BioWeapons Prevention Project

• BWPP news
  • 2008 Coupland Prize Results

The BioWeapons Prevention Project is pleased to announce that the winner of the Coupland Prize is Andrew Nguyen, of the Biological and Chemical Sciences Faculty, University of Queensland, Australia, who will receive US$2000 prize money. The second place is awarded to Kirk Bansak, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, USA, who will receive US$800.

BWPP offers its congratulations to both winners. The high standard of the submissions received was very impressive.

The winning entries can be found on the Coupland Prize results page.

 

• Jean Pascal Zanders has taken up the position of Research Fellow at the European Union Insitute for Security Studies (EU-ISS) in Paris as of 1 June 2008. The BWPP Board of Directors has appointed Kathryn McLaughlin as Acting Director.
• 1-5 December 2008 - Meeting of States Parties
  • Meeting documents & daily reports
    • MSP Report #1 (Monday 1 December)
    • MSP Report #2 (Tuesday 2 December)
    • MSP Report #3 (Wednesday 3 December)
    • MSP Report #4 (Thursday 4 December)
    • MSP Report #5 (Friday 5 December)
    • MSP Report #6 (Monday 8 December)
    • Combined file (Contains all the above reports in one file)
• 18-22 August 2008 - Meeting of Experts
  • Meeting documents & daily reports
    • MX Report #1 (18 August)
    • MX Report #2 (19 August)
    • MX Report #3 (20 August)
    • MX Report #4 (21 August)
    • MX Report #5 (22 August)
    • MX Report #6 (25 August)
  • Informal Advance Report of the Meeting of Experts (22 August 2008)
• New States Parties to the BTWC
• Zambia (Accession effective 15 January 2008)
• Madagascar (Ratification effective 7 March 2008)
• United Arab Emirates (Ratification effective July 2008)
• Cook Islands (Ratification effective December 2008)

 

• Status BTWC (7 July 2008): 162 States Parties, 13 Signatory States and 20 Non-Signatory States
• Seminars and workshops
  • 5 June 2008: Building Stakeholdership in Support of Malawi’s Ratification of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Lilongwe, Malawi

European Union Joint Action in support of the BTWC

Since April 2006 the BWPP has been involved in the technical implementation of the Joint Action in support of the BTWC, which was adopted by the Council of the European Union in February 2006. The activities involve the organization of 5 regional seminars to promote the universalization of the convention and assist with national implementation legislation of States Parties to the Convention.

A dedicated website with meeting reports and background information is now accessible.