Seminar on
National implementation legislation and biosafety under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)
20 August 2003

The BioWeapons Prevention Project cordially invites you to a lunch and seminar on National implementation legislation and biosafety under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC).

Speakers are:

• Angela Woodward, Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), United Kingdom:
  Time to lay down the law: the status of national laws to enforce the BTWC
• Jill Dekker-Bellamy, European Group for Non-Proliferation Studies (EGNPS), Belgium:
  EU regulations regarding the mid-range threat agents
• Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Federation of American Scientists (FAS), United States:
  The Many Aspects of Pathogen Security

The presentations are followed by discussion.

Date: 20 August 2003
Time: 13:30 (lunch served from 13:00)
Venue: United Nations, Palais des Nations (Geneva), Salle XXV

For more information:

BioWeapons Prevention Project
Avenue de Sécheron 12
CH-1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)22 908 5834
Fax: +41 (0)22 738 3582
E-mail: bwpp@bwpp.org