Recent declarations and press releases on disarmament and non-proliferation

 
Declarations

Nuclear Weapons Non Proliferation Treaty

•  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)
• Belgian General Statement, Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (Third session. New York, 29 avril-10 Mai 2019)
• Belgian Statement on Cluster I Nuclear Disarmament, Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (Third session. New York, 29 avril-10 Mai 2019)
• Belgian Statement on Cluster II Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (Third session. New York, 29 avril-10 Mai 2019)
• Belgian Statement on Cluster III Peaceful Use, Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (Third session. New York, 29 avril-10 Mai 2019)

 
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

•  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)

  
Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personal Mines

•  Intervention of Belgium: Renewing the political commitment to the Convention - Fourth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (Oslo, 25-29 November 2019) (PDF, 86.01 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Financial Status - Fourth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (Oslo, 25-29 November 2019) (PDF, 153.99 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Transparency in implementation - Fourth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (Oslo, 25-29 November 2019) (PDF, 154.09 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Victim assistance - Fourth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (Oslo, 25-29 November 2019) (PDF, 173.06 KB)
•  Intervention of Belgium: Universalization - Fourth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (Oslo, 25-29 November 2019) (PDF, 158.46 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)
•  Statement of Belgium at the GGE LAWS on policy options (PDF, 182.24 KB)
•  Statement of Belgium at the GGE LAWS on Mili Application (PDF, 97.17 KB)
•  Statement of Belgium at the GGE LAWS on Human Element (PDF, 181.07 KB)
•  Statement of Belgium at the GGE LAWS - Segment on characteristics (PDF, 186.66 KB)
•  Statement of Belgium at the GGE LAWS - Challenges to international humanitarian law (PDF, 195.63 KB)

 
Conference on Disarmament

•  Conférence du désarmement, Intervention de Philippe Goffin, Ministre des Affaires étrangères et Ministre de la Défense (24 février 2020) (PDF, 298.13 KB)
•  Conférence du désarmement, Intervention de S.E. Didier Reynders (26 février 2019) (PDF, 174.33 KB)

Press releases disarmament and non-proliferation

• 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)
• Didier Reynders calls for a definitive end to nuclear tests (29/08/2019)
• Didier Reynders regrets the demise of the INF Treaty, milestone of nuclear disarmament and Euro-Atlantic security (2/08/2019)
• Didier Reynders: Belgium committed to prevent the use of autonomous lethal weapons systems (23/03/2019)
• Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg sign Memorandum of Understanding on scientific cooperation in the framework of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (31/01/2019)