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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 »
- December 7, 2010
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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 »
- December 3, 2010
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, International, and Policy & Initiatives
NATO Experts Discuss WMD Terror Countermeasures
NATO this week hosted discussions by roughly 50 experts on preparations for dealing with terrorist attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons (see GSN, Aug. 5). The three-day session that began Tuesday in the Czech city of Brno offered participants the opportunity to exchange knowledge on WMD “resources” available to extremists and on equipment Read More »
- October 15, 2010
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, and Biological Weapons
Notification of Single Source Cooperative Agreement Award for the World Health Organization (WHO)
Notification of Single Source Cooperative Agreement Award for the World Health Organization (WHO)
- August 11, 2010
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, and Countermeasures
Risk Management in Agriculture: What Role for Governments?
(OECD) Agricultural risk management policies should focus on catastrophic risks, according to this overview. Managing normal risk should be the preserve of farmers themselves, not of government policy.
- November 8, 2000
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives