GWG
@gwg-mfa.bsky.social
Director for disarmament and nonproliferation @MFA_Austria
Head of HCoC Secretariat
Passionate EUropean & Multilateralist
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Head of HCoC Secretariat
Passionate EUropean & Multilateralist
Repost ≠ endorsement
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SESSION 3: HCoC as Multilateral CBM Deep dive into the HCoC with:
Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social
[UR] Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair)
[AU] GW Gallhofer @gwg-mfa.bsky.social
🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board!
#HagueCode #CBM
Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social
[UR] Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair)
[AU] GW Gallhofer @gwg-mfa.bsky.social
🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board!
#HagueCode #CBM
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
SESSION 3: HCoC as Multilateral CBM Deep dive into the HCoC with:
Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social
[UR] Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair)
[AU] GW Gallhofer @gwg-mfa.bsky.social
🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board!
#HagueCode #CBM
Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social
[UR] Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair)
[AU] GW Gallhofer @gwg-mfa.bsky.social
🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board!
#HagueCode #CBM
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🚀Kicking-off in Pretoria
💼 #HCoC regional seminar " Missile Proliferation: What Role For Confidence-Building Measures Such As The HCoC?" is opening!
👥 With @frstrategie.bsky.social, @euinsa.bsky.social, DIRCO & @vertic.bsky.social
#NonProliferation #RSA #Security
💼 #HCoC regional seminar " Missile Proliferation: What Role For Confidence-Building Measures Such As The HCoC?" is opening!
👥 With @frstrategie.bsky.social, @euinsa.bsky.social, DIRCO & @vertic.bsky.social
#NonProliferation #RSA #Security
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🚀Kicking-off in Pretoria
💼 #HCoC regional seminar " Missile Proliferation: What Role For Confidence-Building Measures Such As The HCoC?" is opening!
👥 With @frstrategie.bsky.social, @euinsa.bsky.social, DIRCO & @vertic.bsky.social
#NonProliferation #RSA #Security
💼 #HCoC regional seminar " Missile Proliferation: What Role For Confidence-Building Measures Such As The HCoC?" is opening!
👥 With @frstrategie.bsky.social, @euinsa.bsky.social, DIRCO & @vertic.bsky.social
#NonProliferation #RSA #Security
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We welcome the readiness by Russia & the US to adhere to the #NewSTART limits for a year after expiry. More nuclear weapons won’t make anyone safer – neither the US, nor Russia nor the rest of the world. Let us use this time to get to deeper cuts through a new agreement.
October 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We welcome the readiness by Russia & the US to adhere to the #NewSTART limits for a year after expiry. More nuclear weapons won’t make anyone safer – neither the US, nor Russia nor the rest of the world. Let us use this time to get to deeper cuts through a new agreement.
Packed room as the 69th #IAEAGC kicks off - definitely one of the more tense ones with many pressing issues from non-proliferation to nuclear safety and security high on the agenda and impacting work in all areas. We will need plenty of #Viennaspirit
September 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Packed room as the 69th #IAEAGC kicks off - definitely one of the more tense ones with many pressing issues from non-proliferation to nuclear safety and security high on the agenda and impacting work in all areas. We will need plenty of #Viennaspirit
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SESSION 3: Deep dive into the HCoC with:
▪️ Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social
▪️ Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair)
▪️ @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, Executive secretariat, BMEIA
🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board!
#HagueCode #CBM #HCoC
▪️ Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social
▪️ Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair)
▪️ @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, Executive secretariat, BMEIA
🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board!
#HagueCode #CBM #HCoC
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
SESSION 3: Deep dive into the HCoC with:
▪️ Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social
▪️ Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair)
▪️ @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, Executive secretariat, BMEIA
🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board!
#HagueCode #CBM #HCoC
▪️ Alexandre Houdayer @frstrategie.bsky.social
▪️ Amb. Garofali (HCoC Chair)
▪️ @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, Executive secretariat, BMEIA
🔍 What is HCoC? How does it work? Obligations for subscribing states? 145 countries already on board!
#HagueCode #CBM #HCoC
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🚀AUJOURD'HUI À DJIBOUTI
L'atelier "Priorités pour Djibouti en matière de Non-prolifération" commence!
