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Abstract:
The second national workshop on the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal 9-10 June. The workshop is part of an assistance programme for Nepal and is organised by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), through the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the UNODA-Geneva Branch, and with financial support from the European Union (EU), in cooperation with the government of Nepal.
The workshop will be carried out with the inter-agency Working Group in Nepal, addressing national implementation measures and the relevance of establishing a BWC National Committee. Topics to be addressed include: BWC key concepts; core and additional national implementation measures; key ministries, government departments and agencies involved in implementation; best practices for establishing national coordination of BWC implementation. The workshop will be coordinated with a legislative assistance visit of the assistance programme.
The UNODA-Geneva Branch hosts the BWC Implementation Support Unit, which is mandated to assist States Parties in national implementation efforts and to “help States Parties help themselves”. As part of its mandate, UNRCPD is engaged in supporting the implementation of the BWC in Asia and the Pacific. This workshop is part of the EU funded “BWC Action”, which supports the BWC at international, regional and national levels through three major projects: universality and national implementation, strengthening confidence in compliance, and strengthening international cooperation and encouraging discussion on the future of the BWC.
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Publisher:
UNRCPD, UNODA, BWC
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(2014)
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Type / Script:
Bulletin or Poster
in English
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Keywords:
ARMAMENTS, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, CHEMICAL WEAPONS, BIOTERRORISM, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, CHEMICAL WARFARE, BIOLOGICAL AGENTS, WORKSHOP
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Thematic Group:
UNRCPD
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Peace and Disarmament
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Thesaurus:
01.04.00
- Disarmament And Military Questions
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