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NIM launches French and Spanish versions of misconceptions report

VERTIC’s National Implementation Measures (NIM) Programme is delighted to announce the public launch of the French and Spanish language editions of its report “Addressing misconceptions about biological and chemical weapons and related legal frameworks”. Download the report here (FR) and here (SP). The main purpose of this resource is to disprove misconceptions about biological and […]

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New publication: The BWC Ninth Review Conference: an overview of outcomes, outlooks and national implementation

  VERTIC’s National Implementation Measures (NIM) Programme is pleased to announce the launch of a new Brief “The BWC Ninth Review Conference: an overview of outcomes, outlooks and national implementation”. Download the Brief here. Following the conclusion of the Biological Weapons Convention’s Ninth Review Conference in December 2022, this Brief analyses the outcomes and outlook […]

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Welcoming new CMM Researcher: Roel Walravens

We are delighted to welcome the latest addition to the VERTIC team, Roel Walravens. Roel joined VERTIC in March 2023 as a Researcher on the Compliance Mechanisms and Measures Programme and is based in London. Roel completed an LLM in Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London, where he wrote his dissertation on […]

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New publication: Understanding States’ Experiences in Safeguards: Challenges to and Opportunities for Entry into Force and Implementation

VERTIC’s Verification and Monitoring (VM) Programme is pleased to announce the public launch of a new report “Understanding States’ Experiences in Safeguards: Challenges to and Opportunities for Entry into Force and Implementation”. Download the report here. The report is the result of a Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)-VERTIC project that aimed to provide […]

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New publication: Addressing misconceptions about biological and chemical weapons and related legal frameworks

VERTIC’s National Implementation Measures (NIM) Programme is delighted to announce the public launch of a new report “Addressing misconceptions about biological and chemical weapons and related legal frameworks”. Download the report here. The main purpose of this resource is to disprove misconceptions about biological and chemical weapons and related international instruments. It addresses misconceptions about […]

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Welcoming new VM Research Assistant: Hailey Wingo

We are delighted to welcome the latest addition to the VERTIC team, Hailey Wingo. Hailey joined VERTIC in January 2023 as a Research Assistant in the Verification and Monitoring Programme and is based in London. Hailey completed an MA in Science and International Security from King’s College London, where she wrote her dissertation on responsible […]

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Trust & Verify no. 171, Winter 2022

  This Winter’s edition of T&V opens with two lead articles on a US perspective on mitigating risks related to military assistance to Ukraine and the UNSGM Capstone Exercise. The rest of the edition covers a wide range of topics, from the Review Conferences of the BWC and NPT to post-quantum cryptography. Arming Ukraine and […]

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BWC RevCon side event on BWC misconceptions

On 13 December 2022, NIM held a side event to the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), with speakers from the government of the United Kingdom, the Foundation for Strategic Research and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. The team organised this event to discuss relevant misconceptions (with a focus on BWC-related […]

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BWC RevCon side event on legislative assistance

On 2 December 2022, NIM held a side event to the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), with speakers from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). The event presented the NIM programme’s legislative assistance activities for implementation of the BWC under an ongoing […]

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NIM Legal Officer participates in P61 closing event

On 28 and 29 November 2022 in Bali, Indonesia a closing event was held for European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative (EU CBRN CoE) Project 61 SEACHEM – Sound Management of Chemicals and their Associated Wastes in Southeast Asia. NIM Legal Officer Thomas Brown participated in the closing […]

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