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Pugwash Meeting no. 344


29th Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the
Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions:
Moving Forward After the Seventh BWC Review Conference
Geneva, Switzerland, 29-30 November 2008

Workshop Report | Participants


Preliminary Participant List

Dr. David Atwood (USA), Representative, Disarmament and Peace, Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland

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

Ms. Tatiana Balykina, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, Russia

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)

Prof. Bjorn Peter Berdal MD, PhD, Head, Institute of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical Services, Oslo, Norway

Mr. Bernhard Brasack, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva

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

Ms. Katharine Crittenberger, Deputy Director, Office of Conventional & CBW Affairs, Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation, US Department of State, Washington, DC; Deputy Head of Delegation, US Delegation to Meetings of BWC States Parties

Dr. Ake Forsberg, Research Director, CBRN protection and security, Swedish Defense Research Agency, Umea, Sweden; Professor (50%), Molecular Biology, Umea University

Mr. François Garraux, M.Sc., Policy Adviser, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), Directorate for Security Policy (DSP), Arms Control and Disarmament Policy, Bern,  

Mr. Geoff Gartshore, Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN, Geneva, Switzerland 

Dr. Jozef Goldblat (Sweden/Switzerland), Vice President, Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI), Geneva, Switzerland; Consultant, United Nations, Geneva

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

Mr. Richard Guthrie (UK), Co-ordinating Editor, CBW Events -- http://www.cbw-events.org.uk

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. John Hart (US), Head, Chemical and Biological Security Project (Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme), Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Solna, Sweden

Mr. Junko Horibe, Adviser, Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, Swtzerland

Dr. Iris Hunger, Head, Research Group for Biological Arms Control, Centre for Science and Peace Research, University of Hamburg, Germany

Dr. Jo Husbands, Scholar/Senior Project Director, Board on Life Sciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; Adjunct professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University

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

Mr. Jiang Bo, Third Secretary, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China

Dr. Alexander Kelle (Germany), Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath, UK

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

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

Dr. Jez Littlewood, Director, Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies (CCISS), and Assistant Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Mr. Dominique Loye, Deputy Head, Mines-Arms Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland  

Mr. Francesco Marelli, Programme Manager, Security Governance/Counter-Terrorism Laboratory, UNICRI, Turin, Italy

Prof. Robert Mathews, Associate Professor, Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne , Australia

Ms. Kathryn McLaughlin, Publications Coordinator, BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP), Geneva, Switzerland; Fellow, Landau Network-Centro Volta (LNCV), Como, Italy

Prof. Matthew S. Meselson, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Member, Pugwash CBW Steering Committee

Dr. Robert P. Mikulak, Director, Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction, Bureau of Arms Control, US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA

Dr. Lorna Miller, Senior Biological Advisor/Non-Proliferation, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, UK

Dr. Piers Millett (UK), Deputy Secretary, 2008 BWC Meeting of States Parties, Geneva, Switzerland

Prof. Kathryn Nixdorff (USA/Germany), Professor (retired), Dept. of Microbiology and Genetics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany

Mr. Krzysztof Paturej (Poland), Director of Special Projects, OPCW, The Hague, The Netherlands

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

Mr. James Revill, Researcher & PhD Candidate, Depart. of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

Prof. Julian Robinson, Emeritus Professor in the Science & Technology Policy Research Program (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Member, Pugwash CBW Steering Committee

Ms. Marie-Gaëlle Robles, Desk Officer, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, France

Mr. Scott Spence, Senior Legal Officer, VERTIC, London, UK

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

Dr. Ralf Trapp (Germany), Independent disarmament consultant (CBW), Chessenaz, France

Dr. Emmanuelle Tuerlings (Belgium), Biorisk Reduction for Dangerous Pathogens (BDP), Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Venkatesh Varma, Minister (Disarmament), Mission of India, Geneva, Switzerland

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

Mr. Wang Chang, Second Secretary, Chinese Mission, Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Shige Watanabe, First Secretary, Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, Switzerland

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

Ms. Yang Yi, Deputy Director, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China

Mr. Yu Peng, Attache, Permanent Mission of China to the UN Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland

Ms. Anna Zmorzynska, Researcher, Research Group for Biological Arms Control, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Centre for Science and Peace Research , University of Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany

 

 

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GIPRI:  Christine Demierre, Commissaire d'apprentissage pour les employé-e-s, de commerce et vente, Ch. Frank-Thomas 40, CH-1208  Genève, Tél.: +41-78.818.06.54, Fax. +41-22.736.89.19, E-mail: Cdapp.demierre@gmail.com

 

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