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On 15 May 2009, HSP hosted a seminar in memory of one of its Visiting Fellows, the late Ian Kenyon, creator of the OPCW . Ian had followed a career in the Diplomatic Service before becoming Executive Secretary to the Preparatory Commission for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The seminar, “The OPCW Past, Present and Future”, examined the OPCW’s evolution from its early days under Ian’s leadership to the present day and the challenges it faces in the future. The speakers were Ron Manley who worked with Ian until 1997 and continued in the OPCW Technical Secretariat until retiring as Director of Verification in 2003, Ambassador John Freeman, the current Deputy Director-General of the OPCW and Julian Perry Robinson, professor emeritus in SPRU. The seminar was an invitation-only occasion held under the Chatham House Rule. The participants were mostly from academia and government, with Griselda Kenyon among them.
Listen to Ron Manley summarise his session
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HSP Co-Director, Matthew Meselson, contributed to “Your inbox, Mr. President,” which was published in Nature on January 15, 2009.
“Oversight of biodefence activities is likely to come under examination by the new Congress, which could devise guidelines and procedures applicable throughout government. Topics to be considered should include the authority and composition of compliance review boards, criteria for approval of projects, harmonization of procedures, procedures for ensuring the reliability of personnel engaged in biodefence work, provision for site visits, a requirement for periodic reports, and the inclusion of State and Justice Department observers to promote both independence from parochial influences and familiarity with treaty commitments and applicable US law.”
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