Joint Ministerial Statement to Commemorate the 10 th Anniversary of the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation

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1 Joint Ministerial Statement to Commemorate the 10 th Anniversary of the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation On the occasion of the 10 th anniversary of the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation(HCoC), the Republic of Korea, current Chair of the HCoC, and those Subscribing States that have held or are designated for the Chairmanship - the Netherlands, Chile, the Philippines, Morocco, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Costa Rica, France, Romania, and Japan - as well as Austria, the Executive Secretariat and Immediate Central Contact, express their satisfaction that the HCoC has served as a unique multilateral confidence building and transparency instrument in the field of ballistic missile systems and welcome the progress to date in the universalisation and implementation of the Code. Taking this auspicious occasion and recognizing that international peace and security continue to be threatened by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery especially in some regions of the world, we reaffirm our strong support for the HCoC and continued commitment not to contribute to support and assist any ballistic missile program developed in contravention of international norms and obligations. We also welcome the strong relationship between the United Nations and the Code, and hope that the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly in support of the HCoC will further contribute to its development. We urge all States that have not yet subscribed to the Code to do so, and thus to join regional and international efforts to prevent and curb comprehensively the proliferation of ballistic missile systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, as a contribution to international peace and security. H.E. KIM Sung-hwan and Trade Republic of Korea

2 H.E. Dr. Michael SPINDELEGGER Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of European and International Affairs Republic of Austria H.E. Dr. Zlatko LAGUMDŽIJA Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Bosnia and Herzegovina H.E. Alfredo MORENO CHARME Republic of Chile H.E. José Enrique CASTILLO BARRANTES Republic of Costa Rica

3 H.E. Dr. János MARTONYI Hungary H.E. Koichiro GEMBA Japan H.E. Saad-Eddine EL OTHMANI and Cooperation Kingdom of Morocco

4 H.E. Uri ROSENTHAL Kingdom of the Netherlands H.E. Albert F. DEL ROSARIO Secretary of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Philippines H.E. Titus CORLAŢEAN Romania

5 Other Subscribing States listed below have joined in this 10 th anniversary appeal H.E. Gilbert SABOYA SUÑÉ Principality of Andorra H.E. Eward NALBANDIAN Republic of Armenia H.E. Bob CARR Australia H.E. Elmar MAMMADYAROV Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Vladimir MAKEI Republic of Belarus H.E. Nickolay MLADENOV Republic of Bulgaria H.E. Didier REYNDERS Deputy Prime Minister and, Foreign Trade and European Affairs Belgium H.E. Dr. Maria Angela HOLGUÍN CUELLAR Colombia H.E. Vesna PUSIC Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Republic of Croatia

6 H.E Dr. Erato KOZAKOU-MARKOULLIS Republic of Cyprus H.E. Karel SCHWARZENBERG Deputy Prime Minister and Czech Republic H.E. Villy SØVNDAL Denmark H.E. Carlos MORALES TRONCOSO Dominican Republic H.E. Urmas PAET Estonia H.E. Guido WESTERWELLE Federal Germany H.E Archbishop Dominique MAMBERTI Secretary for the Holy See s Relations with States Holy See H.E. Össur SKARPHÉDINSSON and External Trade Iceland H.E. Hoshyar ZIBARI Republic of Iraq

7 H.E. Giulio TERZI DI SANT'AGATA Italy H.E. Edgars RINKĒVIČS Republic of Latvia H.E. Dr. Aurelia FRICK Principality of Liechtenstein H.E. Jean ASSELBORN Deputy Prime Minister and Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg H.E. Espen Barth EIDE Norway H.E. Paulo Sacadura Cabral PORTAS Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Portuguese Republic H.E. Ivan MRKIĆ Republic of Serbia H.E. Joseph Bandabla DAUDA and International Cooperation Sierra Leone H. E. Miroslav LAJČÁK Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Slovak Republic

8 H.E. Federal Councillor Didier BURKHALTER Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Switzerland H.E. Ahmet DAVUTOĞLU Republic of Turkey H.E. Konstyantyn GRYSHCHENKO Ukraine