Weapons proliferation

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Services

1. Counter proliferation programme bidding form

   This form is for submitting project proposals relating to the counter proliferation programme 2020 to 2021.

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Guidance and regulation

1. UK Strategic Export Control Lists
   • Detailed guide
   • 23 February 2017
   • Export Control Joint Unit and Department for International Trade
2. UK sanctions
   • Detailed guide
   • 28 August 2019
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Home Office, Export Control Joint Unit, and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
3. Financial sanctions, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
   • Guidance
   • 18 July 2019
   • HM Treasury and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
4. EU/New Zealand: Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation [EU No.2/2018]
   • International treaty
   • 25 April 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
5. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (London, Moscow and Washington, 10 April 1972)
   • International treaty
   • 10 January 2014
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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News and communications

10 March 2020 — News story

Fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: joint statement

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

1. Dstl Fellow Appointed to OPCW Scientific Advisory Board
   • 27 January 2020
   • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
   • Press release
2. UN General Assembly 74, First Committee: thematic debate on outer space
   • 4 November 2019
   • World news story
3. Registration opens for the 23rd International Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation (CWD) Conference hosted by The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
   • 31 October 2019
   • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
   • News story
4. UN General Assembly 74th Session, First Committee: thematic debate on conventional weapons
   • 31 October 2019
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Speech

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Research and statistics

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

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Policy papers and consultations

1. National Counter Proliferation Strategy to 2020
   • 24 March 2016
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Policy paper
2. 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
3. National Counter Proliferation Strategy 2012-2015
   • 23 March 2012
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Policy paper
4. The Chemical Weapons Convention UK National Authority
   • 15 March 2012
   • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
   • Policy paper
5. Impact Assessment of the Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill
   • 4 May 2010
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Compliance with the Convention on Nuclear Safety Obligations: 7th national report
   • 21 September 2016
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Corporate report
2. FCO Counter-Proliferation Programme 2015 to 2016
   • 26 August 2016
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • Transparency
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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. Ministry of Defence
4. Department for International Development
5. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury

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1. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
2. Defence and Security Accelerator
3. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
4. HM Treasury
5. Home Office

1. Export Control Joint Unit
2. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
3. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority