Program Director for Education and Training
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Monterey, CA
831.647.6575
Jean du Preez has more than 35 years’ experience in diplomacy, multilateral arms control and disarmament diplomacy ranging from weapons of mass destructions to small arms and light weapons. In his current position as CNS Program Director for Education and Training he oversees education and training activities at CNS in Monterey, including the Center’s long standing Visiting Fellows program, regional courses for diplomats, and internships at international nonproliferation organizations.
He joined CNS in 2002 following a long diplomatic career in the South African Foreign Service. In 2009 he was recruited by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna as a senior official in charge external relations and international cooperation where he played a leading role in promoting entry into force and universalization of the Treaty. Upon his return from Vienna in late 2016, he first worked as an independent consultant, and later rejoined CNS.
He participated in negotiations on several nonproliferation, disarmament and arms control agreements and conferences, including at the 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty review conferences, conferences of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, as well as the General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). He was one of the original members of the statutory South African Council for the Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction where he gained practical experience in counter-proliferation, non-proliferation export controls and national implementation of international treaty obligations.
He has significant graduate level teaching experience, including short and semester long simulation courses, as well as courses on the United Nations and other international organizations and negotiation strategies and tactics. He published numerous scholarly articles, book chapters, conference papers and web-based reports related to the NPT, the CTBT, a future Fissile Material Treaty, Iran, North Korea, South Africa, etc. He is also a member of the International Panel of Fissile Material (IPFM).
CNS Work
- InFocus with Ejaz Haider -Ep 23, Nov 8: The Unraveling of Arms Control and Nonproliferation
A conversation on the future of arms control and nonproliferation in the wake of Russia’s de-ratification of the CTBT and other ongoing events. - CNS Congratulates Spring 2023 Visiting Fellows on Completion of Nonproliferation Training
Last month, CNS bid farewell to the latest group of visiting fellows following the successful completion of their intensive, 15-week nonproliferation training program. - Future Challenges for the OPCW
A conversation with Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu. Political divisions appear to be the main challenge for the organization. - Latin American and Caribbean Diplomats Trained in the Legacy of Nobel Peace Laureate García Robles
The 8th Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation Summer School for Latin America and Caribbean diplomats. - CNS Visiting Fellows Give Perspectives as a Ukrainian and a Russian on the War in Ukraine
On May 12, 2022, CNS Visiting Fellows Valeriia Hesse and Kirill Iliin gave a talk to The Monterey Rotary Club. - (Final) Preparations for the Tenth NPT Review Conference
Delegates to the 10th NPT Review Conference had the opportunity to interact with each other and with representatives from civil society on a number of key issues related to the Conference and its outcome. - NPT Briefing Book 2022 Now Available
This book is a reference guide containing documents related to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and its review process. - Setting the Tone for the 10th NPT Review Conference: A Working Lunch in New York
CNS organized, in consultation with the President-designate of the 10th Review Conference and the Office of Disarmament Affairs, a high-level consultative working lunch. - UNODA and CNS host webinar on the Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
The recorded event opened with UNODA High Representative Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, and included a discussion amongst experts and a Q&A session. - Advancing the Process to Negotiate a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
Results from a series of regional workshops and expert meetings by the fissile material cut off treaty (FMCT) expert preparatory group.
