OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts in updating the National Action Plan on the implementation of UNSCR 1540
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek organized a three-day roundtable discussion on updating the 2021–2025 National Action Plan (NAP) on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on Effective Measures against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The event took place from 1 to 3 July 2021 in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul province.
More than 30 representatives of inter-agency working groups from relevant ministries and state agencies of Kyrgyzstan responsible for implementing the NAP participated. International experts from Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit (BWC ISU), the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) also attended the roundtable.
The roundtable discussion served as a platform for developing key recommendations and inputs based on the implementation of the 2017–2019 NAP. Participants discussed the existing challenges and ways to ensure further inter-agency co-operation in implementing the commitments of resolution 1540. They also shared suggestions on further implementing a number of international commitments in the area of chemical weapons, nuclear safety, radiation protection, and biological and toxin weapons.
The discussion was organized in close partnership with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Kyrgyzstan, within the framework of their continued co-operation in fulfilling resolution 1540 commitments.The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek will continue providing support; including drafting recommendations to effectively implement resolution 1540.
The final recommendations on further measures will feed into the development of the updated NAP in accordance with specific national needs.