Biological Weapons Convention Experts Meet

A meeting of experts from nations belonging to the Biological Weapons Convention opened yesterday in Geneva (see GSN, Nov. 18, 2003).

The meeting is expected to last two weeks. The first week is set to focus on strengthening efforts for surveillance, detection, diagnosis and combating of infectious diseases. Enhancing international capabilities for responding to, investigating and mitigating the effects of cases of use of biological weapons or suspicious outbreaks of disease is expected to be covered in the second week (United Nations release, July 16).

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