The Arms Control and Regional Security Working Group
This group focuses on security confidence-building measures as well as arms control issues, including information exchange and maritime procedures. At the working group meeting in Doha, Qatar, in May 1994, delegates discussed the drafting of a Declaration of Principles on regional security, statements of intent on arms control and regional security, security environment and regional threat perception, and a model safeguards regime for a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East. Further agreements were reached as follows:
- It was agreed to establish a Crisis Prevention Center and a Regional Security
Center.
- Studies are to be carried out regarding the establishment of an arms
control data bank that would best serve the region.
- There will be a naval exercise on the Turkish coast and a meeting of naval
officers from throughout the region in Canada.
The Arms Control and Regional Security Working Group
Chair: U.S., Russia
May 1992, Washington
Sep. 1992, Moscow
May 1993, Washington
Nov. 1993, Moscow
May 1994, Doha
Dec. 1994, Tunisia
Key Projects
- Crisis Prevention Center
- Regional Security Center
- Arms Control Data Bank
- Naval exercise and conference of regional naval directors
Links to related information maintained at IGCC
IGCC's Petra (Jordan) Workshop
on Arms Control and Security in the Middle East, held 11-15 December, 1995
- Participants
- IGCC Policy Paper 26: The Middle East Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS) Talks: Progress, Problems, and Prospects
Bruce Jentleson
- IGCC Policy Paper 23: Workshop on Arms Control and Security in the Middle East III
Fred Wehling
- Newsletter Spring 96 Feature: Redefining Security in the Middle East
Mary Morris
- Arms Control and Confidence Building Measures in the Middle East
Dr. Mahmoud A. J. Ali
- Security in the Persian Gulf: Integration or Rivalry
Shahram Chubin
IGCC's Vouligmeni (Athens) Workshop
on Arms Control in the Middle East, held 4-7 November 1994
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