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Services

• FCO Counter-Proliferation Programme 2014-2015 concept form

  FCO Counter-Proliferation Programme 2014-2015 concept form for the the Counter Proliferation Programme.

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Guidance and regulation

• Embargoes and sanctions on Iran

  Detailed guide

  15 May 2018

  Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Export Control Joint Unit, and Department for International Trade

• Open general export licence (X)

  Guidance

  1 May 2018

  Export Control Joint Unit and Department for International Trade

• Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre

  Promotional

  2 August 2016

  Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence, and Department for International Trade

• Open general export licence (export after repair/replacement under warranty: military goods)
  • Guidance
  • 24 July 2018
  • Export Control Joint Unit and Department for International Trade
• Counter proliferation programme 2018 to 2019
  • Guidance
  • 9 February 2018
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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News and communications

Evidence of Russia's Involvement in Salisbury Attack

7 September 2018

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Speech

1. Chemical weapons attack in Syria: US, UK and France joint statement
   • 21 August 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Press release
2. Foreign Secretary's speech at the United States Institute For Peace
   • 21 August 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Speech
3. Working together to persuade states not to obtain weapons of mass destruction
   • 18 January 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Speech
4. Arms control statement on behalf of NATO allies, 24th OSCE Ministerial Council
   • 15 January 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence
   • Speech

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Research and statistics

• China, North Korea and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons
  • 25 September 2013
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Research

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Policy and engagement

• National Counter Proliferation Strategy to 2020
  • 24 March 2016
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Policy paper
• 2010 to 2015 government policy: weapons proliferation
  • 8 May 2015
  • Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Department for International Development, Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Ministry of Defence
  • Policy paper
• Clearing land mines in South Sudan with MAG
  • 4 April 2013
  • Department for International Development
  • Case study
• Global Threat Reduction Programme: US Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Production Programme
  • 19 January 2013
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Case study
• Global Threat Reduction Programme: Atomflot spent nuclear fuel interim storage facility and site security upgrades
  • 19 January 2013
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Case study

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Transparency

• Compliance with the Convention on Nuclear Safety Obligations: 7th national report
  • 21 September 2016
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Corporate report
• FCO Counter-Proliferation Programme 2015 to 2016
  • 26 August 2016
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Transparency
• Report on UK International Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Security Assistance Programmes
  • 14 June 2016
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Ministry of Defence
  • Corporate report
• Annual Report for 2013 on the operation of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996
  • 10 July 2014
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Corporate report
• Compliance with the Convention on Nuclear Safety Obligations: 6th national report
  • 6 January 2014
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. Department for International Trade
3. Department for International Development
4. Ministry of Defence
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

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1. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

1. Export Control Joint Unit
2. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority