CBMTS-Industry II
The First World Congress on Chemical and Biological Terrorism

22-27 April 2001

Dubrovnik, Croatia. George Bernard Shaw wrote "Those who seek paradise on earth should come to see Dubrovnik." And it is here, in this beautiful ancient fortress city and center of learning, that the next CBMTS, the seventh meeting in the series, will analyze and study the available data and examine and exchange views and opinions on the many facets of chemical and biological terrorism.

This symposium will explore the scientific, medical and policy aspects of chemical and biological terrorism. We will consider the effects of terrorism on the community and individuals, military and civilian, and on the infrastructure at each echelon of government

NATO Advanced Research Workshop:

Maximizing the Security Benefits from Technical Cooperation in Microbiology and Biotechnology

Graham S. Pearson

Piestany, Slovakia: 18 - 20 May 2000. A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled "Maximizing the Security Benefits from International Cooperation in Microbiology and Biotechnology" was held in Piestany, Slovakia from 18-20 May under the co-directorship of Dr Cyril Klement, State Institute of Public Health, Slovakia, and Professor Graham Pearson, Visiting Professor of International Security in the Department of Peace Studies in the University of Bradford, UK. It was attended by 40 individuals, of which 28 came from 9 NATO countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and United States) including representatives from the European Commission (EC), the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and one from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), 11 from 4 Partner countries (Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia and Ukraine) and one from Sweden. Nine of the experts, from 8 countries, attending the Piestany workshop are members of the delegations attending the Ad Hoc Group in Geneva.

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The U.S. Demil Program is a Public Relations Disaster. Is it a human disaster waiting to happen?

"Enough is Enough"

Reginald Bartholomew

In the 1992/93 time frame, at least one large US corporation submitted, at no cost to the Army, studies on the Army's Demil Program, specifically on the vulnerability of military personnel in the event of an accidental chemical release at these facilities. These bases were the ones taking part in the Army's programs involving storage and/or destruction of chemical weapons. These studies noted that personnel were at risk - serious risk in the event of a problem with the weapons.
If the military personnel were at serious risk, what does that say about the risk to the surrounding civilian communities in the event of a chemical accident? The civilian communities would be facing disaster. Why?

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