💼 Journée cruciale pour renforcer la sécurité régionale et promouvoir le #HCoC
👥 Avec @frstrategie.bsky.social, UE à Djibouti & nos partenaires djiboutiens
#NonProliferation #Djibouti #Security
L'atelier "Priorités pour Djibouti en matière de Non-prolifération" commence!
💼 Journée cruciale pour renforcer la sécurité régionale et promouvoir le #HCoC
👥 Avec @frstrategie.bsky.social, UE à Djibouti & nos partenaires djiboutiens
#NonProliferation #Djibouti #Security
September 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🚀AUJOURD'HUI À DJIBOUTI
L'atelier "Priorités pour Djibouti en matière de Non-prolifération" commence!
💼 Journée cruciale pour renforcer la sécurité régionale et promouvoir le #HCoC
👥 Avec @frstrategie.bsky.social, UE à Djibouti & nos partenaires djiboutiens
#NonProliferation #Djibouti #Security
L'atelier "Priorités pour Djibouti en matière de Non-prolifération" commence!
💼 Journée cruciale pour renforcer la sécurité régionale et promouvoir le #HCoC
👥 Avec @frstrategie.bsky.social, UE à Djibouti & nos partenaires djiboutiens
#NonProliferation #Djibouti #Security
At the #CTBTO #SNT conference opening @bmeia.gv.at Foreign Minister highlights today‘s polycrisis in which #nuclear #weapons play a part. The need for #cooperation is obvious to scientists - it needs to return to nuclear diplomacy, too, to eliminate the threat of #nukes to all of us once and for all
September 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
At the #CTBTO #SNT conference opening @bmeia.gv.at Foreign Minister highlights today‘s polycrisis in which #nuclear #weapons play a part. The need for #cooperation is obvious to scientists - it needs to return to nuclear diplomacy, too, to eliminate the threat of #nukes to all of us once and for all
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Flight path of ERIS FT-1, the first Australian space launch, planned for tonight (15 July) at 21:30 UTC (= 16 July local time).
July 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Flight path of ERIS FT-1, the first Australian space launch, planned for tonight (15 July) at 21:30 UTC (= 16 July local time).
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The nuclear threat isn’t a Cold War relic.
It’s back and it’s growing.
Here’s what you need to know 🧵👇
It’s back and it’s growing.
Here’s what you need to know 🧵👇
July 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The nuclear threat isn’t a Cold War relic.
It’s back and it’s growing.
Here’s what you need to know 🧵👇
It’s back and it’s growing.
Here’s what you need to know 🧵👇
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80 years ago, the #UNCharter was signed. It marked the beginning of a new world order based on int’l law & cooperation, where might does not make right but where the rule of law prevails.
In times like these, the #UNCharter should remain our guiding beacon of hope, more than ever.
In times like these, the #UNCharter should remain our guiding beacon of hope, more than ever.
Außenministerin Beate Meinl-Reisinger anlässlich des 80-jährigen Jubiläums der Satzung der UN
YouTube video by Österreichisches Außenministerium
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June 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
80 years ago, the #UNCharter was signed. It marked the beginning of a new world order based on int’l law & cooperation, where might does not make right but where the rule of law prevails.
In times like these, the #UNCharter should remain our guiding beacon of hope, more than ever.
In times like these, the #UNCharter should remain our guiding beacon of hope, more than ever.
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Am heutigen #MineAwarenessDay habe ich österreichische Soldaten besucht, die in 🇧🇦 die zivile Minenräumung durch Training unterstützen. Minen töten Zivilisten Jahrzehnte über die Konflikte hinaus und machen Land unnutzbar. Ich werde mich auch weiterhin für das Verbot dieser Waffen einsetzen.
April 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Am heutigen #MineAwarenessDay habe ich österreichische Soldaten besucht, die in 🇧🇦 die zivile Minenräumung durch Training unterstützen. Minen töten Zivilisten Jahrzehnte über die Konflikte hinaus und machen Land unnutzbar. Ich werde mich auch weiterhin für das Verbot dieser Waffen einsetzen.
