Combating and eradicating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is necessary to achieve the sustainable use of marine capture fisheries. UN member states have pledged to do so by 2020, as part of their commitment towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
Scott Spence, Programme Director for National Implementation, spoke at the 1st International Scientific Conference on CBRNe, which took place in Rome, Italy during 22-24 May.
VERTIC is looking to appoint a researcher or a senior researcher to work in its verification and monitoring programme.
Noel Stott, Senior Researcher, participated in the 39th ESARDA Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, held at the Meliá Düsseldorf, in Düsseldorf, Germany from 16-18 May 2017. He also delivered a presentation in one of the sessions.
Members of the Verification and Monitoring team attended the NPT PrepCom in Vienna, from May 9th to 12th. VERTIC hosted one side-event, discussing the viability of a Group of Scientific Experts on Disarmament Verification. VERTIC also hosted an informal consultation with European states at the VCDNP.
In this issue, Madison Estes article ‘Rebuilding Trust through Verification Reinstatement in the INF, An Opportunity for Improving U.S.-Russia Relations,’ considers recent developments under the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Plus: Verification Watch, Implementation Watch, Science & Technology Scan, Verification Quotes and VERTIC News.
Effective nuclear disarmament verification is an essential precondition for achieving ‘a world without nuclear weapons’. Without verification and the two fundamental principles of transparency and irreversibility, nuclear disarmament activities may not credibly provide the trust and confidence needed by all states in a world where all weapons have been abolished.
VERTIC’s Verification and Monitoring Programme has completed two workshops aimed at gathering views on a prospective Group of Scientific Experts for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (GSE-NDV). The programme held the first workshop, for European states, in Vienna, Austria, on 11 and 12 April 2017. The second workshop, for African countries, was held outside Pretoria, South Africa, […]
VERTIC welcomes new Legal Officer Cédric Apercé
Katherine Tajer participates in the International Nuclear Safeguards Engagement Program (INSEP): Sub-regional Workshop for SQP Countries.