Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP8)

The Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP8) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is scheduled to take place as follows:

Date:                  22-26 August 2022

Venue:                 Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland

Time:                  10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00 (CEST)

On 16 June, the confirmation of the CSP8 format was announced: Confirmation CSP8 Format

On 21 June, an invitation to CSP8 was circulated: Invitation to CSP8

All the information to facilitate your participation in CSP8 will be made available on this page.

If you require any additional information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the ATT Secretariat at: info@thearmstradetreaty.org

Livestreaming platform: available 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00 (CEST)

CSP8 OPENING SESSION

The opening session of the Conference will take place on Monday, 22 August 2022, from 10h00 -11h00 and will be addressed by the following invited speakers:

1. H.E. Ms. Annalena BAERBOCK, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany
2. H.E. Mr. Peter MAURER, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
3. Ms. Melanie REGIMBAL, Head of ODA's Geneva Office, representing the Under-Secretary-General and UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
4. Mr. Alejandro CASTAÑEDA MEDINA, Disarmament Analyst, Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines (Control Arms)

THEMATIC DISCUSSION ON POST SHIPMENT CONTROLS

The thematic discussion on Post Shipment Controls will take place from 11h15 to 13h00. The session will take the format of a panel discussion involving the following persons:

1. Mr. Axel KRICKOW, Deputy Head of Division, Federal Office for Economic Affiars and Export Control (BAFA), Germany
2. H.E. Mr. Simon PLÜSS, Deputy Head: Bilateral Economic Relations and Head of Arms Control and Arms Control Policy Sector at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland
3. Mr. Isaac MORALES TENORIO, Coordinator for Multidimensional Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
4. Mr. Michael HUMBEK, Chief Executive Officer, Dynamit Nobel Defence, Germany
5. Mr. Mark BROMLEY, Director of the SIPRI Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme

CSP8 Registration Process

 The registration to CSP8 will be open from 20 June to 05 August 2022.

With reference to the ATT Rules of Procedure (RoP) (here), the following registration process applies for the different categories of delegations who wish to attend the Eighth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP8).

PLEASE NOTE: Note verbales and formal letters submitted for registration to CSP8 must list all delegates who will participate in person and/or follow the Conference proceedings via livestreaming.

States Parties, Signatory States and Observer States wishing to send a delegation to CSP8 (in accordance with RoP 1, 2 or 3) should submit a NOTE VERBALE to the Head of the ATT Secretariat listing all delegates, indicating the full name and position of each delegate. The head of the delegation, alternate(s) and advisor(s) should be clearly indicated. In addition to this, each individual member of the delegation must register online (here).

PLEASE NOTE: Every State that registers for CSP8 will be considered to have participated in the Conference and to have been ‘in attendance’ for the purposes of Rule 5 of the ATT Financial Rules (here).

International and Regional Organizations wishing to send a delegation to CSP8 (in accordance with RoP 4) should submit a NOTE VERBALE to the Head of the ATT Secretariat listing all delegates, indicating the full name and position of each delegate. The head of the delegation, alternate(s) and advisor(s) should be clearly indicated. In addition to this, each individual member of the delegation must register online (here).

Civil Society Organizations including NGOs and Industry wishing to send a delegation to CSP8 (in accordance with RoP 5) should submit a FORMAL LETTER to the President of the Conference (through the ATT Secretariat) requesting to participate and listing all delegates, indicating the full name and position of each delegate. In addition to this, each individual member of the delegation must register online (here).

PLEASE NOTE: Where NGOs and industry representatives are registering for the Conference with an international coalition of NGOs or an association representing industry, a single FORMAL LETTER from the international coalition or industry association listing the names of the organizations/companies represented and their delegates is considered to be equivalent to an individual letter from each organization/company.

All notes verbales/formal letters should be submitted to the ATT Secretariat by 05 August 2022 at registration@thearmstradetreaty.org

Any changes in the composition of delegations should be submitted via note verbale/formal letter to registration@thearmstradetreaty.org by 05 August 2022.

Please note that the ATT Secretariat will send out a confirmation of accreditation as soon as the two parts of the registration process are completed, i.e.:

• submission of note verbale by State/formal letter by Organization/Company
• individual online registration (here) of all members of the delegation

Media representatives are requested to register online (here) and submit their credentials for accreditation to the ATT Secretariat at registration@thearmstradetreaty.org by 05 August 2022.

Objections by States Parties against the representation of a delegation

In accordance with Rule of Procedure 7.4, any objection notification of a State Party against the representation of a delegation received by the President at info@thearmstradetreaty.org by 10:00 CET Saturday, 20 August 2022 will be referred to the Conference for a procedural decision. In accordance with Rule of Procedure 7.5, any representative of a delegation whose participation has been objected to shall be seated provisionally until the Conference has given its decision.

Logistics

CSP8 Venue

The Eighth Conference of States Parties to the ATT (CSP8) will be held from 22-26 August 2022 at

Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG)

Rue de Verembe 17, Geneva, Switzerland

Accommodation

Please note that delegates are responsible for booking their own accommodation.

The ATT Secretariat would like to encourage deletages to book accommodation as soon as possible.

The following websites offer information and assistance on finding accommodation in Geneva:

• Geneva Info (EN)
• Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI) (EN, FR)
• Geneva Tourism (EN, FR)

CSP8 Conference documents

The official documents for CSP8 are available in all languages on this webpage.