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Glad to meet CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd UN Vienna. #Austria stands firm with 187 signatory states to put an end to #nucleartesting. Impressed how #CTBT & its International Monitoring System #IMS contribute to making the world safer! #TsunamiWarning #ClimateResearch
March 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Glad to meet CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd UN Vienna. #Austria stands firm with 187 signatory states to put an end to #nucleartesting. Impressed how #CTBT & its International Monitoring System #IMS contribute to making the world safer! #TsunamiWarning #ClimateResearch
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🆕🚨 Die (vorläufige) Außenhandelsbilanz für 2024 ist da! Österreich hat letztes Jahr fossile #Energie im Wert von netto 10 Milliarden Euro importiert. Das sind 1.092 € pro Kopf.
Ziel: Diese Kaufkraft-Abflüsse mit Erneuerbaren durch inländische (oder europäische) Wertschöpfung eintauschen.
Ziel: Diese Kaufkraft-Abflüsse mit Erneuerbaren durch inländische (oder europäische) Wertschöpfung eintauschen.
March 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🆕🚨 Die (vorläufige) Außenhandelsbilanz für 2024 ist da! Österreich hat letztes Jahr fossile #Energie im Wert von netto 10 Milliarden Euro importiert. Das sind 1.092 € pro Kopf.
Ziel: Diese Kaufkraft-Abflüsse mit Erneuerbaren durch inländische (oder europäische) Wertschöpfung eintauschen.
Ziel: Diese Kaufkraft-Abflüsse mit Erneuerbaren durch inländische (oder europäische) Wertschöpfung eintauschen.
The #TPNW #Scientific Advisory Group #TPNWSAG showcases the Treaty's fact-based argumentation. The facts speak for themselves. To further engage science & academia, a network was created, as #Austrian SAG member Prof. Seibert laid out. Read the SAG's updated report here: docs.un.org/en/TPNW/MSP/...
March 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The #TPNW #Scientific Advisory Group #TPNWSAG showcases the Treaty's fact-based argumentation. The facts speak for themselves. To further engage science & academia, a network was created, as #Austrian SAG member Prof. Seibert laid out. Read the SAG's updated report here: docs.un.org/en/TPNW/MSP/...
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If you are at the UN HQ for #TPNW3MSP then be sure not to miss this event happening today on the impact of nuclear weapons on children.
Join us to learn more insights from our report on the topic, hear from experts and more. Details for the event below ⬇️ #NuclearBan
Join us to learn more insights from our report on the topic, hear from experts and more. Details for the event below ⬇️ #NuclearBan
March 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If you are at the UN HQ for #TPNW3MSP then be sure not to miss this event happening today on the impact of nuclear weapons on children.
Join us to learn more insights from our report on the topic, hear from experts and more. Details for the event below ⬇️ #NuclearBan
Join us to learn more insights from our report on the topic, hear from experts and more. Details for the event below ⬇️ #NuclearBan
Full room at the #TPNW #Monitor side event by @bmeia.gv.at, #Ireland and @npaid.bsky.social - a great tool for universalization and implementation and for highlighting dangerous trends: the age of decreasing #nuclear #arsenals is over, as @nukestrat.bsky.social laid out. @akmentt.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Full room at the #TPNW #Monitor side event by @bmeia.gv.at, #Ireland and @npaid.bsky.social - a great tool for universalization and implementation and for highlighting dangerous trends: the age of decreasing #nuclear #arsenals is over, as @nukestrat.bsky.social laid out. @akmentt.bsky.social
And we‘re off at the #TPNW ‘s 3rd Meeting of States Parties. With increased international tensions and increased reliance by some on #NuclearWeapons our work is urgent to put the catastrophic humanitarian consequences & unacceptable risks at the center and make actual progress on nuclear disarmament
March 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And we‘re off at the #TPNW ‘s 3rd Meeting of States Parties. With increased international tensions and increased reliance by some on #NuclearWeapons our work is urgent to put the catastrophic humanitarian consequences & unacceptable risks at the center and make actual progress on nuclear disarmament
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Put together a quick first starter pack for the #TPNW, please let me know others I have missed and are already here on Bluesky!
