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Pugwash Meeting no. 331

27th Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the
Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions:
Moving Forward After the Sixth BWC Review Conference
Geneva, Switzerland, 8-9 December 2007

Workshop Report | Participants | Papers | Photos


Participant List

Dr. David Atwood (USA), Representative, Disarmament and Peace, Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland [formerly: General Secretary, International Fellowship of Reconciliation]

Amb. Georgi Avramchev, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Republic of Macedonia to the UNOG and Other International Organizations in Switzerland 

Dr. Maurizio Barbeschi, Scientist, Health Security, Office of the Director of the Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, Health Security and Environment Cluster (HSE/EPR), World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland

Amb. Sergey Batsanov, Director, Geneva Office, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Member, Pugwash Council; Member, International Advisory Board, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

Ms. Una Becker, Research Associate, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany

Dr. Vladimir S. Bundin, Senior Counselor, Department of Security & Disarmament Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Dr. Marie Chevrier, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA; Chair, Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Weapons, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Washington, DC

Dr. Robin Coupland (UK), Medical Advisor, Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland [formerly : Coordinator of Surgery, Health Division, ICRC]

Prof. Malcolm Dando, Professor of International Security, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

Ms. Kendra Davidson, Non-Proliferation & Disarmament (Chemical, Biological and Conventional), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ms. Inès El-Shikh, GIPRI, Geneva, Switzerland, E-mail: ielshikh@gipri.ch

Dr. Jozef Goldblat (Sweden/Switzerland), Vice President, Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI), Geneva, Switzerland; Consultant, United Nations, Geneva [formerly: Leader, Arms Control Studies, SIPRI (1969-89)]

Mr. Mikaël Griffon, Conseiller, Permanent Mission of France to the Conference on Disarmament

Mr. Richard Guthrie (UK), Co-ordinating Editor, CBW Events

Mr. Edward Hammond, Director, The Sunshine Project, Austin Texas, USA

Dr. Gert Günter Harigel, Senior Physicist (Emeritus), European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland (1995- ); Treasurer, Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI); President, Association Suisse Pugwash; Council member, International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES)

Mr. Shaun David Hayeslip, Foreign Affairs Officer, United States Department of State, Washington, DC

Dr. Iris Hunger, Head, ZNF-Research Group for Biological Arms Control, Hamburg, Germany

Ms. Ngoc Phuong Huynh, Associate Political Affairs Officer, BWC Implementation Support Unit, Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Nicolas Isla, Researcher, Hamburg Research Group for Biological Arms Control, Centre for Science and Peace Research, University of Hamburg, Germany

Ms. Catherine Jefferson, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Sussex Program, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9QE, UK

H.E. Amb. Masood Khan, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN and other International Organizations, Permanent Mission of Pakistan, Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Aftab A. Khokher, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Prof. Henri Korn, Prof. Honoraire, Pasteur Institute and Dir. Res. Emeritus, INSERM; Adjunct Professor at:  Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Mr. Vladimir Ladanov, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, Russia

Dr. Filippa Lentzos, Senior Research Fellow, BIOS Centre, London School of Economics, UK

Prof. Robert Mathews, Principal Research Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia ; Associate Professor, Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne

Dr. Patrick Mc Carthy, Coordinator, The Geneva Forum, Geneva, Switzerland

Ms. Kathryn McLaughlin, Publications Coordinator, BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP), Geneva, Switzerland; Fellow, Landau Network-Centro Volta (LNCV), Como, Italy [formerly: Research Fellow and Director of CBW Programme, LNCV, Como; Publications Assistant, Harvard-Sussex Program, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK]

Dr. Caitriona McLeish (Ireland), Research Fellow, Science & Technology Policy Research (SPRU), The Freeman Centre, University of Sussex,, Brighton BN1 9QE, UK

Dr. Piers Millett (UK), Political Affairs Officer, Implementation Support Unit, Biological Weapons Convention, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland; Consultant on science and technology for the ICRC project on Biotechnology Weapons and Humanity

Dr. Ali A. Mohammadi, Scientist, Biosafety Biorisk Reduction for Dangerous Pathogens, Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland

Ms. Ngoc Phoung Huynh, Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Alan Pearson, Director, Biological & Chemical Weapons Control Program, Center for Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Washington, DC, USA

Dr. Graham S. Pearson, Visiting Professor of International Security, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK; Member, HSP Advisory Board; Member, Pugwash CBW Steering Committee

Dr. Imtinan. E. Qureshi, Minister (Technical), Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Prof. Julian Perry Robinson, Sussex Director, Harvard-Sussex Program, Science & Technology Policy Research (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Member, Pugwash CBW Steering Committee

Mr. Roger Roffey, Research Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm; Member of the Board, Swedish Pugwash Group

Mr. Robert Schwartz, Esq., Staff Attorney, Tri-Valley CAREs, Livermore, CA, USA

Mr. Nicholas Sims, Reader in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London, London, UK [formerly: Member of UK Delegation to First Review Conference of the BWC (March 1980), Geneva]

Mr. Scott Spence, Legislation Consultant, The Hague, The Netherlands [formerly: Biocriminalization Project Manager, INTERPOL (Lyon); Legal Consultant (CWC legislation), OPCW (The Hague); HSP Researcher, OPCW (The Hague); Attorney, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (New York)]

Prof. Jean-Pierre Stroot (Belgium/Switzerland), retired Physicist; President of the Board of the Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI), Geneva, Switzerland; Association Suisse Pugwash, Geneva

Ms. Zuzana Šutiaková, Administrator, Council of the EU, Brussels, Belgium

Ms. Riccarda Torriani, Desk Officer, Arms Control and Disarmament Section, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Bern

Dr. Ralf Trapp (Germany), Consultant, CBW, Arms Control and Disarmament, Chessenaz, France

Amb. Hendrik Wagenmakers (Netherlands), Consultant, Bern, Switzerland

Mr. Reto Wollenmann, Directorate for Security Policy, Arms Control and Disarmament Policy, Bern, Switzerland

Ms. Angela Woodward (New Zealand/UK), Executive Director, Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), London,; UK; Teacher, Law Department, London School of Economics

Dr. Jean Pascal Zanders, Director, BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP), Geneva, Switzerland