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Global Partnership Program: Title Goes Here Mitigating Biological Threats 5 September 2016 UNCLASSIFIED

 GPP is Canada’s contribution to the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction;  More than C$1.2 billion spent on WMD threat reduction programming since 2002  Biological Security as a collective Priority (since 2010) Strengthening Global Biological Security • Secure and account for materials that represent biological proliferation threats. • Develop and maintain appropriate and effective measures to prevent, prepare for and respond to the deliberate misuse of biological agents. • Strengthen global networks to rapidly identify, confirm and respond to deliberate biological attacks. • Reinforce and strengthen biological non-proliferation principles, practices and instruments. • Reduce proliferation risks through the advancement and promotion of safe and responsible conduct in biological sciences. UNCLASSIFIED

Global Partnership Program WMD Threat Reduction Priorities Nuclear and Radiological Security Biological Security 1. Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials 1. Secure and account for biological pathogens 2. Secure Transport of Nuclear Materials 2. Prevent deliberate biological attacks 3. Radioactive Security 3. Strengthen disease surveillance and detection 4. Prevention of Illicit Nuclear Trafficking 4. Reinforce biological nonproliferation 5. Material Management instruments 6. Verification and Compliance 5. Safe and responsible conduct in the biological sciences Implementing UNSCR 1540 Chemical Weapons Destruction 1. Support the implementation of UNSCR1540 1. Assisting in CWD activities in Syria and Libya 2. Provide legislative assistance 2. Prepared to assist with destruction of newly 3. Provide CBRN training and equipment declared CW stockpiles 4. Support export controls and border security related to WMDs UNCLASSIFIED

Biological Security Surveillance, Detection and Response Biosecurity Biosafety & Bio-containment  Strengthen disease surveillance and  Support partners to develop and detection networks implement:  Security and safety in labs  Develop robust prevention a& first-response  Upgraded laboratory infrastructure capabilities  Broaden international networks  Bio-risk management systems and health-security partnership  Standards &Legislation  Pathogen controls  Epidemic intelligence gathering  Develop new tools Bioethics and Responsible Conduct Biological Non-Proliferation  Support non-proliferation,  Accountability and responsibility arms control and disarmament among biological scientists ( NACD ) fora  Biosecurity and biosafety  Biological and Toxin Weapons training centers Convention ( BTWC )  Article III, IV , VII & X  Support for Biosafety Associations  Strengthen export and border controls UNCLASSIFIED

Health/Security Interface Strengthened public health and response for natural outbreaks = Strengthened preparedness for deliberate outbreak Enhanced global biological security requires increased collaboration between the security and health sectors at the “health - security interface”, where respective interests & responsibilities coincide. Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Prevent 3: Biosafety & Biosecurity Detect 1: National Laboratory Systems Detect2/3: Real-Time Surveillance Respond 2: Deliberate Use UNCLASSIFIED

Support for BTWC • GPP has partnered with BTWC ISU since 2010 to support efforts to strengthen the Convention • Recently concluded a new US$275,000 contribution to the ISU in support of the 8 th BTWC RevCon – international conference co-sponsored with the Government of China in Wuxi, China from 5-7 September – sponsorship with the EU of regional workshops in Brazil (for Latin America) and Addis Ababa (for Africa) in September 2016 to promote comprehensive and cross-regional dialogue on issues to be considered at the 8 th Review Conference – promotion and dissemination of two resource books ~ “Preventing Biological Threats: What You Can Do” and “Biological Security Education Handbook: Power of Team -Based Learning ~ produced by the University of Bradford with funding from GPP and UK MoD – support for the BTWC Sponsorship Programme – support for the BTWC Implementation Support Unit (ISU) to conduct critical outreach and to participate, inter alia, in meetings of the Global Partnership and the GHSA

Article III Kananaskis Principles (2002) 5. effective border controls, law enforcement efforts and international cooperation to detect, deter and interdict in cases of illicit trafficking in such items 6. effective national export and transshipment controls over items on multilateral export control list … provide assistance to states lacking … experience and/or resources to develop their export and transshipment control systems in this regard. Extensive support provided around the world to strengthen export controls and related national/regional awareness & capabilities. Current efforts include: • $5.9M to strengthen export controls and border security in Latin America and the Caribbean • Wilton Park conference “Strengthening Strategic Trade Controls in the Caribbean: Preventing WMD Proliferation and Safeguarding Borders” (Barbados, 4 -6 October 2016) • $550K (US) for implementation of the Security and trade Efficiency Platform Program (STEP) Program at priority ports in Jamaica • Co-sponsorship with US of Global Export Control Workshop (Prague, November 2016) • ~$6.5M for Container Control Program (Joint WCO and UNODC initiative ) – AIM: To establish dedicated Port / Container Control Units fully trained and equipped to undertake container profiling and interdict illicit trade, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) and dual-use materials. – GPP supporting CCP expansion in South-East Asia and Caucasus expressly to enhance CBRN interdiction capabilities

Article IV & VII Article IV : GPP has been working with partner countries for more than a decade to strengthen national implementation of the BTWC: • Collaboration with VERTIC to assist member countries to develop national legislation and regulations to ensure full and effective implementation of the Convention • New partnership with Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) • Importance of multi-sectoral engagement, and ensuring that key line ministries (e.g. health, and agriculture) have all necessary measures in place • Biosafety & Biosecurity (GP Deliverable #1) • Global Health Security Agenda (Action Package “Prevent 3”) • Collaboration with WHO, OIE, FAO & INTERPOL Article VII: • Bilateral assistance to partner countries in conflict areas to enhance capabilities to prevent, detect and respond to biological attacks • Support for United Nations Secretary General’s Mechanism (UNSGM)

Article X ~ Programming in Africa $8M for Ebola support in West Africa  Security Dimensions of Ebola outbreak Security and capacity-building upgrades at vulnerable biological laboratories in Nigeria ($2.3M) and Ghana ($4.4M) • Strengthening indigenous capacities to detect, diagnose and respond to outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases; • Robust, lower-tech and lower-maintenance solutions to ensure long-term sustainability in resource-limited environments. UNCLASSIFIED

Article X ~ Programming in the Americas Strengthening capacities in the Americas to detect, diagnose and respond to a bioterror attack or incident before it can spread and threaten Canada (high-traffic area) • Provision of modular BSL3 laboratory to Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) ($2.5M); • Provision of molecular diagnostics field kits and IATA-certified biohazard shipping containers to Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) ($1M); • High-level training on interagency preparedness and response plans provided through OAS to Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Bahamas, Panama, Colombia ($900k) UNCLASSIFIED

Article X ~ Programming in the Middle East $32M to strengthen Jordanian capacities to detect, identify and respond to a CBRN attack or incident originating in Syria • Chemical and biological personal protective equipment and chemical/biological weapons detection technology for the Jordanian Armed Forces and Civil Defence ministries ($10M); • Establishment of a regional biological risk-management training centre at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Irbid. ($1.1M); • Provision or Mobile Biological Laboratory to JAF Royal Medical Services and of a Modular BSL3 Lab to MoH $1M to assist to assist Iraq to Counter Threats of Chemical and Biological Weapons use by ISIL UNCLASSIFIED