On November 7-9 Researcher Elena Gai took part in the Moscow Non-Proliferation Conference. Every two years the Conference gathers hundreds of experts and officials from government, international organisations and NGOs to tackle the most pressing challenges in the non-proliferation field. The Conference featured presentations on the future of the non-proliferation regime and the priorities of Russia’s […]
On 31 October – 1 November 2019, VERTIC ran a table-top exercise on investigations of alleged use of biological weapons under the UN Secretary General Mechanism (UNSGM). The exercise aimed at identifying practical challenges that a deployed UNSGM investigation team may face, and explore possible strategies to mitigate and overcome them. In particular, the exercise […]
VERTIC Executive Director Andreas Persbo, Programme Director Larry MacFaul, Senior Researcher Alberto Muti and Researcher Elena Gai attended the 63rd IAEA General Conference. The conference was a great opportunity to be informed on the most advanced instruments to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of safeguards implementation, safeguards and regional cooperation, as well as concrete future […]
On 18-19 March Senior Researcher Alberto Muti and Researcher Elena Gai visited Senegal where they presented a workshop on ‘Coordinating Stakeholders in Safeguards Reporting’.
In Trust & Verify’s first Verification Watch article, Researcher Elena Gai writes about the Hanoi Summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-Un. Before one thinks about how to verify, it is essential to consider what to verify. While there has been some progress on denuclearisation, much more remains to be done.