Division 1.4.3 Project description

A series of four regional or sub-regional workshops will be organised to address the topics of the 2018-2020 inter-sessional programme and to provide help to the President of the next Review Conference ahead of, and during, the Ninth Review Conference with a view to the future evolution of the BTWC. The objectives of those workshops is to facilitate common understandings on a regional or sub-regional basis by discussing proposals for moving issues forward. Side events will also be organised in Geneva during BTWC meetings, as appropriate. It would encourage the formation of a broad constituency of States Parties in favour of the incremental strengthening of the BTWC.

This project will also support the sponsorship programme that enables experts from developing countries to participate in the BTWC inter-sessional meetings and in the Ninth Review Conference in Geneva.

In addition, in preparation for the Ninth Review Conference, this project proposes the holding of an international science and technology conference, to be held in Geneva, targeting governmental experts, non-governmental organisations, civil society organisations and members of industry to incorporate their views into the discussions that will feed into the programme of the Ninth Review Conference.