India
Assistance offer
| Type(s)of Assistance: | Expertise, Training | Scope: | Legal, Implementation |
| Regions: | |
| Subject(s): | Nuclear, Chemical, Biological, Physical protection, Nuclear security, Export control |
Has conducted a training course under the IAEA aegis on physical protection of nuclear installations and is willing to offer its expertise to regularly conduct similar training courses in future and as regional training center.
State reports that it is ready to share expertise for destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons.
State also reports that it possesses requisite technical expertise in the following areas:
- Legislation for implementing export controls/strategic trade controls;
- Export control/strategic trade control licensing in an inter-agency setting covering dual-use, nuclear and radiological items, chemical and biological items, as well as conventional arms, relevant weapons of mass destruction;
- Maintenance and review of export control lists;
- Legislation and implementing obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention);
- A national authority for implementing the obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (such as declarations and inspections);
- The Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology, an agency that provides products and services based on radiation and isotopes and promotes related radiological safety aspects;
- Nuclear safety and security culture;
- The Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership, a centre of excellence aimed at conducting research, design and development of nuclear systems; organising training seminars, lectures and workshops on topical issues by Indian and international experts; and promoting global nuclear energy partnership through collaborative research and training programmes;
- Training for Customs officers through the World Customs Organisation (WCO) accredited Centre of Excellence in the National Academy of Customs, Indirect taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) near New Delhi.
The State provided mentoring to Afghanistan under the Mentorship Programme of the OPCW. First visit of Afghanistan representatives took place from 29 April – 3 May 2019, to share the State’s experience of national implementation under Article VII of the CWC.