Fact Sheet Bureau of Nonproliferation Washington, DC January 6, 2004
International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation[There is an updated version of this fact sheet dated February 4, 2008 located at http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/fs/100079.htm]
[Also: fact sheet on Missile Technology Control Regime and remarks at the ICOC's Opening Conference]
The International Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002, at a Launching Conference hosted by the Netherlands at The Hague. The U.S. actively participated in the conference and is one of 93 original Subscribing States to the ICOC, also dubbed "The Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC)." As of January 1, 2004, 111 countries have subscribed to the ICOC.
The ICOC is aimed at bolstering efforts to curb ballistic missile proliferation worldwide and to further delegitimize such proliferation. The ICOC consists of a set of general principles, modest commitments, and limited confidence-building measures. It is intended to supplement, not supplant, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), and is administered collectively by all of the Subscribing States. There is not a formal Secretariat or implementing organization, and thus we do not foresee any financial burden for most Subscribing States.
The ICOC Launching Conference was extremely successful and was followed by the first meeting of Subscribing States on November 26, 2002. At that meeting, the Netherlands was confirmed as the ICOC Chair until October 2003, and Austria was elected to serve as the Immediate Central Contact (ICC) for the Code, the informal Secretariat. The Subscribing States also agreed by acclamation to henceforth refer to the ICOC as "The Hague Code of Conduct."
On June 23, 2003, the Subscribing States held an ad-hoc technical intersessional meeting in Vienna that elaborated issues relating to the Code's implementation, including pre-launch notifications and Subscribing States' annual declarations on their space and ballistic missile policies.
The ICOC held its Second Annual Meeting from October 1-3, 2003, in New York under the new Chairmanship of Chile. The Subscribing States discussed implementation issues, annual declarations on space and ballistic missile policies, and urged members to continue working on universalization of the Code.
ICOC List of Subscribing States (as of November 9, 2003)
1. Afghanistan |
25 November 2002 |
2. Albania |
25 November 2002 |
3. Argentina |
25 November 2002 |
4. Australia |
25 November 2002 |
5. Austria |
25 November 2002 |
6. Azerbaijan |
25 November 2002 |
7. Belarus |
25 November 2002 |
8. Belgium |
25 November 2002 |
9. Benin |
25 November 2002 |
10. Bosnia and Herzegovina |
25 November 2002 |
11. Bulgaria |
25 November 2002 |
12. Burkina Faso |
25 November 2002 |
13. Burundi |
12 June 2003 |
14. Cameroon |
25 November 2002 |
15. Canada |
25 November 2002 |
16. Chad |
25 November 2002 |
17. Chile |
25 November 2002 |
18. Colombia |
25 November 2002 |
19. Comores |
25 November 2002 |
20. Cook Islands |
25 November 2002 |
21. Costa Rica |
25 November 2002 |
22. Croatia |
25 November 2002 |
23. Cyprus |
25 November 2002 |
24. Czech Republic |
25 November 2002 |
25. Denmark |
25 November 2002 |
26. El Salvador |
25 November 2002 |
27. Eritrea |
03 September 2003 |
28. Estonia |
25 November 2002 |
29. Fiji |
22 April 2003 |
30. Finland |
25 November 2002 |
31. France |
25 November 2002 |
32. Gabon |
25 November 2002 |
33. Georgia |
25 November 2002 |
34. Germany |
25 November 2002 |
35. Ghana |
25 November 2002 |
36. Greece |
25 November 2002 |
37. Guinea |
25 November 2002 |
38. Guinea-Bissau |
26 November 2002 |
39. Guyana |
Last week of September |
40. Holy See |
25 November 2002 |
41. Hungary |
25 November 2002 |
42. Iceland |
25 November 2002 |
43. Ireland |
25 November 2002 |
44. Italy |
25 November 2002 |
45. Japan |
25 November 2002 |
46. Jordan |
25 November 2002 |
47. Kenya |
25 November 2002 |
48. Kiribati |
25 November 2002 |
49. Latvia |
25 November 2002 |
50. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
25 November 2002 |
51. Liechtenstein |
26 August 2003 |
52. Lithuania |
25 November 2002 |
53. Luxembourg |
25 November 2002 |
54. Madagascar |
25 November 2002 |
55. Malawi |
09 November 2003 |
56. Malta |
25 November 2002 |
57. Marshall Islands |
25 November 2002 |
58. Mauritania |
25 November 2002 |
59. Micronesia
(Federated States of) |
25 November 2002 |
60. Monaco |
25 November 2002 |
61. Morocco |
25 November 2002 |
62. Mozambique |
14 March 2003 |
63. Netherlands |
25 November 2002 |
64. New Zealand |
25 November 2002 |
65. Nicaragua |
25 November 2002 |
66. Niger |
26 November 2002 |
67. Nigeria |
25 November 2002 |
68. Norway |
25 November 2002 |
69. Palau |
25 November 2002 |
70. Panama |
04 April 2003 |
71. Papua New Guinea |
25 November 2002 |
72. Paraguay |
25 November 2002 |
73. Peru |
25 November 2002 |
74. Philippines |
25 November 2002 |
75. Poland |
25 November 2002 |
76. Portugal |
25 November 2002 |
77. Republic of Korea |
25 November 2002 |
78. Republic of Moldova |
25 November 2002 |
79. Romania |
25 November 2002 |
80. Russian Federation |
25 November 2002 |
81. Rwanda |
25 November 2002 |
82. Senegal |
25 November 2002 |
83. Seychelles |
25 November 2002 |
84. Sierra Leone |
25 November 2002 |
85. Slovakia |
25 November 2002 |
86. Slovenia |
25 November 2002 |
87. South Africa |
25 November 2002 |
88. Spain |
25 November 2002 |
89. Sudan |
25 November 2002 |
90. Suriname |
25 November 2002 |
91. Sweden |
25 November 2002 |
92. Switzerland |
25 November 2002 |
93. Tanzania |
25 November 2002 |
94. Tajikistan |
25 November 2002 |
95. The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia |
25 November 2002 |
96. Timor-Leste |
25 November 2002 |
97. Tonga |
03 September 2003 |
98. Tunisia |
25 November 2002 |
99. Turkey |
25 November 2002 |
100. Turkmenistan |
10 June 2003 |
101. Tuvalu |
25 November 2002 |
102. Uganda |
25 November 2002 |
103. Ukraine |
25 November 2002 |
104. United Kingdom |
25 November 2002 |
105. United States |
25 November 2002 |
106. Uruguay |
25 November 2002 |
107. Uzbekistan |
25 November 2002 |
108. Vanuatu |
04 December 2002 |
109. Venezuela |
25 November 2002 |
110. Yugoslavia |
25 November 2002 |
111. Zambia |
25 November 2002 |
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