On October 29, 2015 the Stimson Center and the Washington Foreign Law Society, cosponsored “Nonproliferation in a Noncompliant World: Rethinking UN Security Council Resolution 1540,” a workshop in cooperation with South Africa-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) as part of the launch of the ISS-coordinated Towards the 2016 Comprehensive Review: Former Experts Assess UNSC Resolution 1540, a report that recommends better practices to combat proliferation.
The event brought UNSC Resolution 1540 specialists together with approximately 40 members of civil society, from think-tank professionals to lawyers to university students, to assess the challenges associated with Resolution 1540 as part of outreach in support of the 2016 Comprehensive Review.
Additional information and workshop report transmitted to the UN Security Council can be accessed through:
