Tenth Conference of States Parties (CSP10)

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The Tenth Conference of States Parties (CSP10) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is scheduled to take place as follows:

Date:                  19 - 23 August 2024

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

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

On 23 May 2024, the notification of CSP10 was circulated: Notification of CSP10

On 06 June 2024, an invitation to CSP10 was circulated: Invitation to CSP10

Registration to CSP10 is open from 06 June to 05 August 2024.

All the information to facilitate your participation in CSP10 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.

CSP10 OPENING SESSION

The opening session of the Conference will take place on Monday, 19 August 2024, from 10h00 -11h00 and will be addressed by the following invited speakers:

1. H.E. Ms. Luminiţa-Teodora ODOBESCU, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
2. H.E. Ms. Izumi NAKAMITSU, Under-Secretary General and UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
3. Ms. Mirjana SPOLJARIC, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
4. Mr. Fadi ABI ALLAM, Executive Director, Permanent Peace Movement, Lebanon (Control Arms)
   

SPECIAL SESSION CELEBRATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE ATT

The special session on ATT@10 will take place after the opening session, from 11h00 -12h00, and will be addressed by the following invited speakers:

1. H.E. Mr. Peter WOOLCOTT, President of the 2013 Final UN Conference on the ATT, Australia
2. H.E. Ms. ICHIKAWA Tomiko, Permanent Representative of the Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament
3. H.E. Mr. Mxolisi NKOSI, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva
4.  H.E. Mr. Ioan TUDOR, Director General, Department for Export Controls (ANCEX), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
5. H.E. Mr. Carlos FORADORI, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva
6. H.E. Mr. David RILEY, Permanent Representative of the UK to the Conference on Disarmament
7. Ms. Rachel STOHL, Senior Vice President, Stimson Center
   

THEMATIC DISCUSSION ON INTERAGENCY COOPERATION

The thematic discussion on Interagency Cooperation will take place after the special session on ATT@10, from 12h00 to 13h00. The session will take the format of a panel discussion involving the following speakers:

1. H.E. Ms. Francisca E. MÉNDEZ ESCOBAR, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva
2. H.E. Dr. Lansana GBERIE, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva
3. Ms. Domina Pia S. SALAZAR, Officer-in-Charge and Assistant Director of the Strategic Trade Management Office at the Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines
4. Mr. Roy ISBISTER, Team Leader, Arms Unit, Saferworld
5. Dr. Paul HOLTOM, Programme Head, Conventional Arms & Ammunition Programme, UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Registration Process

The online registration to CSP10 is closed. For late registrations please contact registration@thearmstradetreaty.org.  

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 Tenth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP10).

PLEASE NOTE: Note verbales and formal letters submitted for registration to CSP10 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 CSP10 (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.

PLEASE NOTE: Every State that registers for CSP10 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 CSP10 (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.

Civil Society Organizations including NGOs and Industry wishing to send a delegation to CSP10 (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.

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.

Media representatives are requested to submit their credentials for accreditation to the ATT Secretariat at registration@thearmstradetreaty.org.

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, 16 August 2024 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

CSP10 Venue

The Tenth Conference of States Parties to the ATT (CSP10) will be held from 19-23 August 2024 at

Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG)

Rue de Verembe 17, Geneva, Switzerland

See directions

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)

Side Events

Printable version of all Side Events (as of 16 August 2024)

Printable version of Room Allocations (as of 16 August 2024)

You can find the agenda here.

Conference Documents

The official documents for CSP10 are available in all languages on this webpage.

• CSP10 Final Report - English   Arabic   Chinese   French   Russian   Spanish
• CSP10 List of Participants (here)

Statements

Speakers' List

The Speakers’ List for the Tenth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP10) 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: CSP10 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 CSP10 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 CSP10 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 CSP10 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 CSP10, indicating the order in which participants inscribed on the list will be called on to speak under the relevant agenda item(s). 

Anyone wishing to speak must submit a request to the ATT Secretariat at info@thearmstradetreaty.org 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).

The Speakers’ List shall be drawn according to the provisions of the ATT Rules of Procedure. Accordingly, 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 will be given priority.

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 submit to the ATT Secretariat electronic copies of all statements in advance of CSP10 (or in advance of each session of the meetings) by emailing them to info@thearmstradetreaty.org. If you wish your statement to be published on the ATT website, please also indicate this clearly in your e-mail.

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. 

Presentations

Exhibitions

There is a possibility of holding exhibitions outside the conference room where the Tenth Conference of States Parties (CSP10) will be taking place at CICG, from 19-23 August 2024.

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 2024.