| ID | 108622 |
| Title Proper | Ambition and realism for the BWC review conference |
| Other Title Information | an interview with president-designate Paul van den IJssel |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Meier, Oliver |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Paul van den IJssel, the Dutch ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, is president-designate of the 2011 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Review Conference, which is scheduled to take place December 5 to 22. He is a career diplomat in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Van den IJssel spoke with Arms Control Today by telephone from Geneva on September 30 about the upcoming review conference. He said he was seeing a "convergence of views" on many of the key issues, but emphasized that there still is much work to be done to close the remaining divisions on technical and political issues. |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol. 41, No. 9; Nov 2011: p.20-25 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today Vol. 41, No. 9; Nov 2011: p.20-25 |
| Key Words | Realism ; Ambition ; BWC Review Conference ; Paul van den IJssel ; Disarmament ; Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) |