— To involve relevant regional organisations in the discussions on an FMCT;
— To develop a sense of ownership in a future FMCT among all States;
— To facilitate the transmission and application of knowledge between academia, civil society organisations and Member States on issues relevant to banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.
2.2. Description of activities
All activities will be organised by UNODA through its Geneva Branch and its Regional Disarmament Branch, including UNREC, based in Lomé, Togo, by UNRCPD based in Kathmandu, Nepal, and by UNLIREC, based in Lima, Peru.
(a) Sub-regional workshops in Africa, Asia and the Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean
UNODA will organise up to six sub-regional seminars in the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean regions. UNODA will organise one or two two-day sub-regional seminars in each of the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean regions. The sub-regional seminars will focus on their respective regions.
The seminars will involve experts from the capitals of the countries of the respective sub-regions as well as high-level FMCT expert preparatory group, experts from the European Union, and from civil society and academia.
These seminars will complement the open-ended informal consultative meetings conducted by the Chair of the high-level FMCT expert preparatory group in New York in accordance with United Nations General Assembly resolution 71/259 and will facilitate the involvement of experts from United Nations Member States at the capital in future FMCT negotiations.
(b) Expert meetings with experts from regional organisations
UNODA will organise three expert meetings with relevant regional organisations in the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean regions, including ABACC, AFCONE, OPANAL and the ASEAN Regional Forum, to bring together members of the high-level FMCT expert preparatory group, experts from regional organisations and experts from civil society organisations, including the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, VERTIC, IPFM, ISS, to prepare for future FMCT negotiations and to facilitate the contribution of regional expertise and experience into these negotiations.
(c) Substantive support to Member States
UNODA will respond to up to six requests for substantive support from Member States in the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America Caribbean regions in follow up to the workshops, taking into account geographic balance.
(d) Resource material repository and publication of outcomes
For the duration of the project, UNODA will develop and maintain a dedicated website containing relevant resource material, to help States prepare for future FMCT and to serve as a resource repository for States, regional organisations, civil society organisations and researchers, and to facilitate cross-regional communication.
UNODA will publish up to two UNODA Occasional Papers on the outcomes of the regional workshops and the expert meetings with regional organisations.
2.3. Impact of activities
— The participation of States in the African, the Asia-Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean regions in future FMCT negotiations will be facilitated;
— Existing regional knowledge and expertise on banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices will be brought to the negotiations of a future FMCT;
— Relevant resource material will be made available to future negotiators and to experts from States, regional organisations, civil society organisations and academia.
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