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Veterinary Services: Guardians Against Biological Weapons, the Animal Echo, WOAH (September 2025)
ASEAN Plan of Action to Combat Biological Threats, with support from GP member Canada (September 2025)
The risk of intentional animal disease biothreats to society – and what we can do about it, the Animal Echo, WOAH (September 2025)
The Health–Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG): 2025 annual meeting summary, WHO (September 2025)
Biosafety and Biosecurity: A Global View with an African Perspective, ASLM Podcast Episode 2 (August 2025)
BioPREVAIL Launches Call for Proposals in World Design Challenge for Sustainable Diagnostic Containment Laboratories (July 2025)
Biosafety and Biosecurity: A Global View with an African Perspective, ASLM Podcast Episode 1 (July 2025)
WHO newsletter (No.3) on responsible sciences and emerging technologies (July 2025)
FMD: Managing the response amidst media chaos during a recent resurgence, a WOAH success with GP support (June 2025)
WHO, Africa CDC and RKI expand implementation of a unique partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance in Africa (May 2025)
Africa CDC, WHO, and RKI expand unique partnership with the G7-led Global Partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance in Africa (May 2025)
Africa Charts New Biosafety and Biosecurity Strategy to Tackle Cross-Border Threats, African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) (May 2025)
SIMBA Success Stories: Strengthening Biosafety & Biosecurity in Eswatini (May 2025)
Call for Experts: WHO Health-Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (April 2025)
CEPI issues new Biosecurity Implementation Plan, 2025-2026 (April 2025)
Germs Goodbye – A Children’s Storybook, a SIMBA contribution by Aggrey Wekesa Barasa (March 2025)
Investigation of Alleged Biological Weapons Use - the UN Secretary General's Mechanism, a report by the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and the Robert Koch Institute (March 2025)
The Next 50 Years: Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention, an analysis by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (March 2024)
50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (March 2025)
The GP Signature Initiative to Mitigate Biological Threats in Africa - a Driving Force to Advance Continental Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative, feature by Yenew Kebede (Africa CDC) and Wilmot James (Brown University Pandemic Center) (March 2025)
Global Voices: Diversity is Strength, an IFBA video on the importance of diversity to global biosecurity (January 2025)
BIO-GUARD: Enhancing biological security in settings with limited resources, supported by the ICGEB (January 2025)
Unknown Enemy: Preparing Against Biothreats, a WOAH feature on deliberate disease events (January 2025)
ASEAN-Canada Collaboration to Mitigate Biological Threats, OpEd in The Jakarta Post (November 2024)
Canada’s flagship initiatives to support its partnership with Africa (November 2024)
INTERPOL and WHO to sign Cooperation Agreement to enhance global WMD threat reduction (November 2024)
SERGIEV POSAD-6: Russia’s Upgraded Military Bio Research Facility and the Link to Bioweapons Disinformation in Ukraine (October 2024)
ASEAN-Canada Joint Leaders' Statement, highlighting collaboration to Mitigate Biological Threats (October 2024)
ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on Strengthening Regional Biosafety, and Biosecurity (October 2024)
Breaking Down Barriers – Women’s Networks in Biosafety and Biosecurity, with support from the EU and Canada (October 2024)
Hope Secured: Safely Moving Ebola Samples in Sierra Leone (October 2024)
CEPI Biosecurity Strategy (September 2024)
WHO Newsletter on Responsible Sciences and Emerging Technologies (July 2024)
New ASEAN Women’s Network for Biosafety and Biosecurity, with support from Canada (June 2024)
WHO Laboratory Biosecurity Guidance, with support from US DTRA (June 2024)
World Health Assembly adopts Resolution on Strengthening Laboratory Biological Risk Management (May 2024)
Play Biorisk Adventure, an online biological risk learning tool from IFBA, with support from Canada (May 2024)
Save the date: Global Voices Conference, Celebrating Diversity in Biosafety & Biosecurity, 22-24 January, 2025, Arusha, Tanzania (May 2024)
The Viral Most Wanted, a CEPI synopsis of viruses that put humanity at greatest risk (April 2024)
Joint GP-Africa CDC Press Release on Strengthening Surveillance in Africa, a SIMBA Collaboration (March 2024)
WHO Fact Sheet on Deliberate Events (March 2024)
WHO Q&A on Disinformation (March 2024)
WHO Q&A on Cyber-attacks on critical health infrastructure (March 2024)
WOAH Conducts Biosafety and Biosecurity Training for Enhanced Biorisk Management (February 2024)
Launch of Bachelor of Science in Biosafety & Biosecurity Degree Program in Kenya, a SIMBA project supported by Canada (February 2024)
WOAH turns 100: A century of improving animal health and welfare (January 2024)
The BNITM is seeking applicants for the next cohort of the international training programme "Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT)" (January 2024)
IFBA launches new Biosafety/Biosecurity Program for Latin America/Caribbean, with support from Canada (January 2024)
Laboratory accidents and biocontainment breaches: Policy options for improved safety and security, Chatham House (December 2023)
