Transcripts

	PLENARY SESSION III. The Security in Northeast Asia: Threats, Vulnerabilities and Risks • Choe Son Hui, President, Institute for American Studies (IFAS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPRK • Robert Carlin, Visiting Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, United States • Teng Jianqun, Director, Center for Arms Control and International Security Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ChinaJianqun, Director, Center for Arms Control and International Security Studies, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China • Alexndr Vorontsov, Advisor, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS); Director, Department for Korean and Mongolian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation Download as .pdf
	KEYNOTE ADDRESS. Russia and the Future of Nuclear Energy • • Nikolai Spasskiy, Ambassador; Deputy Director General for International Relations, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, Russian Federation Download as .pdf
	KEYNOTE ADDRESS. Why I'm Optimistic about the Future of the CTBT • Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary, Preparatory Commission, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) PLENARY SESSION V. CTBT: Critical Steps for Treaty's Entry into Force • Hans Blix, Member of the Group of Eminent Persons (GEM), CTBTO; Fmr. IAEA Director General (1981–1997), Sweden • Siegfried Hecker, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University; Fmr. Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (1986–1997), United States • Sha Zukang, Member of the Group of Eminent Persons (GEM), CTBTO; Fmr. Ambassador of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva (2001–2007), China • Jong Nam Hyok, Research Associate, Institute for American Studies (IFAS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPRK Download as .pdf
	PLENARY SESSION VI. JCPOA Implementation: Achievements, Challenges, and Long-Term Sustainability • Sergey Ryabkov, Ambassador; Deputy Foreign Minister, Russian Federation • Helga SCHMID, Secretary General, European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union • Wendy Sherman, Ambassador; Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University; Fmr. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2011–2015), United States • Abbas Araghchi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Iran • Cornel Feruta, Chief Coordinator, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Download as .pdf
	CONCURRENT SESSION 1. Sanctions in Nonproliferation: Helpful or Counterproductive? • Mark Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies-Americas (IISS-US), United States • Tariq Rauf, Fmr. Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination, Office of External Relations and Policy Coordination (2002–2011); Fmr. Alternate Head of IAEA NPT Delegation, International Atomic Energy Agency (2003–2011), Canada • Mikael Agasandyan, Deputy Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation • Bijan Khajehpour, Managing and Founding Partner, Atieh International, Austria Commentators: • Seyed Hossein Sadat Meidani, Professor of International Law, School of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran • Dmitry Kiku, Expert, The Panel of Experts Established Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009) Download as .pdf
	CONCURRENT SESSION 3. JCPOA and Progress on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with Iran • Vladimir Kuchinov, Advisor to the Director General, State Corporation on Atomic Energy ‘Rosatom', Russian Federation • Klemen Polak, Head, JCPOA Procurement Channel Section; Counsellor, European Union Delegation to the International Organizations in Vienna • Mitsuru Kitano, Permanent Representative, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna • Ali Akbar Rezaei, Director General for International Affairs, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Iran Download as .pdf
	Plenary session VII. Reducing Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: Possible Steps and the Role of Multilateral Diplomacy • Oleg Burmistrov, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation • Guo Xiaobing, Director, Research Fellow, Institute of Security and Arms Control, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), China • Suzanne DiMaggio, Director, The U.S.–Iran Initiative; Senior Fellow, New America, United States • Choe Son Hui, President, Institute for American Studies (IFAS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPRK Комментаторы: • Shin Beomcheol, Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA); Fmr. Director-General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA, 2013–2016), Republic of Korea • Georgy Toloraya, Chair, Regional Programs, “Russkiy Mir” Foundation; Director, Asian Strategy Center, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russian Federation Download as .pdf

This section offers a number of transcripts from The 2017 MNC plenary/concurrent sessions and keynote addresses by the Conference's guests of honour. 

Disclaimer: The 2017 MNC organisers did not aim to decode and provide transcripts of all of the Conference sessions, just a selected number of such.