Participation
The primary role of PSI participants is to abide by the Statement of Interdiction Principles, with the primary purpose of interdicting subject weapons and materials. Additionally, participants are recommended to enact legal statutes to facilitate effective interdiction and seizure of such items. Finally, participants are to take measures to ensure that their national facilities are not utilized to transfer illicit weapon cargoes.
In the United States, the program is managed by the National Security Staff working out of the White House, with The Pentagon and intelligence agencies playing lead roles. The United States Department of State Bureau of Nonproliferation also plays a role in the PSI, including leading foreign outreach efforts in the initiave, as well as maintaining the "Focal Point" for the initiative, a US-led function to keep track of actions and other procedural matters.
Participation in PSI activities generally include OEG meetings, live exercises, command post exercises, tabletop exercises, seminars, workshops, and other WMD Interdiction training. The Department of State notes that as of June 2011 PSI has held 25 OEG, Regional OEG or "High Level Political" meetings and 47 other exercises, workshops or "gaming" events.
Current members include:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas, The
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bosnia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Korea, Republic of
- Kyrgyzstan
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
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