Laboratory-acquired infections and pathogen escapes worldwide between 2000 and 2021: a scoping review, published in The Lancet with support from Canada (December 2023)
WHO Newsletter on Responsible Sciences and Emerging Technologies (December 2023)
Animated Video on Concepts Related to Dual-Use and Export Controls, produced by the Netherlands (December 2023)
GP & WOAH Collaboration to Identify Innovative Solutions for Biosecurity Labs (November 2023)
Canada announces $14M in biosecurity programming in support of Signature Initiative to Mitigate Biothreats in Africa (November 2023)
WOAH Director General’s Remarks on the Grand Challenge: Planning for Sustainable Biocontainment Diagnostic Laboratories (November 2023)
UNODA holds regional workshop on BTWC Universalization and implementation in Western Africa (November 2023)
A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Preparing National Veterinary Services, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (November 2023)
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs continues to strengthen the universalization and effective implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention in Africa (October 2023)
Investment in biosafety and biosecurity: the need for a risk-based approach, The Lancet (September 2023)
CEPI and Canada deepen collaboration to strengthen international biosecurity (September 2023)
New Species of Trouble: Global collaboration on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness is vital, article by SIMBA contributors Wilmot James and Peter Babigumira Ahabwe (September 2023)
New ASEAN-Canada Strategic Partnership highlights Mitigation of Biological Threats Programme (September 2023)
Canada commits $12.6 million to mitigate biological and nuclear threats in ASEAN Region (September 2023)
UN Under-Secretary General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, delivers opening remarks at the Working Group on the strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Full transcript available here (August 2023)
Animal Agrocrime: An Overlooked Biological Threat, a WOAH-FAO-INTERPOL collaboration, funded by Canada (August 2023)
Health Security Partnership to Strengthen Disease Surveillance in Africa, with support from Canada and Germany (July 2023)
2023 Emerging Technologies and Scientific Innovations: A Global Public Health Perspective, a report by WHO supported by Canada (July 2023)
UK Biological Security Strategy (June 2023)
Enhancing preparedness for deliberate biological threats through simulation exercises, a WOAH video produced with support from Canada (April 2023)
Bringing the Security and Animal Health Sectors One Step Closer, World Organization for Animal Health (April 2023)
Strengthening Biosafety and Biosecurity in the Americas: An Overview of the EU-funded OAS/CICTE Project on the Implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004) (April 2023)
Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness, published in EID Journal, Volume 29, Number 4 (April 2023)
UNSGM experts join training course on biological crime scene management, with funding from Canada and Spain (March 2023)
Launch of the Grand Challenge for Sustainable Laboratories (February 2023)
OAS and European Union Collaborate with Uruguay to establish National BWC Authority (January 2023)
Portugal highlights Africa Signature Initiative with the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (February 2023)
Options for Article X of the BTWC: UNIDIR Report, with support from Norway (February 2023)
German Presidency Statement on conclusion of 9th BTWC Review Conference (December 2022)
GP Statement to Introduce BTWC Article X Compendium 9th BTWC Review Conference (December 2022)
International Activities of GP Member Countries related to Article X of the BTWC (2017-2022) (December 2022)
GP Statement to 9th BTWC Review Conference (November 2022)
WHO to identify pathogens that could cause future outbreaks and pandemics (November 2022)
Addressing the Global Shortage of Biosafety & Biosecurity Professionals through Education: Establishment of a New Undergraduate Degree Program (October 2022)
Statement by Susanne Baumann (State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office) at Conference on Current Biosecurity Challenges (Berlin, 7 October 2022)
Global Partnership Declaration on Biological Security: Berlin Lines of Action (October 2022)
WHO launches Global Guidance Framework for the Responsible Use of Life Sciences, with support from Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program (September 2022)
Contribution of Cooperative Threat Reduction Partnerships to Global Health Security (August 2022)
Back to the Future for Verification in the Biological Disarmament Regime? A publication by UNIDIR (June 2022)
Complementarity of International Instruments in the Field of Biosecurity, an article in Frontiers in Public Health co-authored by experts from The Netherlands (June 2022)
Kenya launches Bachelor of Science in Biosafety and Biosecurity, with support from GP member Canada (June 2022)
The role of Veterinary Services in Emergency Management, a video from the World Organization for Animal Health (May 2022)
Operationalising Article VII of the Biological Weapons Convention, a publication by UNODA with support from Japan (May 2022)
Launch of Biosecurity Central, a publicly available web-based library for biosecurity tools and resources (March 2022)
SARS-CoV-2: International Investigation Under the WHO or BWC, an article in Public Health Policy (March 2022)
