Preface

On 12–13 July 2006, the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA) and the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China, with the generous support of the Governments of Australia, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom and the European Union, jointly hosted the first 1540 outreach seminar on “Implementing UNSC Resolution 1540 in Asia and the Pacific”, held in Beijing. The sixty-seven participants included government officials from twenty-eight countries as well as international organizations. Through this seminar, participants shared their experiences in preparing their national reports and implementing resolution 1540 (2004), with a special focus on export controls, international assistance and lessons learned as highlighted in UNSC resolution 1673 (2006).

Related Subject(s): Disarmament