Progress in implementation of Tajikistan’s national action plan under the UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) discussed in Guliston, Sughd region

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supported a review meeting on the implementation of Tajikistan’s National Action Plan in the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 on Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. 

The meeting was held from 11 to 13 November 2021 in Guliston, the Sughd region and was conducted by the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency, the national co-ordinating agency on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in Tajikistan.

Some 15 national participants representing local government administrations, branches of agencies dealing with chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear materials, emergency services, national border and customs services took part in the review meeting. The US Export Control and Related Border Security Program also attended.

As outlined by Ilhom Mirsaidzoda, National Coordinator on implementing of UN Resolution 1540 in Tajikistan, some tangible results have been achieved in the 2016-2021 period. “Approval of the national lists of dual use goods by Government of Tajikistan in October 2021 and the expected approval of the Commission on Export Control in Tajikistan, are among positive changes in 2021,” said Mirsaidzoda.

Parviz Shomahmadov, National Politico-Military Officer at the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe said: “Considering the latest security developments in the region of Central Asia and risks stemming from the neighboring Afghanistan, more attention is needed to issues of physical protection of potentially dangerous chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear materials and preventing their fall into the hands of non-state actors.” He noted that improving co-operation with other countries of Central Asia and international agencies dealing with the agenda would be beneficial in further improving the overall security in the region.