The Biological Weapons Convention: An Introduction (December 2021)
Video Highlights from Conference on Engaging Public Representatives in Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness, featuring comments from Honourable Joseph Phaahla (Minister of Health, South Africa), Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus Adhanom (Director General, WHO), Dr. Monique Eloit (Director General, OIE), Sir Jeremy Farrar (Wellcome Trust) and Honourable Pravin Gordhan (Minister of State Enterprises, South Africa) (November 2021)
GP statement on the Signature Initiative to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) Meeting of States Parties (November 2021)
Principles for Strengthening Biological Security in Africa, in support of the GP Signature Initiative to Mitigate Biological Threats in Africa (November 2021)
Engaging Public Representatives in Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness, opening session recording (November 2021)
Emerging Technologies and Dual-use Concerns: A Horizon Scan, from the World Health Organization with support from Canada (November 2021)
Ensuring responsible use of life sciences research and technologies, a video from World Health Organization, with support from Canada (October 2021)
Science and Technology Foresight for Global Health, a video from World Health Organization, with support from Canada (October 2021)
Mosaic of Women Champions in Global Biosafety and Biosecurity, a video from the International Federation of Biosafety Associations, with support from Canada (October 2021)
South-to-south mentoring as a vehicle for implementing sustainable health security in Africa, International Federation of Biosafety Associations, with support from Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program. One Health Outlook volume 3, Article number: 20 (October 2021)
Systematic approach towards establishing a National Inventory of Dangerous Pathogens, a contribution from The Netherlands as published in Global Health Action, Volume 14, 2021 - Issue 1 (October 2021)
Biosafety and Biosecurity Collaboration in Kazakhstan through the German Biosecurity Programme and the Global Partnership, as published in Frontiers of Public Health (September 2021)
The vital importance of a web of prevention for effective biosafety and biosecurity, by Dr. Simon Whitby, Prof. Malcolm Dando, Prof. Graham Pearson and Tatyana Novossiolova (September 2021)
Biosecurity from an animal health perspective: A look at risks posed by African swine fever (ASF) and efforts to strengthen Veterinary Services’ capacity to prevent and control biological threats, by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (September 2021)
INTERPOL Bioterrorism Prevention Unit's activities to support the global law enforcement community, by INTERPOL (September 2021)
Global Partnership statement to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) Meeting of Experts on the GP Signature Initiative to Mitigate Biological Threats in Africa (August 2021)
Biosecurity implications of SARS-CoV-2, Biosecurity Insight Newsletter (July 2021)
International Federation of Biosafety Associations updates Professional Certification in “Biocontainment Facility Design, Operations, and Maintenance”, with support from Canada and the United States (June 2021)
COVID-19: Stepping up Global Health Management, highlights OIE-led biosecurity projects supported by GP countries (June 2021)
Tunisia establishing agro-terrorism and agro-crime monitoring system, with support from Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program (June 2021)
Africa CDC Report on Priorities for Strengthening Biosafety and Biosecurity, with support from Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program (June 2021)
OIE launches first ever virtual PVS Pathway mission, with support from Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program (March 2021)
GHSA Biosafety & Biosecurity Action Package Update (March 2021)
A Global Partnership to Mitigate Biological Threats (OIE Panorama: Responding to emergencies through preparedness and resilience, #2020-2)
Canada provides 120,000 N95 Masks to Vietnam (November 2020)
Global Health Security Agenda Action Package Prevent-3 (APP3) Statement on Biosecurity and Biosafety During the COVID-19 Pandemic (July 2020)
Canada National Statement to UN Security Council Open VTC on Pandemics and Security (July 2020)
Statement by UN Secretary General on the International Security Implications of COVID-19 (July 2020)
How Canada paved the road for COVID-19 testing in Ghana (June 2020)
The German Bio-security Program (June 2020)
International cooperation against agro-terrorism - OIE-FAO-INTERPOL initiative funded by Canada (June 2020)
Assistance with COVID-19 Diagnostics: the German Bio-Security Programme in the Sudan (May 2020)
Biosecurity: working together in the fight against COVID-19 (Germany, May 2020)
UN Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 2020)
GP Statement to the BTWC Meeting of States Parties (December 2018)
International Activities of Global Partnership Member Countries related to Article X of the BTWC (December 2018)
Inaugural Global Bio-security Dialogue (London, June 2018)
International Activities of Global Partnership Member Countries related to Article X of the BTWC (December 2017)
GP Statement on “Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) through a reinforced intersessional work programme” (November 2017)

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