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VERTIC staff speak about national implementation measures at several meetings held by other organizations.

If your organization will be holding an event to promote or facilitate national implementation of NBC obligations, and you would like to have it listed here, please send details to jane.awford@vertic.org.

2008


April

CWC Second Review Conference - Open Forum

Location: The Hague, The Netherlands

Date: 9 April 2008

Presenter: Angela Woodward, Executive Director, VERTIC

Angela will speak on CWC national implementation measures.

February

International Institute of Humanitarian Law - ‘The Chemical Weapons Convention between Disarmament and International Humanitarian Law’

Location: San Remo, Italy

Date: 12 February 2008

Presenter: Angela Woodward, Executive Director, VERTIC

Title: 'REPORT OF THE SEMINAR ON “THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION BETWEEN DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW'

English (PDF 66kb)

 

2007


DECEMBER

2007 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 10-14 December 2007

Presenter: Angela Woodward, Executive Director, VERTIC

Title: 'Practical contributions of civil society to national implementation and regional cooperation'

English (PDF 107kb)
Spanish (PDF 111kb)

NOVEMBER

OPCW Open-Ended Group Meeting concerning the Second Review Conference of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Date: 19 November 2007
Presenter: Rocio Escauriaza, VERTIC Research Assistant
Title: 'VERTIC statement to the OPCW Open-Ended Group Meeting'
English (PDF 102k)
Spanish (PDF 112k)

OPCW press release on the meeting

AUGUST

2007 Meeting of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 20-24 August 2007

Presenter: BWC Implementation Support Unit, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, Geneva

Title: 'International and Regional Initiatives to Enhance National Implementation of the Convention'

2007 Meeting of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 20-24 August 2007

Presenter: The Governments of the Kingdom of Netherlands and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Title: 'Building Capacity to Implement the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Summary of a VERTIC Project'

BWC-MSP-2007-MX-WP.3  

2007 Meeting of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 20-24 August 2007

Presenter: The Government of Switzerland

Title: 'National data collection processes for CBM submissions'
Paper written with the participation of VERTIC

ICRC Regional Meeting on National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in the Americas

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Date: 6-7 August 2007

Presenter: Angela Woodward

Title: 'National measures to prevent violations of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention'

JULY

UN 1540 Committee meeting with non-governmental organizations (NGOs)working on UNSCR 1540 projects

Location: New York, New York, USA

Date: 12 July 2007

VERTIC representative: Angela Woodward

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2006

DECEMBER

VERTIC/Interpol seminar at the BWC Sixth Review Conference

Location: Geneva, Switzerland (on the margins of the BWC Sixth Review Conference)

Date: 5 Dec 2006

Presenter: Angela Woodward

Title:  'Interpol's Model Law to prohibit biocrimes and to promote biosafety and biosecurity'

NOVEMBER

ICRC Regional Workshop on International Humanitarian Law: 'New Treaties and Implementation—the East Asian perspective'

Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Date: 30 Nov-1 Dec
Presenter: Angela Woodward
Title: 'The national implementation of weapons related treaties'

VERTIC Statement to the Sixth Review Conference for the 1972 Biological Weapons Conference

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 21 November 2006

Presenter: Michael Crowley

South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSU) Conference: 'Strengthened Export Controls: Pakistan's Export Control Experience—Current and Future Challenges and Options'

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Date: 16-17 November 2006

Presenter: Andreas Persbo

Title: 'UN Security Council Resolution 1540 and its relevance for global export controls'

SOAS and British Pugwash Conference: 'The Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone'

Location: London, United Kingdom

Date: 7 November

Presenter: Michael Crowley

Title: 'Steps towards a Middle East WMD Free Zone—examining verification and national implementation measures'

Further information about the conference >>

AUGUST

ICRC Regional Workshop on International Humanitarian Law

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date: 22-23 August 2006

Presenter: Angela Woodward

Title: 'National measures to implement the Biological Weapons Convention in Latin America' ('Medidas tomadas por los Estados de América Latina para aplicar la Convención de 1972 sobre armas biológicas')

JULY

Interpol Regional Training Workshop on Bioterrorism

Location: Santiago, Chile

Date: 10-14 July 2006

Presenter: Angela Woodward

Title: 'A Model Law: The Biological and Toxin Weapons Crimes Act'

MARCH

Interpol Bioterrorism Prevention Training Workshop for Asian countries

Location: Singapore

Date: 27-31 March 2006

Presenter: Angela Woodward

Title: 'A Model Law: The Biological and Toxin Weapons Crimes Act'

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