Informal Webinar (Nov 2020)

Topics and Presentations

Welcoming remarks (Ms. Grisselle del Carmen Rodriguez Ramirez, MX5 Chair)
Kazakhstan’s proposal to establish a special multilateral body – the International Agency for Biological Safety – based on the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention and accountable to the UN Security Council, which was announced by President Tokayev in his UNGA statement on 23 September 2020 (Ambassador Zhanar Aitzhanova, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva)
Efforts to promote the universalization of the Convention (Ambassador Dr. Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu, Chairperson of the 2020 BWC Meeting of States Parties)
Institutional Strengthening of the BWC in a Changing Context (Dr. James Revill, Researcher, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Other Strategic Weapons, UNIDIR)
China’s Perspective on Institutional Strengthening of the Convention (Ms. Xiaodong Lyu, Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China)
Gender perspectives towards strengthening the BWC and other disarmament fora (Mr. Aaron Lainé, Disarmament Advisor, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN in Geneva); International Gender Champions -Disarmament Impact Group: Gender and Disarmament Resource Pack for Multilateral Practitioners
Looking ahead to the Ninth Review Conference (Dr. Una Jakob, Research Fellow, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF))