Arms control & disarmament projects

National implementation workshops and seminars in 2006

VERTIC and UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) seminar for London diplomatic community
Foreign & Commonwealth Office(FCO)
London, 12 June 2006
VERTIC and the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) recently organized a seminar for diplomats based in London on 'Approaches to national legislation for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons agreements'. The seminar, which took place on Monday 12 June 2006 at the FCO, attracted representatives from 35 embassies and high commissions. It was the latest event in VERTIC's series of seminars to raise states' awareness of the importance of implementing national measures for WMD agreements. The seminar and workshops series is part of VERTIC's project: 'Building states' capacity to implement nuclear and biological weapons treaties, norms and UN Security Council Resolutions'. The programme and presentations are available below:

Programme

Presentations
Introduction: why implement national measures?
Mr Michael Crowley
Executive Director, VERTIC

UN Security Council Resolution 1540
Mr Volker Beck
Expert, UN 1540 Committee

National biological weapons law
Ms Angela Woodward
Deputy Director, VERTIC

National chemical weapons law
Dr Olufemi Elias
Senior Legal Officer, Office of Legal Affairs
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

National nuclear weapons law
Mr Andreas Persbo
Arms Control and Disarmament Researcher (Nuclear), VERTIC

VERTIC would like to thank the UK Global Opportunities Fund (GOF) for funding this event. For further information, please contact Jane Awford, VERTIC's Information Officer and Networker, by email: jane.awford@vertic.org or by telephone: +44 (0) 20 7065 0880.

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