International Export Control Observer (IECO) launched in September 2005. The IECO replaced the NIS and Asian Export Control Observers.
US and Japan established the Commission to conduct official discussions on a regular basis.
Prosecution witness, Jamal Ahmad al-Fadl, detailed his efforts to assist Bin Laden in an attempt to acquire uranium.
The status of nuclear weapons, weapons-usable nuclear material, export controls, and nonproliferation and disarmament assistance programs in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine.
Iraq’s unilateral destruction creates problems for Special Commission’s verification process.
Focuses on the following topics:
Meeting report with agenda and discussion of possible future sessions.
Seminar promoting disarmament and nonproliferation education held for the first time as a side event to the NPT PrepCom.