Press Release: Vital UN Nonproliferation Resolution Lacks Proper Support, Says New Carnegie Paper

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Press Release

Press Release: Vital UN Nonproliferation Resolution Lacks Proper Support, Says New Carnegie Paper

Published on Jun 21, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 21, 2007

- NEWS RELEASE -

WASHINGTON, June 21— United Nations Resolution 1540 would make proliferation more difficult and less attractive, facilitate the dismantlement of proliferation networks, and create momentum to strengthen other aspects of the nonproliferation regime—but major challenges preventing actual implementation need to be comprehensively addressed, says a new paper from the Carnegie Endowment.

Resolution 1540, introduced in 2004, is the most comprehensive response by the UN Security Council following the exposure of the transnational nuclear smuggling network set up by Pakistani scientist A. Q. Khan. The resolution is exceptional in that it compels every UN member state to criminalize the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to non-state actors in its national legislation and to establish effective domestic controls to prevent proliferation.

In Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540: A Division of Labor Strategy, Monika Heupel, a former visiting scholar in the Carnegie Endowment’s Nonproliferation Program, argues that in light of the huge challenges it faces, implementation depends upon applying a division of labor strategy. In this strategy, international organizations, individual states, and NGOs would all utilize their comparative advantages to address the various implementation challenges.

Heupel urges policy makers to consider the following recommendations:

The Security Council should strengthen the structural foundation of the 1540 Committee—responsible for promoting the implementation of the Resolution—by turning it into a permanent body and by adding additional personnel and experts. International organizations, individual states, and NGOs should cooperate fully with the Committee to make more legislative, technical and financial assistance available to the 1540 Committee.
Assisting high-risk states should continue to be a priority for the Committee, but should be extended beyond Russia and the former Soviet Union successor states.
The nuclear weapons states should build political will to strengthen the nonproliferation regime by taking more credible steps toward disarmament and refrain from modernizing their nuclear weapon arsenal.
NGOs and regional organizations should put pressure on advanced states who have sufficient capacities and expertise to implement Resolution 1540 but who have been slow to do so.

Notes:

To read this Carnegie Paper, go to www.carnegieendowment.org/publications
Direct link to the PDF: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp87_heupel_final.pdf
Monika Heupel was a visiting scholar in the Carnegie Endowment’s Nonproliferation Program, assessing the United Nations Security Council’s approach toward terrorism and WMD proliferation. She is currently a visiting scholar at German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
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The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results. The Endowment has added operations in Beijing, Beirut, and Brussels to join its longstanding offices in Washington and Moscow as part of its transformation into the first global think tank.

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