go.bsky.app/J7NojMm
go.bsky.app/J7NojMm
January 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Put together a quick first starter pack for the #TPNW, please let me know others I have missed and are already here on Bluesky!
go.bsky.app/J7NojMm
go.bsky.app/J7NojMm
We need international norms and regulations more than ever at this time of high tensions - from regulating AI and #AWS to finally eliminating #nukes via the #TPNW. The @thebulletin.org ’s #doomsdayclock and @theelders.bsky.social ’ make an urgent call to action: “every second counts!” #disarmament
The #DoomsdayClock moves to 89 seconds to midnight.
Humanity stands closer to catastrophe than at any moment in its history.
How did we get here and what must we do now?
Chair of The Elders, Juan Manuel Santos, gives an urgent diagnosis.
@thebulletin.org
Humanity stands closer to catastrophe than at any moment in its history.
How did we get here and what must we do now?
Chair of The Elders, Juan Manuel Santos, gives an urgent diagnosis.
@thebulletin.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We need international norms and regulations more than ever at this time of high tensions - from regulating AI and #AWS to finally eliminating #nukes via the #TPNW. The @thebulletin.org ’s #doomsdayclock and @theelders.bsky.social ’ make an urgent call to action: “every second counts!” #disarmament
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Alles Gute zum 4. Geburtstag!
Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag trat am 22.1.2021 in Kraft. Erinnere mich an coronabedingte, eiskalte, aber nicht weniger herzliche Feier vor den Toren des @bmeia.gv.at ua mit @akmentt.bsky.social, @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, @thomasroithner.bsky.social.
Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag trat am 22.1.2021 in Kraft. Erinnere mich an coronabedingte, eiskalte, aber nicht weniger herzliche Feier vor den Toren des @bmeia.gv.at ua mit @akmentt.bsky.social, @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, @thomasroithner.bsky.social.
January 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Alles Gute zum 4. Geburtstag!
Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag trat am 22.1.2021 in Kraft. Erinnere mich an coronabedingte, eiskalte, aber nicht weniger herzliche Feier vor den Toren des @bmeia.gv.at ua mit @akmentt.bsky.social, @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, @thomasroithner.bsky.social.
Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag trat am 22.1.2021 in Kraft. Erinnere mich an coronabedingte, eiskalte, aber nicht weniger herzliche Feier vor den Toren des @bmeia.gv.at ua mit @akmentt.bsky.social, @gwg-mfa.bsky.social, @thomasroithner.bsky.social.
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🇦🇹 Congratulations to Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and the Austrian Foreign Ministry for being selected as the 2024 “Arms Control Persons of the Year”! 👏 👏
#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
ow.ly/t1Bl50UGQ6O
#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
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January 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🇦🇹 Congratulations to Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and the Austrian Foreign Ministry for being selected as the 2024 “Arms Control Persons of the Year”! 👏 👏
#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
ow.ly/t1Bl50UGQ6O
#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
ow.ly/t1Bl50UGQ6O
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New article in @armscontrolnow.bsky.social by @akmentt.bsky.social on autonomous weapons makes a great point:
"At a time when international rules and norms are in a critical condition, giving power to only the most militarized states is a
political failure."
www.armscontrol.org/aca/2147
"At a time when international rules and norms are in a critical condition, giving power to only the most militarized states is a
political failure."
www.armscontrol.org/aca/2147
Arms Control Association | The authoritative source on arms control since 1971.
www.armscontrol.org
January 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New article in @armscontrolnow.bsky.social by @akmentt.bsky.social on autonomous weapons makes a great point:
"At a time when international rules and norms are in a critical condition, giving power to only the most militarized states is a
political failure."
www.armscontrol.org/aca/2147
"At a time when international rules and norms are in a critical condition, giving power to only the most militarized states is a
political failure."
www.armscontrol.org/aca/2147
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🇦🇹 #Austria Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for convening the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems and for advancing a #UN General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systems. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...
January 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🇦🇹 #Austria Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for convening the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems and for advancing a #UN General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systems. Cast your vote at http://ArmsControl.o...