be

used for the production of nuclear

weapons…

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Global Initiatives

• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540• Obliges states to refrain from supporting by any means non-

State actors from developing, acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, transporting, transferring or using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their delivery systems

• Proliferation Security Initiative• Aimed at stopping shipments of weapons of mass destruction,

their delivery systems, and related materials worldwide • Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

• Expands and accelerates the development of partnership capabilities to prevent, detect, and respond to the global threat of nuclear terrorism

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Combating WMD – Elements

• Scope• National capacity and capability• International and regional cooperation

• Pillars• Nonproliferation• Counterproliferation• Consequence Management

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National Capacity and Capability

WMD Consequence Management

Table-top Exercises

Coalition Warfare Proposals

Hard Target Defeat Research Agreements

International Counter-

proliferation Program

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear

Research AgreementsCTR Proliferation Prevention Initiative

CTR Biological ThreatReduction Program

NATO Chemical, Biological,Radiological, Nuclear

Center of Excellence Support

Treaty Inspections

Nuclear Weapons Safety and Security

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International and Regional Cooperation

Threat Risk Understanding

Collaborative Technology Development

Information Exchange

Operational Interoperability

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• Objective • To support international efforts in combating weapons of mass

destruction by fostering regional and international cooperation to combat weapons of mass destruction

• Initial focus regions• Caribbean Sea• Black Sea• South-East Asia• Africa

• Develop and promote• Best practices• International standards

Regional Combating WMD Program

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Concept of Operations

Coordinate Develop Partnerships Support Activities

Tabletop Exercises

Working Groups

Workshops

Regional Organizations

Academia

Regional Centersfor Security Studies

International Initiatives- UNSCR 1540- Proliferation Security Initiative

- Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

Countries

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Regional Combating WMD Program – Black Sea

• Regional Counterproliferation Cooperation Conference, November 2007, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

• Conference Report – Agreed Challenges and Opportunities • Create new capabilities for interagency and regional information

exchange and databases• Conduct assessments of risks, vulnerabilities, and capabilities,

both nationally and regionally• Improve use of regional and international organizations• Develop cooperation in regional nuclear and radiological

consequence management• Reduce vulnerability by increasing control, protection, and

accountability of nuclear and radiological material• Make pre-crisis plans for emergency assistance between states• Develop national and regional public communications plans for

nuclear and radiological incidents

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Way Ahead

• Develop partnerships• Countries• Regional organizations

• Establish working groups• Information exchange

• Regional Information Exchange Workshop, 9-11 December 2008, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

• Threat/risk understanding• Consequence management

Making the World Safer...

…by reducing the threat of weapons of mass destruction