Geneva (Palais des Nations), 28 November 2019. Preventing and combatting counterfeiting and criminal infiltration into the legal economy is very complex.
The International Forum on Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Security - Post-Nuclear Security Summit Efforts to Maintain International Momentum on Nuclear Security and Technical Contributions to Nuclear Disa
Side-event to the Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of State Parties
On 16 December 2015 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva (Room XXV), the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations Office and international organiza
It is estimated that about 3 billion people across the planet are connected to the internet, while mobile-cellular subscriptions have reached almost 7 bi
Launched in 2010, the EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Centres of Excellence (CoE) Initiative is a global Initiative funded and impl
The Biotechnology Initiative
Advances in Biotechnology are occurring at an unprecedented rate, opening doors for seeking improvements in important fields such as health, food and environment.
In 2008 UNICRI, in cooperation with the European Commission (DG AIDCO and DG RELEX) and with the technical support of IAEA, OPCW, EUROPOL, the SECI Center and WCO launched a Knowledge Management System in South-East Europe and the Caucasus.
Enhancing Biosecurity and Biosafety
Research and development in Life Sciences have the potential to bring about transformational change for the betterment of society, including through the convergence of advances in fields like synthetic
In a significant step forward for the ATLAS project, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) has successfully concluded the first train-the-trainers event held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 11 to 15 September 2023. The event, which was a key milestone of the ATLAS project, aimed to strengthen Tunisia's capacity to prevent chemical weapons attacks by non-state actors through enhanced intelligence-sharing and inter-agency cooperation mechanisms.
The Regional Secretariat for Eastern and Central Africa (ECA) of the European Union (EU) Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (CoE) Initiative was inaugurated today in Nairobi.
Geneva (Palais des Nations), 28 November 2019. Preventing and combatting counterfeiting and criminal infiltration into the legal economy is very complex. Organized crime groups are showing alarming capabilities to infiltrate different sectors of the economy, including the health care sector and other public services, the construction, the transportation and logistics, the mining supply chain, the financial activities and the business of restaurants, hotels and bars.
Organized within the framework of the European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Centres of Excellence (CoE) Initiative [https://cbrn-risk-mitigation.network.europa.eu/index_en], ARZ 2021 was a field exercise held in Beirut, Lebanon, in December 2021, which focused on countering CBRN terrorism.
A turning point has been reached in the fight against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) risks and threats worldwide. This was highlighted during the Annual meeting of the European Union CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (EU CBRN CoE) that took place from 12 to 14 June in La Hulpe (Belgium).
On 8-10 April in Amman (Jordan) and within the framework of the European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centres of Excellence (EU CBRN CoE) risk mitigation Initiative, the Middle East Centre of Excellence carried out a training on radiological detection.
On 26 and 27 March 2019, the Republic of Ghana hosted the Twelfth Regional Round-Table Meeting for the Eastern and Central Africa National Focal Points within the framework of the European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centres of Excellence (EU CBRN CoE) Initiative.
