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Appendix F: Examples of Regional and International Forums, Organizations, or Bodies
Appendix F: Examples of Regional and International Forums, Organizations, or Bodies
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Appendix F Examples of Regional and International Forums, Organizations, or Bodies This appendix provides examples of regional and international forums, organizations, or bodies assembled as background to inform the workshop discussions and augmented by input from participants. The material provides a snapshot as of October 2018; it does not provide a comprehensive accounting of all such groups that could potentially become involved in governance of dual use life sciences research.
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3 UN Security Council Disarmament conventions and forums Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (1540 Committee) 4 Interpol Intergovernmental security organizations 5 UN International Crime and Intergovernmental security Justice Research Institute organizations (UNICRI)
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UNSCR 2325, adopted in 2016, "Encourages States, as appropriate, to control access to intangible transfers of technology and to information that could be used for weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery." http://www.un.org/en/sc/1540 Interpol facilitates international law enforcement cooperation. It includes a Bioterrorism Prevention Unit that undertakes activities such as Project Biosecure on "risk assessment of current biological threats related to global terrorism, technological vulnerabilities including dual-use research and the threats emanating from the dark net.
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10 Convention on Biological Additional intergovernmental Diversity (CBD) conventions and organizations 11 Organisation for Economic Additional intergovernmental Co-operation and Development organization (OECD)
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. http://www.fao.org UNESCO "seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture." It is a partner in the World Science Forum, held every 2 years addressing global science policy topics, and produces a World Science Report every 5 years.
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15 International Experts Group Security policy coordination and of Biosafety and Biosecurity action Regulators (IEGBBR) 16 European Biosecurity Security policy coordination and Regulators Forum (EBRF)
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http://www.australiagroup.net GHSA is a "partnership of over 64 nations, international organizations, and nongovernmental stakeholders to help build countries' capacity to help create a world safe and secure from infectious disease threats and elevate global health security as a national and global priority." Its Action Package Prevent 3: Biosafety and Biosecurity aims to promote biological risk management and biosafety and biosecurity measures, including training and outreach activities to "promote a shared culture of responsibility [and] reduce dual use risks." https://www.ghsagenda.org; https://www.ghsagenda.org/packages/p3-biosafetybiosecurity The GP "is an international forum for coordination of projects to prevent CBRN terrorism and proliferation." Its Biological Security Working Group includes five deliverables for 2012–2017.
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organization 22 Global Research Council International science forums 23 World Conferences on Research International science forums Integrity 24 World Science Forum International science forums
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https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en; https://ec.europa.eu/commission/ index_en OAS promotes regional political dialogue, collaboration, and other aims and incorporates four main pillars: "democracy, human rights, security, and development." It has a program to support implementation of UNSCR 1540 including provision of technical assistance and capacity building to member states. It also holds ministerial meetings on topics such as education and science and technology.
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29 International Union of International scientific organizations Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB)
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http://www.interacademies.org ISC "brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils." (ISC formed in 2018 from the merger of the International Council for Science, ICSU, and the International Social Science Council, ISSC.) ISC Statute 7 notes that the free and responsible practice of science "requires responsibility at all levels to carry out and communicate scientific work with integrity, respect, fairness, trustworthiness, and transparency, recognising its benefits and possible harms." ISC's Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS)
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32 International Society for Stem International scientific organizations Cell Research (ISSCR)
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https://www.iums.org IUPAC "is the global organization that provides objective scientific expertise and develops the essential tools for the application and communication of chemical knowledge for the benefit of humankind and the world." Through its project system it has convened conferences, developed educational materials, and undertaken other activities related to chemical and biological safety and security and responsible conduct of science. In partnership with OPCW it has convened a series of meetings on advances in science and technology to help inform CWC review conferences.
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