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BWC Nations Should Weigh Impact of New Research, U.N. Chief Says

States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention should establish a system for assessing how scientific and technological advances could affect efforts to rid the world of biological weapons, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement to a meeting of the countries that started yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 3).

BWC Meeting Held This Week – Ban Urges Coordination of Scientific Advances for Biological Disarmament

The 2010 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention will be held this week at the United Nations Office in Geneva. The five-day meeting, which began Monday in Geneva, will consider various proposals aimed at exploring practical approaches for strengthening the Convention and promoting its full implementation. The meeting of States parties is  Read More »

Bioweapons Pact Members to Discuss Attack Response

Signatories to the Biological Weapons Convention are set to meet next week in Geneva, Switzerland, for an annual meeting expected to focus on providing aid and coordinating with outside agencies in the event of a biological weapons incident, according to a United Nations press release (see GSN, Nov. 29). During the five-day gathering, BWC member  Read More »

U.S. Will Expand Biosecurity Work to Africa, Official Says

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction initiative will work to secure deadly pathogens in Africa to prevent their use as tools of bioterrorism, a key Defense Department official said yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 15). (Nov. 23) – U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), shown in 2008, recently led a U.S. delegation to study biosecurity measures  Read More »

US warns of bioterrorism threat in East Africa

Business Daily AfricaUS warns of bioterrorism threat in East AfricaBusiness Daily Africa… in the region – that's why they are being studied, points out Gigi Kwik Gronvall, senior associate at the UPMC Centre for Biosecurity in Pittsburgh. …Sen. Lugar highlights potential bioterrorism threat posed by unsecured medical …News-Medical.netUS Sees Vulnerabilities at Kenyan BiolabsGlobal Security Newswireall  Read More »

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