Stimson Center meets in DR

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The Henry L. Stimson Center's Cooperative Nonproliferation Program, in conjunction with the Canadian Government, the Office of the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and The Stanley Foundation, convened a symposium entitled "The Next 100 Project: Responding to UN Resolution 1540 with Development and Capacity-Building Assistance in the Caribbean" at the Santo Domingo Hilton in the Dominican Republic. The event brought together representatives from national governments and regional organizations as well as experts to discuss ways of leveraging assistance to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 and address underlying development and capacity-building needs in the Caribbean. Resolution 1540, adopted in 2004, calls on all states to adopt a legislative framework and implement enforcement measures to prevent the development, acquisition, transportation, and use of weapons of mass destruction, related materials, and delivery systems by non state actors. The symposium aimed to spur active implementation of the resolution by linking its mandates to the development priorities of Caribbean states. Discussion topics included citizen security, public health, business and industrial development, disaster prevention and response, and legislative capacity-building. For the full press release please click here (MS Word document) (http://dr1.com/trade/documents/Stimson_Press_Release.doc).

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