The Sustainable Development Goals and requesting assistance under the BWC Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean: Implications of developments in science and technology for the Biological Weapons Convention 16-17 April 2018 Mexico City, Mexico Daniel Feakes Chief, BWC Implementation Support Unit United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (Geneva Branch)
SDG 3 – Good health and well-being • Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages • Target 3D - Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks • Indicator 3.D.1 - International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness • “ The Conference recognizes capacity building at the national and international levels as the most immediate imperative for enhancing and strengthening the capacity of the States Parties to promptly and effectively detect and respond to the alleged use or threat of use of biological weapons” • “States Parties recognize that in this regard health and security issues are interrelated at both the national and international levels.”
SDG 4 – Quality education • Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all • 4.7 - By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development • 4B - By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
SDG 9 – Industry, innovation & infrastructure • Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation • 9.5 - Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending
SDG 16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions • Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels • 16.1 - Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere • 16.3 - Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all • 16.8 - Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance • 16.A - Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime
SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals • Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development • 17.6 - Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
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BWC Sponsorship Programme Deadline for applications is 31 May 2018 for Meetings of Experts in August – see www.unog.ch/bwc/sponsorship • Additional meetings from 2018-2020 make need for broader participation even more necessary • MSP 2017 called for “maximum use” of the Sponsorship Programme • Funds to cover travel costs and DSA for national experts from developing countries • As at MSP 2017 the ISU will organize a structured programme for sponsored participants to encourage active participation and sustainability • Planning to use MX or MSP (or both) to host a “match - making event” where assistance providers could meet requesting States Parties
WHO Joint External Evaluations • Aims of the International Health Regulations are compatible with the BWC • BWC is relevant to JEE Prevent-6 and Respond-3 • BWC also relevant to GHSA Action Package Prevent-3 and Action Package Respond-2 • In a survey of 39 JEE reports: • 74% of the assessed countries demonstrated limited or no capacity for a whole-of-government national biosafety and biosecurity system • 64% of the assessed countries demonstrated limited or no capacity for biosafety and biosecurity training and practices • 41% of the assessed countries demonstrated limited or no capacity for linking their public health and security authorities during a suspected or confirmed biological event
“Smaller, developing states parties have worked to connect the dots between bioweapons, biosecurity, infectious disease, nonproliferation, science, and technology, and they are looking to the ISU for guidance. This outreach shows that despite the lack of activity in Geneva, the BWC is not an isolated instrument — rather, it is related to other ongoing global initiatives of international security, such as on global health security and nonproliferation. When global initiatives interconnect like this, it reinforces all of the initiatives.” Bonnie Jenkins, Brookings Institution
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