OSCE supports meetings to assist Tajikistan’s government in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) on Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized a series of awareness-raising discussions on requirements of UN Security Resolution 1540 and its implementation by Tajikistan.

The meetings were held from 26 June to 13 July 2018 in Dushanbe and outside the capital in the regions Khorog, Rasht, Khujand and Bokhtar.  

Some 150 national participants representing local government administrations, branches of agencies dealing with chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear materials, emergency services and national border and customs services took part in the events.

Six national experts representing Tajikistan’s working group on implementation of the country’s National Actions Plan for Resolution 1540 introduced the participants to provisions of UN Resolution 1540 and informed them about Tajikistan’s progress in its implementation.