The United States Co-Hosts Dual Use Research of Concern: The H5N1 Controversy and its Implications for Science Governance
Pictured here (from left to right): Dr. Lawrence Kerr, United States Deputy Director for Countering Biological Threats, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Dr. Marianne Donker, Netherlands Director of Public Health at the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sports, Mr. Christopher Park, Director of the Biological Policy Staff in the Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, and Ambassador Laura Kennedy, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Special Representative for Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Issues and U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament.
On July 17, 2012 the United States and the Netherlands co-hosted a side event on Dual Use Research of Concern: The H5N1 Controversy and its Implications for Science Governance.
The event took place during the 2012 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Issues Meeting of Experts taking place at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland from July 16-20, 2012.
For more information see the U.S. Mission website at geneva.usmission.gov/us-cd/