Den norske regjeringen kunngjorde undertegningen av en «omfattende forsvarsavtale» med Frankrike med to samarbeidsnivåer: - En gjensidig forsvarspakt, ledsaget av militære samarbeidsaktiviteter (øvelser, koordinering, utstyrsforberedelse) www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/n...

Norge og Frankrike inngår gjensidig forsvarsavtale

Norge og Frankrike har i dag inngått en bred forsvarsavtale hvor landene forplikter seg til å stille opp for hverandre dersom det blir behov for det. Sammen med ni andre europeiske land vil Norge også...

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The Norwegian government announced the signature of a “comprehensive defense agreement” with France with two levels of cooperation: - A mutual defense pact, accompanied with military cooperation activities (exercises, coordination, equipment preposition) www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/n...

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How to salvage the NPT Review Conference

A divided review conference is a likely outcome in New York. But there may be a narrow path to consensus if parties come ready to make difficult compromises on non-proliferation.

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🦠Packed room for day 1 of the 7th Session of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva 🇺🇳. Encouraging participation and momentum as discussions get underway. #1972BWC @vertic.bsky.social

"C'était donc cela, la peine de mort : ce sacrifice judiciaire dans les ténèbres de l'ignorance" R. Badinter, L'abolition.

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🇫🇷 "Robert Badinter entre au Panthéon avec les lumières et l'esprit de 1789, la promesse accomplie de la révolution. Robert Badinter entre au Panthéon avec les principes de l'état de droit", a déclaré Emmanuel Macron lors de la cérémonie en hommage à l'artisan de l'abolition de la peine de mort ⤵️

Insightful days at @ungeneva.bsky.social 🇺🇳 with the @vertic.bsky.social delegation for the 6th session of the #1972BWC Working Group with two successful side events! Many thanks to all speakers and attendees!

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) mtg this week: 🔸Norms against biological weapons must be upheld 🔸Strong & effective national implementation of BWC is vital in light of today’s rapid development in Life Sciences and Biotech. Norway proud supporter of @vertic_org #1972BWC

📣 Join us Today in Geneva for a side event on the margins of the #1972BWC WG on Enhancing National Implementation of the BWC Explore @vertic.bsky.social projects, assistance activities and featuring the launch of the CBRN Cases Tracker database 📆 20 August 2025 - 13:15 CET - Room XXII

📣 Join us this Wednesday in Geneva for a side event on the margins of the #1972BWC Working Group on Enhancing National Implementation of the BWC Explore VERTIC projects, assistance activities and featuring the launch of the CBRN Cases Tracker database 📆 20 August 2025 - 13:15 CET - Room XXII 🇺🇳

🔔 Upcoming Events! Join us next week at VERTIC's two side events on the margins of the 6th meeting of the BWC WG. The events will focus on enhancing national implementation of the BWC and assessing BWC compliance and monitoring, respectively. The side-events will take place on 20 August at 13:15.

⚖️ Important recent decisions from the 🇫🇷 @courdecassation.fr on functional immunities of State officials. The Court ruled that it exists exceptions to functional immunities for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in cases against former Syrian officials.

The French 🇫🇷 National Strategic Review 2025 was published a few days ago and includes some references to WMD proliferation (Chemical, Biological, Nuclear). Short thread 🧶

La Revue Nationale Stratégique 2025 est sortie il y a quelques jours. Quelques références à la prolifération d'armes de destruction massive (Chimique, Biologique & Nucléaire). Petit thread 🧶

🗞️ The latest edition of Trust&Verify is out! 🩺 It features my article on synergies of the recently adopted WHO #PandemicAgreement, the #1972BWC and the #InternationalHealthRegulations Check it out along other pieces on BW control milestones, institutionalisation, nuclear irreversibility, etc. ⤵️

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📢 T&V No. 176 is out! Marking 50 yrs of the BTWC 🧬 & 100 yrs of the Geneva Protocol 📜, with a lead article by Jean Pascal Zanders (@ban-cbw.bsky.social), plus insights on nuclear irreversibility, institutionalisation of the BTWC & maritime sanctions evasion. Read: www.vertic.org/2025/07/trus...

🎂 Today marks the 100th anniversary of the #1925GenevaProtocol, one of the earliest global norm to ban the use of asphyxiating gases and biological weapons in war. 100 years later, it is still a critical instrument to address the proliferation and use of Biological and Chemical weapons ⤵️

🔴 Days before a parliamentary inquiry presents its report on the nuclear tests in French Polynesia, documents obtained by @disclosengo.bsky.social and seen by @lemonde.fr and @theguardian.com suggest the CEA ran a concerted campaign to discredit the revelations👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

France spent €90,000 countering research into impact of Pacific nuclear tests

Documents suggest campaign to discredit revelation that tests contaminated many more people than acknowledged

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Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing | Think Global Health www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/fate...

