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Song Young-Wan

lines on the record: 8
first: 2016-12-15
most recent: 2016-12-15
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: un-security-council

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“The NSG stands ready to engage fully in productive discussions with the 1540 Committee and other interested parties in order to achieve our common goal of strengthening the international non-proliferation regime.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“In 2014, the NSG informed the 1540 Committee of the publication of a document entitled "Good Practices for the Implementation of Brokering and Transit/Transhipment Controls", authored by Germany with the help and support of a number of participating Governments. The document outlines good national practices intended to assist interested States considering introduction or further development of national controls on brokering or transit/transshipment and was published on the 1540 Committee's website. The comprehensive review notes that closer engagement to coordinate activities with relevant international, regional and subregional organizations is needed to avoid duplication and to focus on areas most in need of action.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“In order to promote adherence, the NSG troika, which is composed of the current, previous and future Chairs of the Group, engages in outreach with interested States. With regard to the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), although the NSG as an organization is not in a position to provide technical assistance, 40 NSG participating Governments have registered with the 1540 Committee for the purposes of offering their expertise and experience to States requesting assistance. In addition, individual requests for assistance are circulated to participating Governments for consideration. Moreover, a number of participating Governments have outreach programmes in place that give effect to the provisions of resolution 1540 (2004) by further developing and enhancing export- control systems with partner countries.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Since the key objective of today's high-level meeting is to reflect on the practical measures that Member States and other actors can take to prevent non-State actors from acquiring or using WMDs, let me simply state the obvious: the NSG guidelines could be used by any State as part of its efforts to establish an effective export-control system consistent with international non-proliferation norms, including the obligations under resolution 1540 (2004). The NSG welcomes voluntary adherence to the guidelines by non-participating Governments and works hard to ensure that the guidelines and control lists remain relevant, keep pace with emerging and evolving technologies and reflect the growing and globalizing supply chain.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Moreover, NSG watch lists have been adopted by United Nations sanctions committees, where they are used to trigger catch-all controls for shipments to certain countries. In addition, 15 NSG outreach partners have harmonized their national controls with the guidelines and control lists, and several more are in the process of harmonization. All told, approximately 80 States Members of the United Nations implement nuclear- export control lists.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The purpose of the NSG guidelines is to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to limit the risk of such proliferation by controlling transfers that could contribute to the making of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. The guidelines not only assist NSG participating Governments in implementing paragraph 3 of resolution 1540 (2004), but have also found application outside the Group. In fact, NSG guidelines and control lists increasingly represent the global standard for nuclear and dual-use nuclear-related trade. The final document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons makes reference to them, and they are cited in the International Atomic Energy Agency's Model Additional Protocol.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Resolution 1540 (2004) aimed at closing those gaps by obliging all States to take binding steps to prevent the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, by terrorist groups and criminal organizations. Consequently, the work of the 1540 Committee and the NSG is complementary and mutually reinforcing. For its part, the NSG seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of guidelines, the first for the export of nuclear material, equipment and technology, and the second for transfers of nuclear-related dual-use equipment, materials, software and related technology.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Mr. Song Young-wan: I would like to thank the Spanish presidency for inviting me to address the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). This is a welcome opportunity for the NSG to further strengthen its cooperation with the United Nations and continue the tradition of consultations with the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). As we know, the Council's adoption of resolution 1540 (2004) was motivated in part by an egregious case of nuclear proliferation. The discovery of a far-reaching proliferation network that provided nuclear technology, expertise and designs to at least three countries revealed gaps in the international non-proliferation regime that were exploited by non-State actors.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source