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Name: Colonel Víctor Molina Position: Deputy Director General DGMN E-mail: subdirec@dgmn.cl Geneve, 07 August 2014

BWC Meeting of Experts 2014 Biological Weapons Convention

Ginebra, Diciembre 2013

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BWC IN CHILE

MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY

Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Security Ministry of National Defence Ministry of Education Ministry of Finance Ministry of Health Ministry of Agriculture

WORKING RELATIONSHIP

FIRST STEP: Dissemination of the BWC in the country. SECOND STEP: BWC Seminar (09-11. Oct. 2013). THIRD STEP: Materialization of lines of action. Transversal commitment for the implementation of the BWC BWC IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES

• Visits to 70% of government research labs.
• Visits to 95% of state universities.
• Visits to 100% of national defence related

companies.

• Regular meetings with the NA Advisory Board.
• Participation as lecturers in seminars and courses

provided by public organizations.

• Dissemination through media.

FIRST STEP: Dissemination of the BWC in the country. MANAGEMENT OF THE NA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BWC

SECOND STEP: BWC International Seminar (09-11.Oct.2013) ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

SECOND STEP : BWC International Seminar (09-11.Oct.2013)

OBJECTIVES:

• 1. Role of the national authority and implementation of the BWC.
• 2. Awareness of the meaning of biological weapon and its associated risks.
• 3. Rules and control and oversight role related to biological material.
• 4. Regional commitment to optimize the implementation of the BWC.

DEVELOPMENT:

• ISU and national sponsors
• Oversight entities
• Scientific community
• Academia
• Private enterprises
• 20 American countries
• 15 Presentations and 7 working groups

ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

Group N° 1 Implementation of the Convention in the country

• Role of every organism in the implementation of the BWC.
• Information procedures to elaborate the Annex on Confidence Building

Measures.

SECOND STEP : BWC International Seminar (09-11.Oct.2013)

ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

Group N° 2 Intentional Contamination of Food. (Food Defense)

• The intentional contamination as an emerging risk in the food chain.
• Diagnosis of available analytical capacities in the country to identify chemical

and biological emerging agents.

ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

Group N°3 Legislation

• To review the existing regulation in the country related to the production,

employment, stockpiling, disposal or research on biological material, in line with the purpose an the implementation of thje BWC.

ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

XV GRULAC MEETING NATIONAL AUTHORITY

XV GRULAC MEETING NATIONAL AUTHORITY

Group N° 4 Biocontainment and Biosafety

• Development conditions of different activities with biological material in

relation to safety and security.

• Protection of the environment.
• Establishment of emergency response mechanisms in the country.

ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

Group N° 5 Scientific Research and Biological Material

• The Scientific research and purposes of the BWC.
• The scientists and their contribution to the implementation of the BWC.

ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

Group N° 6 Regional Group

• Regional integration and border control.
• Exchange of experiences in relation to protection against biological threats.

ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

Group N° 7 Education and the Conventions

• The importance of including the BWC and CWC into education.

ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

SECOND STEP : BWC International Seminar (09-11.Oct.2013)

End Risk Matrix on Biological Material

2014 2013 2015

Dic Ene Nov Oct Feb Mar Jun May Jul Sep Ago Oct Abr Nov Dic Mar Ene Feb Sep Exercise PPCN (ONEMI)

THIRD STEP : Materialization of lines of action. ACTIVITIES FOR THE BWC IMPLEMENTATION

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