The Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions held its 32nd workshop from 30 April – 1 May 2011. “The OPCW in Transition” noted that the resources devoted to verification under Article IV and V of the Convention which have exceeded 80 per cent will decrease and consideration needs to focus on promoting international security through preventing the misuse for hostile purposes of toxic chemicals and their precursors, and thus contributing to the safe and secure utilisation of chemistry.
Co-chairs and rapporteurs: Caitriona McLeish and Graham Pearson
Participant List
H.E. Mr. Abdullah Alshaghrood, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Embassy of Saudi Arabia, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Bandar Alnahdi, Embassy of Saudi Arabia, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Alessandro Argentini (Italy), Examiner, European Patent Office, Rijswijk, The Netherlands [formerly: R&D in weapons industry, missiles]
Amb. Sergey Batsanov, Director, Geneva Office, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Member, Pugwash Council; Member, International Advisory Board, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF); Member, Independent Advisory Panel, OPCW [formerly: Director, Special Projects, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands; Director for External Relations, OPCW Preparatory Commission (1993-97); Representative of the USSR/Russian Federation to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva (1989-93)]
Mr. Sergio Bonin, Project Officer, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Turin, Italy [formerly: Researcher, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich]
H.E. Aizaz Chaudhry, Ambassador of Pakistan to The Netherlands, The Hague
Mr. Malik Azhar Ellahi, Head, Government Relations and Political Affairs, Organisation for The Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands [formerly: Minister/Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the OPCW; First Secretary (Disarmament), Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN, Geneva; Director (Disarmament), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad]
Mr. Daniel Feakes (UK), Senior Policy Officer, Policy and Review Branch, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Peter Herby, Head of the Arms Unit, ICRC Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Alexander Kelle, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Director of Postgraduate Taught Programs, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath, Claverton Down, UK
Col. (ret.) Hans Kuehl, Author, and retired Commandant, German Armed Forces NBC Defense School and Chief NBC Defense Forces
Mr. Vladimir Ladanov, First Secretary to the Russian Mission to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Michael Luhan, Spokesman and Head, Media & Public Affairs, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands
Dr. Detlef Männig, Process Officer Compliance, PROVE, Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany
Mr. James McGilly, Senior Chemical Adviser, NPTR Team, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
Dr. Caitriona McLeish (Ireland), Senior Fellow, The Harvard Sussex Program, SPRU, University of Sussex,, Brighton, UK
Dr. Jan Medema, retired (2002) from TNO and currently part time Consultant in Biological and Chemical Defence [formerly: Head, Chemical and Biological Defence Research, TNO; Study Director (until 1999), NATO Long-Term Scientific Study for Chemical and Biological Defence (1999-2002)]
Amb. Arend Meerburg, retired; Advisor to the Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands; Member, Pugwash Netherlands; Member, Informal Expert Group on Global Security Matters [formerly: “Roving Ambassador” for the Security Policy Department of the NL Ministry of Foreign Affairs (200-2004); Ambassador to Yemen (1996-2000); Development Cooperation (1992-96); Multilateral Disarmament, The Hague, Geneva, New York, Vienna, Paris (1970-92); Meteorology, Oceanography (research, 1965-70)]
Mr. Srikumar Menon, First Secretary, Embassy of India, The Hague, The Netherlands
Amb. Robert P. Mikulak, U.S. Permanent Representative to the OPCW, U.S. Embassy, The Hague, The Netherlands (formerly: Director, Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction, Bureau of Arms Control, US Department of State, Washington, DC]
H.E. Ms. Bhaswati Mukherjee, Ambassador of India to the Netherlands/Permanent Representative of India to the OPCW, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Krzysztof Paturej (Poland), Director, Office of Special Projects, Technical Secretariat, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands
Dr. Graham S. Pearson, Visiting Professor of International Security, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK; Member, HSP Advisory Board; Member, Pugwash CBW Steering Committee [formerly: Director General and Chief Executive, Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment (CBDE), Ministry of Defence, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wilts]
Mr. Marinus A. Potter, OPCW Inspectorate Division, The Hague, The Netherlands
Col. Elena Rodyushkina, Ministry of Industry, Moscow, Russia
Mr. Mian Sharif, Second Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan, The Hague, The Netherlands
Dr. Pankaj Sharma, Minister, Embassy of India, The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Alexander Studenikin, Assistance and Protection Branch, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Andrey Tyagunov, Third Secretary, Russian Embassy, The Hague, The Netherlands
Amb. Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Technical Secretariat of the OPCW, The Hague, The Netherlands
Dr. Jean Pascal Zanders (Belgium), Research Fellow, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris, France [formerly: Director, BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP), Geneva, Switzerland; CBW Project Leader, SIPRI, Stockholm]
Pugwash Staff: Claudia Vaughn, Pugwash Conferences,
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