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PSI Background

• Launched May 31, 2003

• A global effort to stop trafficking of WMD, their delivery systems, and related materials to and from states and non-state actors of proliferation concern

• Provides states with a framework for strengthening counterproliferation capabilities; a state-to-state cooperation enabler

• Statement of Interdiction Principles identifies specific steps participants can take to interdict

WMD-related shipments and prevent proliferation

PSI is…

• A political commitment (107 endorsing states)

• A flexible arrangement of international cooperation

• A robust capacity-building activity

• Based on voluntary, national actions

• Consistent with domestic and international legal authorities and frameworks

• Dependent on strong interagency processes

PSI is not…

• A legally-binding, rules-based regime

• A source of new authorities to interdict WMD, their delivery systems, and related materials

• Administered by a Secretariat or governed by consensus

• A coordinator of real-world interdictions

PSI Endorsing States

Afghanistan Albania Andorra Angola Antigua/Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Belarus Belgium Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Canada Chile Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti

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San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St. Lucia St. Vincent/Grenadines Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan Vanuatu Yemen Vietnam

Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Estonia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liberia

Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Marshall Islands Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco The Netherlands New Zealand North Macedonia Norway Oman Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Samoa

PSI Critical Capabilities and Practices (CCP) Elements

1. Prohibiting Proliferation-Related Conduct

• Having in place appropriate legal authorities to prohibit and prevent proliferation activity within and across one’s borders

2. Inspection and Identification

• The ability to effectively inspect air, land, and sea cargoes and to identify proliferation-related materials.

3. Seizure and Disposition

• The ability to undertake appropriate actions to seize and dispose of interdiction-related materials.

4. Rapid Decision Making

• The development of decision-making practices that facilitate timely government responses to interdiction scenarios.

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PSI Exercises, Games, Workshops

• Over 140 conducted since 2003

• Tabletop, LIVEX/PORTEX, Game, Workshop

• Maritime, air, and ground scenarios

• Objectives:

• Sustain political will to take action to interdict illicit WMD-related material

• Develop national and international counterproliferation interdiction capabilities

• Send a strategic message to proliferators and those who support proliferation activities

• Conduct outreach to nations who have not yet endorsed the Statement of Interdiction Principles

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