Fate Unknown: The Pandemic Agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing | Think Global Health

Seven issues exemplify the complex choices that member state negotiators still face

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It's official: the #PandemicAccord is officially adopted by the World Health Assembly! My warmest congratulations to @who.int Member States for their commitment to keeping their people and the world safer. What a moment in global health history. Together!

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A l’ONU, le travail de sape des fausses ONG chinoises

« China Targets » (3/3). « Le Monde », en collaboration avec le consortium de journalistes ICIJ, a enquêté durant plusieurs mois sur la répression chinoise orchestrée depuis Pékin sur les opposants au...

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🗞️ Discover our paper: “N5: Possible Steps to Consolidate the Non-Testing Norm & Facilitate CTBT Entry Into Force” Proposing actions for the N5 to build trust, strengthen monitoring, and support CTBT entry into force. #CTBT #NuclearDisarmament #NonProliferation youthgroup.ctbto.org/system/files...

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Why Norway is restoring its Cold War military bunkers

Norway's proximity to the USSR in the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – some of them vast secret bases. Tensions with Russia have brought the bunkers back into focus

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📢 Join next week’s event on #France's 🇫🇷 Strategic Role in #NATO's #Arctic Ambitions ❄️ 🗓️ Thursday March 27th, 2025 ⏱️ 6:00 AM AK | 10:00 AM EST | 4:00 PM CET 🎙️ Speaker Alix Renaudin will join moderator & TAI’s Victoria Herrmann 🔗 More info: www.thearcticinstitute.org/event/france...

France's Strategic Role in NATO's Arctic Ambitions

This event by The Arctic Institute on 27 March 2025 will explore the evolution of France’s interests in the Arctic, including NATO's role.

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NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines due to the military threat from their neighbor Russia, the four countries said reut.rs/41yCxL9

Poland and Baltic nations plan to pull out from landmines convention

NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines due to the military threat from their neighbour Russia, the four countries said on Tuesday.

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"De 1954 à 1959, la France coloniale n’a pas hésité à gazer, notamment dans les zones montagneuses difficiles d’accès, des populations sans défense" www.liberation.fr/internationa...

Guerre d’Algérie : France Télévisions déprogramme un documentaire sur l’usage des armes chimiques par l’armée française

Dans un contexte diplomatique tendu et alors que les débats sur les crimes coloniaux font rage, un documentaire inédit révélant l’utilisation d’armes chimiques par la France en Algérie a été retiré de...

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Anti-personnel mines: the false promise of security through exceptionalism in war blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

Anti-personnel mines: the false promise of security through exceptionalism in war

Efforts to abandon the APMBC challenge fundamental precepts of IHL and undermine essential safeguards for upholding humanity in war.

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Denmark to spend DKK 14.6 billions more on Arctic military security in partnership with its autonomous territories Greenland 🇬🇱 and the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴, adding to the DKK 10-15 billions for Greenland's defence announced last December. #Arctic #ArcticSecurity bbc.com/news/article...

Denmark to spend billions more on Arctic military security

The move comes after President Donald Trump said he wants to acquire Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.

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Trust & Verify No.175 is out! Featuring a lead article on the establishment of the new Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team for implementation of UNSCRs relating to North Korea, plus pieces on North Korea’s enrichment programme & the use of AI for tracking dark ships www.vertic.org/2025/01/trus...

Trust & Verify no. 175, Winter 2025 - VERTIC

The Winter 2023 edition of T&V opens with a lead article on diplomatic momentum and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. The rest of the edition covers issues ranging from the conviction of a ma...

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📰 The latest edition of Trust & Verify is out! ☣️ It features my article on export and dual-use research 🧪controls, discussing a case in the US 🇺🇸. Check it out, along with updates on North Korea’s enrichment programme 🇰🇵 and the use of AI to track dark ships, here ⤵️

VERTIC@vertic.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trust & Verify No.175 is out! Featuring a lead article on the establishment of the new Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team for implementation of UNSCRs relating to North Korea, plus pieces on North Korea’s enrichment programme & the use of AI for tracking dark ships www.vertic.org/2025/01/trus...

🚨New VERTIC commentary Recent events in Syria present potential opportunities and challenges for verifiably eliminating chemical weapons stockpiles. Our latest piece explores the future implications for #CWC national implementation. