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Ministry of National Defence delegation meets the U.S. Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation
As part of her visit and working programme in Vietnam from 25 to 27 April 2023, on the afternoon of 26 April, Ms Kathryn Insley, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation…
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Workshop on Vietnam’s legal and institutional framework for countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
On 23–24 March 2023 in Hanoi, the Chemical Corps – Standing Office 81, in coordination with the EXBS Program and EU P2P, organised a workshop on “Vietnam’s legal and institutional framework for countering the…
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Proactively responding to the risk of biological incidents and biological weapons
Proactively responding to bioterrorism and to warfare involving biological weapons (BW), and dealing with toxic chemicals, so as to meet the requirements of the task of defending the Fatherland in the new situation, is…
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IAEA Director General Statement in Relation to AUKUS Announcement
An announcement has been made by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (the AUKUS Parties) on Australia’s acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines. I also received separate…
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The negative impacts on national economies of being placed on the FATF grey list
The FATF recently officially placed South Africa on its “grey list”, which could have serious consequences for the South African economy, already struggling after the Covid-19 pandemic. The economic “damage” will be…
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Vietnam attends the meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency
From 6 to 10 March 2023 in Vienna, Austria, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held its regular meeting, attended by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, the 35 member states of the…
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FATF ADDS NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA TO ITS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING WATCH LIST
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has added Nigeria and South Africa to its “grey list” of countries that need to step up efforts to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing. The FATF is an intergovernmental…
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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) releases third report of the Investigation and Identification Team
Reasonable grounds to identify the Syrian Arab Air Force as the perpetrator of the 2018 Douma chemical attack 27/01/2023 The Hague, the Netherlands - 27 January 2023. The third report of the OPCW Investigation and…
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Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
From 26 November to 4 December 2022, the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CSP-27) took place in The Hague, the Netherlands. View of the Twenty-Seventh…
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Training on the identification of goods related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive weapons for the focal point units of the northern region
With a view to enhancing the capacity of officials specialising in the prevention and combating of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), from 9 to 11 November 2022 Standing Office 81, in cooperation…