MainAnniversary meeting of PIR Center Advisory Board on “Russia and nuclear nonproliferation agenda: towards the 2015 NPT review conference
Anniversary meeting of PIR Center Advisory Board on “Russia and nuclear nonproliferation agenda: towards the 2015 NPT review conference
Extended Meeting of the PIR Center Advisory Board and the Trialogue Club International
On October 4, 2014 PIR Center held the anniversary meeting of its Advisory Board on the topic “Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation Agenda: towards the 2015 NPT Review Conference.” The conference was attended by senior Russian government officials, experts, representatives of relevant agencies and companies, foreign diplomats, participants and alumni of PIR Center training programs. During the three sessions of this meeting we discussed current state of the nonproliferation regime and the approaches of Russia to the problems of nonproliferation, arms control, and the uses of peaceful nuclear energy. Meeting was held in partnership with the Trialogue Club International.
Agenda of the meeting
13.30 – 14.00
Registration
14.00 – 14.10
Opening remarks
Vladimir A. ORLOV, Director, PIR Center
14.10 – 15.45
Panel discussion 1: Nonproliferation and arms control – evaluating the implementation of decisions of the 2010 Review Conference and the agenda for 2015
Moderator: Evgeny P. BUZHINSKY, Chairman of the Executive Board, PIR Center
Evgeny P. BUZHINSKY, Chairman of the Executive Board, PIR Center (text in Russian)
Tariq RAUF, Director, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) (pdf presentation)
Evgeny V. MIASNIKOV, Director, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies (text in Russian)
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:30
Panel discussion 2 – Peaceful nuclear energy and nuclear security – prospects for international cooperation
Moderator: Albert F. ZULKHARNEEV, Executive Director, PIR Center
Mikhail N. LYSENKO, Director, Department of International Cooperation, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation (text of the speech in Russian)
Mehdi SANAEI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation (text of the speech in Russian)
