CTBTO Executive Secretary, Tibor Tóth, welcomes participants to the CTBT Intensive Policy Course on 16 July 2012.
Lisa TABASSI, Chief, Legal Services Section, Legal and External Relations Division, CTBTO, 19 July
Closing remarks by Executive Secretary Tibor TÓTH and Jean DU PREEZ, Chief, External Relations and International Cooperation Section, Legal and External Relations Division, CTBTO
Third plenary session. Additional time for consultations among countries and groups of countries. Chairperson holds consultations on the proposed resolution text.
Additional time for consultations among countries and groups of countries. Chairperson holds consultations on the proposed resolution text.
Second plenary session. Statements of groups of countries and individual countries subject to the same rules as during the first plenary. If necessary, also an additional technical briefing by CTBTO staff and Q&A. Preliminary vote taken if necessary.
Plenary session of the Executive Council begins. Chairman provides factual presentation, Equilibria and Forestia make statements. Technical briefing by CTBTO staff on the circumstances of the seismic event in question.Statements by groups of countries (no more than 2 minutes each): six regional groups (as per Annex I of the Treaty), NAM, EU, and P-5. Individual countries may take floor for no more than 1 minute to provide clarification or other information about their country’s position.11:00-12:30Country delegations work on their positions and hold consultations with other delegations.
The CTBT and International Nuclear Law Dr Odette JANKOWITSCH-PREVOR, independent expert, July 20
The Civil and Scientific Applications of Verification Technology; Detection and Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Martin KALINOWSKI, Chief, Capacity Building and Training Section, International Data Centre Division, CTBTO, July 19
Panel on the Effective Verification of the CTBT Dr Rebecca JOHNSON, Executive Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy Andreas PERSBO, Executive Director, VERTIC Dr Ellen WILLIAMS, Chair, Committee on Reviewing and Updating Technical Issues Related to the CTBT, National Academy of the Sciences July 19
The 2006 and 2009 DPRK Nuclear Tests Robert PEARCE, Consultant, Office of the Director, International Data Centre Division, CTBTO July 19
Fundamentals of Multilateral Verification for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Dr David KEIR, Senior Researcher, Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC) July 18
Integrated Field Exercises ’08 and ’14, Alex LAMPALZER, Policy Planning Officer, Policy Planning and Operations Section, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO July 18
Understanding the OSI, Matjaz PRAH, Coordinator, Office of the Director, On-Site Inspection Division, CTBTO July 18
Understanding the IDC, Jerry CARTER, Senior Performance Monitoring Officer, Office of the Director, International Data Centre Division, CTBTO July 18
Understanding the IMS, Theo JUURLINK, Coordinator, Office of the Director, International Monitoring Division, CTBTO July 18
The Group of Scientific Experts and the Development of a Verifiable CTBT Dr Pierce CORDEN, Visiting Scholar, Center for Science Technology and Security Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) July 18
Joseph CIRINCIONE, President, Ploughshares Fund, delivers the keynote address to participants of the CTBTO Capacity Development Initiative Intensive Policy Course on 16 July, 2012 at the Vienna International Centre.
The CTBT as a Tool of Non-proliferation and Disarmament Dr Pierce CORDEN, Visiting Scholar, Center for Science Technology and Security Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) July 17
The CTBT as a Regional Confidence-Building Measure Khaled G. ABDELHAMID, Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary, CTBTO July 17