'1540 Committee - Review'

Global Security
Date: Thursday, October 01, 2009

1540 Committee

Comprehensive Review of the Status of Implementation of Resolution 1540


Start date: 30 Sep 2009

End date: 2 Oct 2009

Place: New York, United States

Description:As part of the comprehensive review, the 1540 Committee decided to hold an open meeting to be conducted with broad participation from 30 September to 2 October 2009 at UN Headquarters. Member States, international, regional and sub-regional organizations and other entities have been invited to participate in the comprehensive review process and in the open meeting. Member States have been encouraged to share their views on elements identified in document S/2009/170.

The comprehensive review will result in a final document. A tentative date for the presentation of the final document would be 31 January 2010.

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