Biological Weapons Convention – Meetings of Experts
Presentations and Statements
MX4 Presentations and Statements
Agenda item - 4 Practical challenges facing the implementation of Article VII, and possible solutions
Agenda item - 5 A set of guidelines and formats to assist a State Party, if required, when submitting an application for assistance in the framework of Article VII
Agenda item - 6 Procedures, including the establishment and use of the assistance database, to improve the prompt and efficient response without preconditions to a request of assistance by a State Party under Article VII, and coordination and cooperation among States Parties and with relevant international and regional organizations such as World Health Organization (WHO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), as appropriate
- Switzerland (statement)
- WHO (presentation)
Agenda item - 7 Examination of how the concept of mobile biomedical units might contribute to effective assistance, response and preparation with a view to enhancing implementation of the Convention
- Russia (presentation)
Agenda item - 8 Exploration of approaches by which States Parties, individually or collectively, might contribute to the strengthening of international response capabilities for infectious disease outbreaks, whether natural or deliberate in origin
- Germany (presentation)
- Panama (statement)
- Sri Lanka (presentation)
- Switzerland (statement)