Biological Weapons Convention – Meetings of Experts
Informal Webinar
Int. Webinar MX3 (16/11/2020)
Topics and Presentations
Welcoming Remarks
- Welcoming and introductory remarks (Mr. Arman Baissuanov, MX3 Chair )
CBM Submissions in Terms of Quantity and Quality
- Proposals to Enhance Confidence-Building Measures Participation (Working Paper submitted by Japan, co-sponsored by Australia, Germany, Malaysia & Republic of Korea) (Ms. Tham Bee Lin, Senior Researcher, Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence, Ministry of Defence, Malaysia, on behalf of, Dr. Zalini Binti Yunus, Senior Director, Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence, Ministry of Defence, Malaysia)
- Proposal to enhance the format of confidence-building measures under the BTWC (Mr. Konstantin Vorontsov, Head of Division of Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation)
- BWC-Confidence Building Measures: Adapting Nigeria's CBM reporting to best practices (Mr. David Adejo Andrew, Permanent Secretary and Chairman of the National Authority on Chemical and Biological Weapons Convention, Nigeria)
Various Ways to Promote Transparency and Confidence Building Under the Convention
- An exchange platform for voluntary transparency exercises – a French proposal for the BWC BWC/MSP/2019/MX.3/WP.5 (Ms Stéphanie Laverny, Deputy Head of the Arms Control Department, Ministry of foreign affairs, France)
Strengthening National Implementation
- Robust BWC Implementation can also Improve Global Economy and Health Infrastructure (Dr. Seema Gahlaut, Director, Strategic Trade Management Initiative (STMI), The Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington, DC) and Member, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security (WCAPS))