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UN Photo1540 Committee Open Briefing of 2025 (29-30 October 2025)
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Open briefing for Member states and international, regional and subregional organizations by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1540 (2004)
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- Statements by Member States (continued).
- Statements by international, regional and subregional organizations.
- Summary remarks by the Chair of the 1540 Committee, Adjourn.
On 28 April 2004, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1540 (2004) under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter which affirms that the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery constitutes a threat to international peace and security. The resolution obliges States, inter alia, to refrain from supporting by any means non-State actors from developing, acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, transporting, transferring or using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their means of delivery.