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New briefing paper on Port State Measures

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.

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VERTIC attends NPT PrepCom in Vienna

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.

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Trust & Verify No 156

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.

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VB27: Defining a Group of Scientific Experts for Disarmament Verification

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.

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VERTIC holds two regional workshops on nuclear disarmament verification

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, […]

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