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Since 1993, CSCAP’s achievements in the area of preventive diplomacy have been noteworthy, owing to the efforts of six working groups focused on: maritime security; countering the proliferation of WMD; multilateral security frameworks in Northeast Asia; the prevention of human trafficking; peacekeeping; and energy security. In the context of the overall progress made within the CSCAP, the achievements of the first two working groups should be singled out.
25th and 26th Meetings of the Steering Committee
Kuala Lumpur 29 May 2006, Wellington 14 Dec. 2006. These meetings are important both for setting CSCAP’s development (determination of the major themes and subjects, analysis of proposed recommendations) and for the informal debates and discussions that take place on the sidelines and enable a better evaluation of the main trends in relation to regional security concerns.
F. Godement and K. von Hoesslin (researcher at the York Centre for International Security Studies & UN World Maritime U.) in turn represented the EUCSCAP at these meetings...
MARITIME SECURITY [CSCAP working group]
The aims of the working group (set in Kunming, Dec. 2004) are: to consider maritime capacity, identify the requirements for implementation of processes for cooperation in the region, analyse the inadequacies and deficiencies of the agreements currently in place, and draft concrete proposals of relevance to the ministers concerned. Since 2005, this working group, co-chaired by S. Bateman (Australia) and P. Das (India), has met three times to consider the subject "Capacity building for maritime cooperation" (New Delhi and Singapore in 2005, Kuala Lumpur on 27-28 May 2006). The mandate of the working group was extended in Wellington on 16-17 Dec. 2006, to include "The role of maritime security forces" and it approved an action plan for the ARF: "Maritime knowledge and awareness, the basic foundations of maritime security cooperation in Asia Pacific".
S. Boisseau du Rocher has participated in the group’s work since its inception and in the work of a subgroup (with Chinese and New Zealand representatives) focused on issues of awareness-raising in relation to maritime concerns; K. von Hoesslin similarly contributes his expertise by participating regularly in this working group for CSCAP Europe.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION - WMD [CSCAP working group]
This working group, chaired by Brad Glosserman (CSIS), aims at redefining security standards in relation to non-proliferation by close monitoring of the international system. Since 2005, it has met five times to produce final recommendations for the ARF: "An Asia Pacific handbook and action plan to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in Asia Pacific". In parallel, a subgroup on the monitoring of arms exports met for the second time in Beijing on 11 and 12 May 2006.
CSCAP Europe is active in this working group, through the participation of F. Umbach (DGAP), co-chair of CSCAP Europe, and B. Sitt (CESIM). T. de Champchesnel (CESIM) and D. Santoro (Macquarie U.) also take in the working group meetings through the "Young Leaders" program, an initiative of the Pacific Forum (CSIS) in close liaison with this working group. With the participation of approximately twenty young researchers and practitioners, this program promotes an exchange and dialogue amongst young professionals who are well-equipped in the field.
3rd meeting of the working group
26-27 Mar. 2006, Singapore. The agenda covered the following subjects: the global non-proliferation regime; nuclear energy and non-proliferation: what risks?; the PSI; the six-party talks and North Korea; and an Action Plan for non-proliferation in East Asia.
4th meeting of the working group
27-29 Nov. 2006, Danang. Thirty experts continued their work through in-depth sessions on: the global non-proliferation regime; regional problems and challenges; the PSI; developments in the Korean peninsula.