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)