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Meeting National and Regional Development and Security Needs with UNSCR 1540 Assistance
Permanent Council of the Organization of American StatesCommittee on Hemispheric Security
January 17, 2013
Johan BergenäsDeputy Director
Managing Across BoundariesStimson Center
jbergenas@stimson.org+1 202-478-3443
Stimson CenterStimson
Nonprofit security think tank
Focus areas:- Strengthening institutions for
international peace and security
- Building regional security
- Reducing proliferation of WMD and other transnational threats
Managing Across Boundaries Initiative
Stimson and UNSCR 1540
Global priorities
Global terrorism
WMD Nonproliferation, such as UNSCR 1540
National regional focuses
Drug and arms trade
Criminality
Youth gangs
Economic development
“Dual Benefit” Assistance Assistance provided to enhance border security border security to
prevent WMD proliferation and to counter the threat WMD proliferation and to counter the threat from non-state actorsfrom non-state actors also combats the drug and combats the drug and conventional arms tradeconventional arms trade
Assistance with strategic trade controls strategic trade controls promotes efficiencies at transit hubs efficiencies at transit hubs that in turn facilitates trade trade expansion expansion and business developmentbusiness development
Detecting and responding to biological weapons biological weapons requires a functional disease surveillance networkfunctional disease surveillance network and a public public health infrastructurehealth infrastructure, which supports national public health capacity and adherence to International Health International Health Regulations (2005)Regulations (2005)
UNSCR 1540 as a Platform for Dual Benefit Assistance
UNSCR 1540 as a Platform for Dual Benefit Assistance
Building Partnerships for Success
Success Stories: the Caribbean Key Challenges:9/11 as a game-changer How to move from a tourist- to trade- based economy Trafficking
Dual benefit model operationalized:Caribbean states went from submitting 0 to submitting 14 reports to the UN 1540 Committee detailing steps taken, steps to be taken, and where assistance is neededAppointment of 1540 Coordinator to assist in bridging the gap between 1540 and national/regional priorities Completion of legal gap analysisCapacity building workshops and seminarsGovernment of Canada funded biological surveillance lab benefitting all CARICOM countriesOPCW training programs in chemical emergency management and first response systems
Proven that taking steps to implement 1540 is not a burden, but an opportunity to acquire assistance vis-à-vis higher priority needs
Central America
SICA appointment of full-time regional 1540 coordinator to assist members with reporting, devising national implementation strategies, and identifying novel streams of assistance to meet in-country needs
Awareness raising seminars
Andean Region
2012, Canadian respond to Colombian 1540 request for training of police and specialized security personnel
Forthcoming programming in the region
East Africa
Border Security Action Plan
Development through security
Capacity shortfalls
1540 request to backfill shortfalls
Dual benefit assistance
East Africa
Amb. Oching Adala, Africa Peace Forum
Future Initiatives
Andean region
Working with countries in the region to build strategies to acquire dual benefit assistance:
- Border security- Maritime security- Port security- Public health- Legal assistance- etc.
Caribbean
Work with governments, CARICOM,
OAS, UNODA, other multilateral
organizations to organize conference
“Trade Efficiency and Security Capacity
Building in the Caribbean: Satisfying
Port, Border, Maritime and
Infrastructure Needs for further National
and International Security and
Economic Development”
- Cover national and regional
implementation strategies
- Initiate pilot capacity building projects
Thank You
Johan BergenäsDeputy Director
Managing Across Boundaries
Stimson Center
jbergenas@stimson.org
+1 202-478-3444 (w)