NGO Statements to the Sixth Review Conference:
(Derived from the BWPP’s and listed organizations’ websites)

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and the Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Weapons
(Word document)

University of Bradford Department of Peace Studies

International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES) for Global Responsibility

Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC)

Friends World Committee for Consultations

London School of Economics

Pax Christi International

Arms Control Association
Statement by Oliver Meier, International Representative of the Arms Control Association

Pugwash Council
Statement by Sergey Batsanov, Director of the Geneva Office for Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

Landau Network - Centro Volta
Statement by Paolo Fontana, LNCV, Como, Italy

TriValley CARE
Statement by Loulena Miles, Staff Attorney for Tri-Valley CAREs

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (html)
Statement by Susi M. Snyder, Secretary General

Research Group for Biological Arms Control, Hamburg University

Biological Weapons Prevention Project

Center for Biosecurity for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Statement by Gigi Kwik Gronvall, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, Senior Associate at the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

Institute for Security Studies, South Africa

Additional NGO statements will be posted as they are made available.

NGO Papers:

From Biological Arms Control to Biosecurity Governance:
What Role for the BWC?
David P. Fidler
Professor of Law and Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Member, Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Weapons.
November 2006

Local Regulation of Biocontainment Laboratories: Enhancing Biosafety, Biosecurity and Transparency
Lynn C. Klotz, PhD
Scientists Working Group on Chemical and Biological Weapons
Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation
November 15, 2006

In-Depth Implementation of the BTWC: Education and Outreach
by Brian Rappert, Marie Chevrier, and Malcolm Dando
Bradford Review Conference Papers, No. 18
November 2006

Review Conference Progress Reports
BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP)
Updated daily during the Conference

A Global Trade Monitoring Regime for Bioweapons Related Items
Gunnar Jeremias
Research Group for Biological Arms Control at Hamburg University
November 2006

Strengthening the Confidence Building Measure Regime: A Catalogue of Recommendations (Occasional Paper)
Nicolas Isla
Research Group for Biological Arms Control at Hamburg University
October 2006

NGO Events:
(as listed on the UNOG website)

Key Points for the Sixth Review Conference
University of Bradford (UK)
Monday, November 20, 2006

Scientific and Technological Developments Relevant to the BWC
Royal Society (UK)
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Briefing Book for the Sixth Review Conference
British American Security Information Council, Harvard-Sussex Program, and the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Biodefense research and High Containment Laboratories: Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of the BWC
Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
Thursday, November 23, 2006

The Biological Weapons Threat and Nonproliferation Policy Options: A Survey of Senior US Decision Makers and Policy Shapers
Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA)
Friday, November 24, 2006

Biodefense Research
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (Switzerland)
Monday, November 27, 2006

Strengthening the BWC by Enhancing Transparency: the CBMs and Beyond
Hamburg Center for Biological Arms Control and Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation/Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Weapons
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Promoting Biosafety and Biosecurity: International Standard for Biorisk Management in Microbiological Containment Facilities
European Biosafety Association
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Governance for Biological Threat Reduction: A Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary, International Approach
Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA)
Thursday, November 30, 2006

Bio-Science Development & Preventing Bio-Crimes: Uniting Future Strategies, De Paul University
DePaul University College of Law (USA)
Monday, December 4, 2006

National implementing legislation
Interpol and the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre
Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Title To Be Announced
Green Cross Switzerland
Wednesday, December 6, 2006