G-8 Global Partnership
November 3, 2002
For more information contact: Robert Gard, rgard@armscontrolcenter.org
About the Partnership
At the 2002 G-8 Summit in Kannanaskis, Canada, participating countries
established the G-8 Global Partnership to Prevent the Spread of Weapons and
Materials of Mass Destruction. The Global Partnership calls for spending
$20 billion over the next 10 years to secure and destroy nuclear, chemical,
and biological weapons and materials in the former Soviet Union. The
United States will commit half of the funding, with the other half to come
from the remaining G-8 countries.
At the 2003 summit in Evian, France, the G-8 leaders reiterated their commitment to the Global Partnership, calling the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction "the preeminent threat to international security." The leaders at the summit issued a joint statement delclaring that the G-8 will work "together and with other partners, including through relevant institutions, in particular those of the United Nations system."
After the summit, the White House announced that five new countries- Finland, Poland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland- will join the Global Partnership. Participating countries will initiate several new projects in Russia this year, including a Japanese initiative to dismantle nuclear submarines in the Far East and a German effort to help secure 17 Russian fissile material sites.
Recent Documents
Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destrucion- a G-8 Declaration
Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction- Securing Radioactive Sources- a G-8 Statement
Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction- Securing Radioactive Sources- a G-8 Action Plan
"Stopping the Spread of WMD," White House Fact Sheet, June 2, 2003
Contributions by Country
| Country |
Planned Contributions[i] |
Funds Obligated To Date[ii] |
Projects |
|
Germany |
Approximately $1.76 billion |
From 1993 to 2002 Germany gave 63.25 million Euros in assistance projects, including approximately $55 million in CTR aid from 2001-2002 |
Expects to begin in June projects to increase physical protection at 17 sites storing fissile material[iii] |
|
Italy |
Approximately $1.17 billion |
Gave approximately $13.5 million in CTR aid from 2001-2002 |
Made bilateral agreement in 2000 with Russia to help fund construction of chemical weapons elimination facility in Schuch’ye[iv] |
|
U.S. |
$10 billion |
From FY 1992 through FY 2003, the United States allocated over $8 billion, and President Bush has requested another $1 billion for FY 2004[v] |
Continuation of existing activities at approximately $1 billion per year; began construction in March of the chemical weapons destruction facility at Shchuch'ye, which will destroy Russian nerve-agent-filled weapons[vi] |
|
France |
Approximately $879 million |
Gave approximately $60-70 million in CTR aid from 2001-2002 |
Plans three projects to address concerns of nuclear fuel and solid waste from dismantled nuclear submarines[vii] |
|
Japan |
$200 million |
Gave approximately $350 million in CTR aid from 2001-2002 |
Reached agreement with Russia this year on a project for dismantlement of general purpose nuclear submarines in the Far East[viii] |
|
Canada |
Approximately $736 million |
Gave approximately $3.7 million in CTR aid from 2001-2002 |
Signed agreement with Russia in 2002 to help construct infrastructure of the Shchuch’ye facility[ix] |
|
U.K. |
$750 million |
Gave approximately $177 million in CTR aid from 2001-2002 |
Held workshops on the safety of nuclear facilities in Russia; helped fund construction of Schuch’ye facility; helped fund construction of Gorny facility; [x] began this year to construct the transformer station for the Shchuch'ye facility.[xi] |
|
EU |
Approximately $1.17 billion |
Gave approximately $145-148 million in contributions from 1992-2001[xii] |
Hopes to construct a pilot facility in Gorny for the elimination of chemical weapons and to carry out research projects on the transportation, storage, and disposition of plutonium[xiii] |
|
Russia |
$2 billion |
N/A |
N/A |
[i] "G-8
Partnership Makes Progress in Effort to Prevent Spread of WMD," State Department
Release, June 2, 2003.
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/texts/03060206.htm
[ii]"Protecting
Against the Spread of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons: Volume 4," Center
for Strategic and International Studies, January 2003.
http://www.csis.org/pubs/2003_protecting4.pdf
[iii]"Stopping
the Spread of WMD," White House Fact Sheet, June 2, 2003.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/06/20030602-12.html
[iv] CSIS report
[v] White House Fact Sheet
[vi] Ibid
[vii] Ibid
[viii] Ibid
[ix] CSIS report
[x] Ibid
[xi] White House Fact Sheet
[xii] CSIS report
[xiii] Ibid