🦠Packed room for day 1 of the 7th Session of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva 🇺🇳. Encouraging participation and momentum as discussions get underway. #1972BWC @vertic.bsky.social

"C'était donc cela, la peine de mort : ce sacrifice judiciaire dans les ténèbres de l'ignorance" R. Badinter, L'abolition.

Insightful days at @ungeneva.bsky.social 🇺🇳 with the @vertic.bsky.social delegation for the 6th session of the #1972BWC Working Group with two successful side events! Many thanks to all speakers and attendees!

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) mtg this week: 🔸Norms against biological weapons must be upheld 🔸Strong & effective national implementation of BWC is vital in light of today’s rapid development in Life Sciences and Biotech. Norway proud supporter of @vertic_org #1972BWC

📣 Join us Today in Geneva for a side event on the margins of the #1972BWC WG on Enhancing National Implementation of the BWC Explore @vertic.bsky.social projects, assistance activities and featuring the launch of the CBRN Cases Tracker database 📆 20 August 2025 - 13:15 CET - Room XXII

📣 Join us this Wednesday in Geneva for a side event on the margins of the #1972BWC Working Group on Enhancing National Implementation of the BWC Explore VERTIC projects, assistance activities and featuring the launch of the CBRN Cases Tracker database 📆 20 August 2025 - 13:15 CET - Room XXII 🇺🇳

🔔 Upcoming Events! Join us next week at VERTIC's two side events on the margins of the 6th meeting of the BWC WG. The events will focus on enhancing national implementation of the BWC and assessing BWC compliance and monitoring, respectively. The side-events will take place on 20 August at 13:15.

⚖️ Important recent decisions from the 🇫🇷 @courdecassation.fr on functional immunities of State officials. The Court ruled that it exists exceptions to functional immunities for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in cases against former Syrian officials.

The French 🇫🇷 National Strategic Review 2025 was published a few days ago and includes some references to WMD proliferation (Chemical, Biological, Nuclear). Short thread 🧶

La Revue Nationale Stratégique 2025 est sortie il y a quelques jours. Quelques références à la prolifération d'armes de destruction massive (Chimique, Biologique & Nucléaire). Petit thread 🧶

🗞️ The latest edition of Trust&Verify is out! 🩺 It features my article on synergies of the recently adopted WHO #PandemicAgreement, the #1972BWC and the #InternationalHealthRegulations Check it out along other pieces on BW control milestones, institutionalisation, nuclear irreversibility, etc. ⤵️

🎂 Today marks the 100th anniversary of the #1925GenevaProtocol, one of the earliest global norm to ban the use of asphyxiating gases and biological weapons in war. 100 years later, it is still a critical instrument to address the proliferation and use of Biological and Chemical weapons ⤵️

🔴 Days before a parliamentary inquiry presents its report on the nuclear tests in French Polynesia, documents obtained by @disclosengo.bsky.social and seen by @lemonde.fr and @theguardian.com suggest the CEA ran a concerted campaign to discredit the revelations👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing | Think Global Health www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/fate...

It's official: the #PandemicAccord is officially adopted by the World Health Assembly! My warmest congratulations to @who.int Member States for their commitment to keeping their people and the world safer. What a moment in global health history. Together!

🗞️ Discover our paper: “N5: Possible Steps to Consolidate the Non-Testing Norm & Facilitate CTBT Entry Into Force” Proposing actions for the N5 to build trust, strengthen monitoring, and support CTBT entry into force. #CTBT #NuclearDisarmament #NonProliferation youthgroup.ctbto.org/system/files...

📢 Join next week’s event on #France's 🇫🇷 Strategic Role in #NATO's #Arctic Ambitions ❄️ 🗓️ Thursday March 27th, 2025 ⏱️ 6:00 AM AK | 10:00 AM EST | 4:00 PM CET 🎙️ Speaker Alix Renaudin will join moderator & TAI’s Victoria Herrmann 🔗 More info: www.thearcticinstitute.org/event/france...

NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines due to the military threat from their neighbor Russia, the four countries said reut.rs/41yCxL9

"De 1954 à 1959, la France coloniale n’a pas hésité à gazer, notamment dans les zones montagneuses difficiles d’accès, des populations sans défense" www.liberation.fr/internationa...

Anti-personnel mines: the false promise of security through exceptionalism in war blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

Denmark to spend DKK 14.6 billions more on Arctic military security in partnership with its autonomous territories Greenland 🇬🇱 and the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴, adding to the DKK 10-15 billions for Greenland's defence announced last December. #Arctic #ArcticSecurity bbc.com/news/article...

Trust & Verify No.175 is out! Featuring a lead article on the establishment of the new Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team for implementation of UNSCRs relating to North Korea, plus pieces on North Korea’s enrichment programme & the use of AI for tracking dark ships www.vertic.org/2025/01/trus...

📰 The latest edition of Trust & Verify is out! ☣️ It features my article on export and dual-use research 🧪controls, discussing a case in the US 🇺🇸. Check it out, along with updates on North Korea’s enrichment programme 🇰🇵 and the use of AI to track dark ships, here ⤵️

🚨New VERTIC commentary Recent events in Syria present potential opportunities and challenges for verifiably eliminating chemical weapons stockpiles. Our latest piece explores the future implications for #CWC national implementation. Read our commentary here: t.co/v075n5NwXz

NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths. A calculated policy. An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

"The #Arctic is no longer a low-tension region," says #Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs. As part of its #new #Arctic #strategy, Ottawa is initiating an Arctic #security #dialogue with the #US and the #Nordics, and opening new #consulates in #Anchorage and #Nuuk. @melaniejolycan.bsky.social

Insightful days at the UN - Geneva 🇺🇳 with the @vertic.bsky.social delegation at the #1972BWC Working Group meeting. Hoping it will bring solid steps forward! 🧪🦠

‘The biggest Middle Eastern arms producers in the Top 100 saw their arms revenues reach unprecedented heights in 2023. Growth looks set to continue.’ — Dr. Diego Lopes da Silva, SIPRI. Read more in the press release: bit.ly/4i9pcQT #SIPRI #ArmsIndustry #Top100

🧊 Excited to share my latest analysis for the Arctic Institute on #France 🇫🇷 strategic role in #NATO's #Arctic ambitions, offering insights from a non-Arctic perspective! Check out the full analysis through the link below ⤵️ www.thearcticinstitute.org/frances-stra...