Posted by Alan Pearson at 8:44 pm on November 29, 2006
The Chair of our Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Weapons, Dr. Marie Chevrier, traveled to Geneva this week for a lunchtime seminar for BWC Conference delegates on strengthening the BWC by enhancing transparency (advert: we co-sponsored this seminar with the Hamburg Research Group for Biological Arms Control.) She has this to say […]
Posted by Alan Pearson at 8:20 pm on November 27, 2006
Between travel back to the United States, and the fact that news is slim now that the States Parties are firmly ensconced behind close doors, there has been less to report about the BWC RevCon in recent days – and family and friends to enjoy.
Still, in Europe they don’t do Thanksgiving (except presumably in the […]
Posted by Alan Pearson at 12:47 am on November 23, 2006
The doors were pulled shut on Tuesday afternoon as the BWC States Parties began their formal article-by-article review of the operation of the Convention. First, however, additional opening statements were presented by several member states. Various intergovernmental organizations made presentations as well.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) noted that “both the urgency […]
Posted by Alan Pearson at 1:11 am on November 21, 2006
The Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention began today (okay, by now it’s yesterday) in sunny Geneva with the election of Ambassador Masood Khan of Pakistan as President of the Conference and an opening speech by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. States Parties to the Convention spent the remainder of the first […]
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