G8 Global Partnership reception co-hosted by United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Sweden, and Germany
On December 8, 2011, the U.S. Delegation to the 7th Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference (BWC RevCon) co-hosted along with the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Sweden, and Germany, a side event on the United States Biodefense Program. At the side event Ambassador Laura Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Countryman, Deputy Under Secretary of DHS Gerstein and HHS Science Advisor George Korch discussed the whole of government approach to biodefense and emergency preparedness. After presentations from the four senior U.S. government policy-makers, the panel answered questions from the audience of more than 100 conference delegates, industry and nongovernmental organization representatives, and journalists. (U.S. Mission Photo by Eric Bridiers)