What UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) - Non-Proliferation of WMD to Non-State Actors requires
UN Security Council Resolution 1540 was adopted unanimously on 28 April 2004 under Chapter VII of the UN Charter to address the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and their means of delivery to non-State actors. Paragraph 1 obligates all States to refrain from providing any form of support to non-State actors that attempt to develop, acquire, manufacture, possess, transport, transfer, or use nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons and their means of delivery. Paragraph 2 obligates States to adopt and enforce effective laws prohibiting non-State actors from manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, developing, transporting, transferring, or using such weapons. Paragraph 3 obligates States to take and enforce effective measures to account for, secure, and physically protect related materials, establish border controls, and develop national export and transhipment controls including end-user controls, criminal and civil penalties, and screening of transfers. Paragraph 4 established the 1540 Committee initially for two years, subsequently extended through UNSCRs 1673 (2006), 1810 (2008), 1977 (2011), 2325 (2016), and 2663 (2022) with the latter extending the Committee mandate to 30 November 2032. The 1540 framework operates in parallel with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), and export control regimes including the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Australia Group, Missile Technology Control Regime, and Wassenaar Arrangement.
Pillar: Aviation, Defense & Quantum · Authority: UN Security Council 1540 Committee (mandate extended to 30 November 2032 by UNSCR 2663 (2022)); IAEA, OPCW, BWC Implementation Support Unit; national export licensing authorities · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://undocs.org/S/RES/1540(2004)
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