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1540 Interactive Map by Region

1540 Map by Region

This site operates as a public clearinghouse for work related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540. It is managed by the Stanley Foundation.

In April 2004, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1540, which mandates that all Member States implement a set of supply-side controls on equipment and materials relevant to nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and criminalize proliferant activities within their territories. The Resolution also includes a provision that encourages states with the capacity to lend assistance in support of 1540's mandate to do so, and, in turn, encourages states in need to request any help they may need to meet 1540's demands.

The Stanley Foundation has created this website to facilitate global implementation of Resolution 1540. The 1540 Hub aims to centralize the various international and NGO resources relevant to Resolution 1540 in a single destination.  To add your organization's relevant resources to this site, please contact the site administrator.

This website and the views represented herein are not affiliated with the United Nations, 1540 Committee, or any member state, nor do they necessarily represent the views of the Stanley Foundation.

Press Clips
U.N. Nonproliferation Panel to Visit Washington
Jul25
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Source: 
Global Security Newswire
Date Released: 
July 20, 2011
A panel established to oversee nations' implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540 is expected to visit Washington in September, the U.S. State Department announced this week. 
European, US Security Organizations to Cooperate Against WMD Proliferation
Jul6
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Source: 
Global Security Newswire
Date Released: 
July 6, 2011

At last week's meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pledged that her department would work closely with a key European security organization to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

G-8 Nonproliferation Effort Renewed
Jun8
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Byline: 
Martin Matishak
Source: 
Global Security Newswire
Date Released: 
May 31, 2011

The leaders of the world's top industrial powers on Friday renewed the mandate of a program intended to prevent terrorists or rogue nations from acquiring weapons of mass destruction (see GSN, March 9.).

S'pore underscores commitment on countering proliferation of WMD
Jun8
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Byline: 
S Ramesh
Source: 
Channel News Asia
Date Released: 
May 24, 2011
Singapore underscored its commitment to counter the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) when it played host to the 12th International Export Control Conference beginning Tuesday till Thursday. Jointly organised by Singapore, the US and European Union, the meeting sent a strong signal about contributing to a peaceful global trading environment through counter-proliferation efforts.
China supports UN Security Council committees in counter-terrorism efforts
Jun8
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Source: 
Xinhua News
Date Released: 
May 17, 2011
China voiced its support for three UN Security Council committees in their efforts to combat terrorism and hoped for more progress in this regard. The Security Council held an open meeting on Monday to hear briefings delivered by heads of the 1267 committee, the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the 1540 committee. "Terrorism remains the public enemy to the international community.
Renewal of 1540 committee's mandate provides solid basis for work over next decade: chair
Jun8
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Source: 
Xinhua News
Date Released: 
May 17, 2011

The action of the UN Security Council to extend for 10 years the mandate of the 1540 Committee, constituted under Security Council Resolution 1540 of 2004 obliging states to implement measures to prevent proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, provides the committee with "a sound and efficient basis" for its work over the next decade, the committee chair said here Monday.

Anti-terrorism committees must continue to strengthen efforts, despite death of Osama Bin Laden, Security Council told
Jun8
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Source: 
United Nations Security Council
Date Released: 
May 16, 2011
Mr. Sangqu recalled that the Council’s adoption of resolution 1977 (2011) had extended the 1540 Committee’s mandate for 10 years.  That enhanced its ability to help States implement resolution 1540 (2004) and allowed it to strengthen its role in facilitating technical assistance and enhancing cooperation with global, regional and subregional organizations.  It enabled the Committee to refine outreach and continue instituting measures for transparency, including regular open meetings with Member States, he said.
Regional approach to weapons of mass destruction
Jun8
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Source: 
Caribbean 360
Date Released: 
May 4, 2011
CARICOM has developed a strategic regional approach for the implementation of a United Nations Security Council resolution that has been recognised as a model for preventing the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) within the hemisphere and beyond. UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540), which was adopted in April 2004, mandates all Member States under Chapter V11 of the United Nations Charter to, among other things, prohibit support to non
UN Bolsters WMD Nonproliferation Body
May5
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Byline: 
Peter Crail
Source: 
Arms Control Today
Date Released: 
May 4, 2011

The 10-year mandate contained in Resolution 1977 departs from the council’s more limited extensions of the body for two years in 2006 and three years in 2008. Diplomats familiar with the process said the extension was a compromise between council members seeking an indefinite extension of the body, including the United States, and those preferring an extension closer to another three years.

View entire article here

CARICOM Collectively Tackles Weapons of Mass Destruction
May3
Posted by Veronica Tessler
Source: 
Government of Trinidad and Tobago Press Release
Date Released: 
May 3, 2011

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has developed a strategic regional approach for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540), that has been recognised as a model for preventing the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) both within the hemisphere and beyond.

View press release here

View news article in Jamaica Observer here