Taking Stock of Biological Weapons Convention National Implementation 🧫🧑🏾‍🔬📜

Under Article IV of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention, States Parties are obliged to take any necessary measures to prohibit and prevent biological weapons at the national level. On the first anniversary of the launch of the UNIDIR-VERTIC Database on National Implementation Measures of the BWC, UNIDIR and VERTIC organised a lunchtime event on BWC national implementation at the fourth meeting of the Working Group to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention.

This event brought together scholars and diplomats to provide an overview of trends in national implementation and explored challenges and opportunities to advance the implementation of the BWC. The event began with a moderated discussion among experts followed by a Q&A session with the audience. A light lunch was offered to participants prior to the event.

Agenda:

M. James Revill, Head of the WMD Programme (UNIDIR) – Welcome remarks
Dr. Sonia Drobysz, Senior Researcher (UNIDIR) – Overview of BWC national implementation
Miss Athikarn Bell Dilogwathana, Counsellor (Permanent Mission of Thailand) – Experience with national implementation of the BWC and the role of national authorities

When and Where: Friday, 23 August 2024, 13:15 to 14:45 CEST, in Room XXII, Palais des Nations, UN Geneva, and online.

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