BioWeapons Prevention Project

• BWPP news
  • Jean Pascal Zanders has taken up the position of Research Fellow at the European Union Insitute for Security Studies (EU-ISS) in Paris as of 1 June 2008. The BWPP Board of Directors has appointed Kathryn McLaughlin as Acting Director.
• New States Parties to the BTWC
  • Zambia (Accession effective 15 January 2008)
  • Madagascar (Ratification effective 7 March 2008)
  • United Arab Emirates (Ratification effective July 2008)

   

  • Status BTWC (7 July 2008): 162 States Parties, 13 Signatory States and 20 Non-Signatory States
• Seminars and workshops
  • 15-16 November 2007: Building Stakeholdership in the Prevention
    of the Hostile Use of Biology and Biotechnology: A Meeting for Kenya in Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

• 18-19 March 2008: Diplomatic Building Blocks: A training course in support of the 2008 BTWC Meetings of Experts and States Parties, organized by the BWPP and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
• 5 June 2008: Building Stakeholdership in Support of Malawi’s Ratification of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Lilongwe, Malawi

European Union Joint Action in support of the BTWC

Since April 2006 the BWPP has been involved in the technical implementation of the Joint Action in support of the BTWC , which was adopted by the Council of the European Union in February 2006. The activities involve the organization of 5 regional seminars to promote the universalization of the convention and assist with national implementation legislation of States Parties to the Convention.

A dedicated website with meeting reports and background informationcan is now accessible.