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Excellencies Ministers of D-8 Member Countries   His Excellency Dr. Dipo Alam Secretary General of D-8   Excellencies, Ambassadors   Ladies and Gentlemen   On behalf of the Government and people of Malaysia, I bid Your Excellencies a warm welcome to Kuala Lumpur and to the 12th Session of the D-8 Council of Ministers. I am indeed honoured by your...
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The First 2009 Session of the Group of Governmental Experts to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Protocol would be held on 16 to 20 February 2009 The GGE should make every effort to conclude its negotiations as rapidly as possible and report to the next Meeting of the High Contracting Parties. The work of the GGE will be supported by military and technical experts. ...
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The session will open under the presidency of Viet Nam. The presidency of the Conference rotates amongst its Member States according to the English alphabetical order; each President holds office for four working weeks. Zimbabwe, Algeria, Argentina, Australia and Austria will also hold the presidency during 2009. The three parts of the 2009 session of the Conference will be held from 19...
Read More About The First Part of the Conference of Disarmament, 20 January to 27 March 2009 »

The 2008 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will further dicusss and promote common understanding and effective action on: 1. National, regional and international measures to improve biosafety and biosecurity, including laboratory safety and security of pathogens and toxins; and 2. Oversight, education, awareness raising, and adoption and/or development...
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The 9MSP is particularly significant in the life of the Convention.  It will be the first meeting in which States Parties’ requests for extensions of Article 5 deadlines will be considered. It will also be the last opportunity for the States Parties to assess progress in achieving the aims of the Nairobi Action Plan in advance of the meeting Convention’s Second Review...
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