Recent declarations and press releases on disarmament and non-proliferation

 
Declarations

Nuclear Weapons Non Proliferation Treaty

•  Belgian statement at the 64th session of the General Conference of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) (21 September 2020) (PDF, 186.98 KB)
•  Intervention de S.E. Monsieur Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent. Conseil de sécurité - Briefing en soutien au Traité de non-prolifération (TNP) (New York, 26 février 2020) (PDF, 225.33 KB)

 
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

•  12th High-level Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty - Belgian Intervention (23.09.2021) (PDF, 159.12 KB)
•  11th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (25 September 2019, New York). Statement of H.E. Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister and minister of Finance and Development Cooperation (PDF, 52.07 KB)

 
Chemical Weapons Convention

•  Statement on the first report by the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) (14.04.2020) (PDF, 20.32 KB)
•  94th session of the Executive Council of OPCW – Statement by Belgium (PDF, 206.73 KB)

 
Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personal Mines

•  Intervention of Belgium: Universalization - 19^th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (The Hague, November 2021) (PDF, 46.11 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Victim Assistance - 19^th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (The Hague, November 2021) (PDF, 49.24 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Article V implementation - 19^th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (The Hague, November 2021) (PDF, 76.75 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Universalization – 18^th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (Geneva, 16-20 november 2020) (PDF, 91.88 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Article V – 18^th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (Geneva, 16-20 november 2020) (PDF, 158.1 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Victim Assistance – 18^th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (Geneva, 16-20 november 2020) (PDF, 155.19 KB)

 
Convention on certain Conventional Weapons

•  Intervention de la Belgique : 20ième Conférence des Hautes Parties contractantes au Protocole II amendé de la CCAC Engins Explosifs Improvisés (Genève, 12 novembre 2019) (PDF, 279.18 KB)
•  Intervention de la Belgique : Débat général de la 13ième Conférence des Hautes Parties Contractantes au Protocole V de la CCAC (Genève, 11 novembre 2019) (PDF, 280.75 KB)
•  Intervention de la Belgique : Débat général de la Rencontre des Hautes parties contractantes à la CCAC (Genève, 13-15 novembre 2019) (PDF, 276.28 KB)

 
Conference on Disarmament

•  Statement of Minister Wilmès at the Conference on Disarmament (22.02.2021) (PDF, 136.74 KB)
•  Conférence du désarmement, Intervention de Philippe Goffin, Ministre des Affaires étrangères et Ministre de la Défense (24 février 2020) (PDF, 298.13 KB)

Convention on Cluster Munitions

•  Intervention of Belgium: Universalization – 2^nd Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (Geneva, 25-27 November 2020) (PDF, 164.17 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Victim Assistance – 2^nd Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (Geneva, 25-27 November 2020) (PDF, 77.07 KB)

 
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

•  7^th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT CSP7, aug-sep 2021) - BE General statement (PDF, 117.24 KB)
•  7^th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT CSP7, aug-sep 2021) - BE Statement financial contributions (PDF, 103.03 KB)
•  7^th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT CSP7, aug-sep 2021) - BE Statement transparency and reporting (PDF, 154.68 KB)
•  7^th Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT CSP7, aug-sep 2021) - BE statement treaty implementation (PDF, 111.38 KB)

 
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)

•  BE intervention - Arria - The threat to international peace and security posed by the illicit trade in SALW (15.09.2021) (PDF, 80.29 KB) 

 

Press releases disarmament and non-proliferation

• Belgium provides concrete support for the implementation of the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines (2/12/2021)
• Belgium supports demining in Iraq and Syria with the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) (5/10/2021)
• Belgium supports the International Atomic Energy Agency in the prevention of nuclear proliferation and for civil nuclear cooperation (4/10/2021)
• Successful conclusion of the Belgian chairmanship of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (29/06/2021)
• Belgium Chairs the Nuclear Suppliers Group (22/06/2021)
• Belgium to chair group of experts on the normative framework of Killer Robots (15/04/2021)
• Sophie Wilmès calls for further efforts towards nuclear disarmament (23/02/2021)
• Belgium supports demining in Iraq and Syria with € 2,000,00 (9/12/2020)
• Belgium committed to non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament (7/12/2020)
• Trade in military equipment becomes more transparent with European database (29/10/2020)
• Belgium chairs Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) (24/06/2020)
• OPCW confirms chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime (12/04/2020)
• International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action: Belgium reiterates its support for a world without anti-personnel mines (4/04/2020)
• Belgium allocates 1,266,196 euros to the International Atomic Energy Agency to strengthen its activities (9/10/2019)
• The EU reviews the main instrument on arms exports (18/09/2019)