US Mission Geneva

Interview with Judy Dempsey from the International Herald Tribune and special contributor to the Munich Security Conference

Based on the U.S. National Space Policy and other Presidential guidance, we in the United States associate “space security” with the pursuit of those activities that ensure the sustainability, stability, safety, and free access to outer space in support of the vital interests of all nations.

The United States has invested more than $209 million in Iraq since 2003 toward the clearance and safe disposal of landmines, unexploded ordnance, and excess conventional weapons and munitions.

“We recognize that this is a crucial year for the CD as an institution and that the UN General Assembly is monitoring our progress closely. Let’s seize the opportunity to make real progress here and restore the vibrancy of this once vital institution. Business as usual is a recipe for disaster.”

Excerpt from State Department Noon Briefing covers Arab League Monitors, efforts for a strong security council resolution.

For better or for worse, diplomacy now often happens more in the open, and at comparatively break-neck speeds.

Final document focuses on issues at the intersection of public health and international security that will help all the nations of the world confront some serious challenges in the years ahead.

The conference ended on a high note by endorsing a multinational work program for the next five years that promises to revitalize global efforts to reduce biological threats and advance objectives set forth in the President’s National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats.

In an age when people and diseases cross borders with growing ease, bioweapons are a transnational threat, and the United States is taking steps to protect against them with transnational action. Along the margins of the BWC Review Conference, the U.S. Delegation hosted three events that provided an overview of the U.S. approach to several critical BWC areas.