• CSP8 Final Report   English   Arabic    Chinese    French    Russian    Spanish
• CSP8 List of Participants (here)

CSP8 Side Events

Printable version of all side events (as of 25 August 2022)Printable version of room allocations (as of 16 August 2022)

Further to the announcement of the President of the Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP8) to the Arms Trade Treaty that the Eighth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP8) scheduled to take place from 22-26 August 2022 will be held in person, with an option to follow the Conference proceedings via livestreaming, the ATT Secretariat is pleased to confirm that there are two options available for the holding of side events:

Option 1: in-person side events

Stakeholders are informed that it is possible to hold side events in-person at the venue of the Conference in Geneva, the Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG). Four rooms for each day of the Conference are reserved at the CICG for this purpose and the ATT Secretariat hereby invites proposals for side events.

Information regarding room availability and capacity, as well as the costs of technical equipment is provided in the following document: Side Event – Background Information

Information regarding catering is also available: Eurest catering brochure (EN) Eurest catering brochure (FR)

Please submit your request by sending a completed Side Event - Proposal Form to Ms. Elizabeth O'BRIEN at the ATT Secretariat at: elizabeth.obrien@thearmstradetreaty.org by 29 July 2022.

Side Event - Proposal Form

Option 2: virtual side events

Any State or organization that wishes/plans to hold a virtual side event or webinar during the week of 22-26 August 2022 is welcome to inform the ATT Secretariat of the event by sending an email to: elizabeth.obrien@thearmstradetreaty.org, and we will post the information on the CSP8 webpage for all stakeholders to consult.

Please include the following information in your notification:

1)      Title of the event,

2)      Date of the event,

3)      Time (including time zone), and

4)      Access link (including a password, if required to access the event).

Please be advised that side event organisers will be responsible for hosting and facilitating such virtual events.

Please note that there is no option to hold a side event in hybrid format.

Anyone planning to hold a side event during this week is encouraged to schedule the event to commence prior to the start or after the close of the plenary sessions taking place from 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00 (CEST) each day of the Conference.

You can find the agenda here.

CSP8 Exhibitions

There is a possibility of holding exhibitions outside the conference room where the Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP8) will be taking place at CICG, from 22–26 August 2022.

Detailed information regarding furniture available for exhibitions is available here.

Anyone wishing to hold an exhibition is invited to submit a proposal to Mr. Tom NIJS at the ATT Secretariat at: tom.nijs@thearmstradetreaty.org by 12 August 2022.

CSP8 Speakers' List

The Speakers’ List for the Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP8) to the Arms Trade Treaty is now open.

How to be included in the Speakers’ List

Participants wishing to be included in the list of speakers for one or more agenda items should submit a request to the ATT Secretariat at info@thearmstradetreaty.org with the following information:

1. Subject title: CSP8 Speakers’ List
2. Name of the State or organization wishing to speak
3. Name of the delegate who will speak on behalf of the State or organization (if known)
4. The Day(s) or Date(s) the State or organization wishes to speak (information regarding the dates and times of agenda items is available in the CSP8 Provisional Programme of Work:   English   Arabic   Chinese   French   Russian   Spanish
5. The Agenda item(s) the State or organization wishes to speak under (e.g., Agenda item 5, General Debate)

General debate

The CSP8 Provisional Agenda makes provision for General Debate. Accordingly, it is possible to make a statement under this agenda item by submitting a request. In addition, delegations that are fully accredited to CSP8 can submit general statements to the ATT Secretariat at info@thearmstradetreaty.org for publication on the ATT website under 'General Statements', along with all other statements of the Conference.

Publication of the Speakers' List

The ATT Secretariat will make available in the meeting room a list of speakers on the morning of each day of CSP8, indicating the order in which participants inscribed on the list will be called on to speak under the relevant agenda item(s). Anyone wishig to speak must submit a request to the ATT Secretariat by 18:30 (CEST) the day before they wish to speak. Participants who submit a request to speak after this time, will not be included in the published list of speakers for the day in question and instead will need to request to speak during the meeting or by approaching the ATT Secretariat desk in the meeting room.

Participants who have not requested to be included in the list of speakers will still be able to request to take the floor during the meetings by approaching the ATT Secretariat desk in the meeting room requesting to take the floor and indicating the name of the State or organization that wishes to speak, as well as the name of the delegate who will speak (if known).

Time limit

For reasons of time management, the President (in accordance with Rule 20(4) of the ATT Rules of Procedure) requests that participants limit their general statements to 4 minutes, and general interventions to 2.5 minutes.

Copies of Statements

To facilitate interpretation, please also submit to the ATT Secretariat electronic copies of all statements in advance of CSP8 (or in advance of each session of the meetings) by emailing them to info@thearmstradetreaty.org

The speakers list shall be drawn according to the provisions of the ATT Rules of Procedure quoted below:

Rule 20 – Statements (extract from ATT Rules of Procedure)

1. No representative may address the Conference without having previously obtained the permission of the President. The President shall call upon speakers in the order in which they signify their desire to speak.
2. The Secretariat shall be in charge of drawing up a list of speakers. Unless otherwise decided by the President for each specific session, observers States shall be invited to speak only after the list of speakers of States Parties and signatory States has been exhausted and other observers may speak thereafter. When a statement is delivered on behalf of a group of States Parties and signatory States, this statement is pronounced in priority.
3. The debate shall be confined to the item before the Conference, and the President may call a speaker to order if his/her remarks are not relevant to the item under discussion. Speakers who continue to make remarks not relevant to the item under discussion shall have their speaking rights withdrawn for the duration of the debate.
4. The President may limit the time allowed to each speaker and the number of times each representative may speak on any question. When a limit has been set and a speaker exceeds the allotted time, the President shall call him/her to order without delay.

During the course of a debate, the President may announce the list of speakers and, with the consent of the Conference, declare the list closed. 

CSP8 Statements

CSP8 Presentations