Enhancing BTWC Compliance – Workshop Report
Posted: August 5, 2014 Filed under: Biological | Tags: BTWC, Compliance, Disarmament, European Union, Implementation, international law, Verification 1 CommentJean Pascal ZANDERS
Senior Research Associate
Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
WORKSHOP REPORT
Enhancing compliance of the BTWC through national implementation and other means
Brussels, 24 April 2014
I. Participation
The workshop, organised by the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium in cooperation with the European External Action Service (EEAS), was held in Brussels on 24 April 2014. Its purpose was to have an in-depth brainstorming session on the future of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) with officials from EU Member States.
The event was the 1st Ad Hoc Seminar to be organised under the new Council Decision 014/129/CFSP of 10 March 2014 supporting the continued activities of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium.
Representatives, mostly delegates attending the CODUN working party, participated from Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as the EEAS.
Invited non-governmental expert speakers were nationals from Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom.
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