(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The EU Foreign Affairs Council Monday extended the implementation period for EU support to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the UN Security Council resolution 2118 (2013).
The EU funds were initially granted in December 2013 and will be prolonged until 30 September 2015, said the Council in a statement tonight.
Further, the Council allocated 3.8 million euro to support states in the Sahel region in conducting physical security and stockpile management activities to reduce the risk of illicit trade in small arms and light weapons.
The Council also allocated 990,000 euro for activities in support of the Hague Code of Conduct, HCOC, against ballistic missile proliferation.
The funds will be used for information and communication, action to strengthen ballistic missile non-proliferation and outreach activities for the universalization of HCOC, it noted.
The HCOC was launched in November 2002, at a conference hosted by the Netherlands in The Hague.
As of July 2014, 137 countries have subscribed to the HCOC which is aimed at supporting efforts to curb ballistic missile proliferation worldwide.
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