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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778373703321

Titolo

The Biological Threat Reduction Program of the Department of Defense [[electronic resource] ] : from foreign assistance to sustainable partnerships / / Committee on Prevention of Proliferation of Biological Weapons, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Development, Security and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2007

ISBN

0-309-17951-3

1-281-09356-4

9786611093563

0-309-11159-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

327.1

Soggetti

Biological arms control

Biological weapons - Research - Safety measures

Bioterrorism - Prevention

Biological warfare - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front matter ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""1  Security Context for the Biological Threat Reduction Program""; ""2  Achievements of the  Biological Threat Reduction Program""; ""3  U.S. Government-Wide Biological Threat Reduction Programs and Interagency Coordination""; ""4  Overcoming Obstacles Confronting the Biological Threat Reduction Program""; ""5  Future of the Biological Threat Reduction Program""; ""6  Recommendations""; ""Appendix A  National Research Council Committee on Prevention of Proliferation of Biological Weapons""

""Appendix B  Extracts from Recent National Research Council Reports""""Appendix C  Relevant Reports by the National Academies""; ""Appendix D  Relevant Recent Reports by the U.S. Government Accountability Office""; ""Appendix E  Other Reports of Interest"";



""Appendix F Research Projects Supported under the Cooperative Biological Research Program (1999-present)""; ""Appendix G  Agenda""; ""Appendix H  Foreign Colleagues Who Participated in Discussions of BTRP in Garmisch, Germany (April 2007)""