Enhancing the capabilities of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in the Black Sea region

This project contributes to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 capabilities in the Black Sea and Caucasus regions under the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Customs Organization Container Control Program to reduce vulnerabilities of countries in these regions to transnational threats from non-state actors proliferating chemical biological radiological nuclear and dual-use materials. Project activities include: (1) developing and delivering a technical needs assessment in Armenia and Azerbaijan; (2) delivering strategic trade control training cargo risk profiling selection and inspection training to customs and law enforcement officers in Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Moldova and Ukraine; and (3) training for inter-agency personnel on strategic trade and export control “best practices”.

The expected outcomes of the project include: (1) strengthened integration of Commodity Identification Training and Reach-back networks nationally and in the Black Sea and Caucasus Regions to detect and report potential CBRN proliferation threats; and (2) increased cooperation of Port Control Units and Air Cargo Control Units operating in these regions on strategic trade and export control matters to mitigate proliferation operations.