7th Annual Course on Arms Control and National Security
From 14 to 18 February 2005 the GCSP conducted its 7th Annual Course on Arms Control and National Security. The 22 participants in the course came from a dozen countries of the greater Middle East region ( Algeria , Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Libya , Morocco , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates ). In addition to officials from Foreign and Defence Ministries, representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency also attended the course.
As during previous years, the course provided a comprehensive examination of various approaches to arms control and regulation. Speakers included GCSP faculty members, experts from the Geneva area (UNIDIR, ICRC and the NGO community) and further.
Discussions between participants with different experiences in their own countries were important aspects of the course.
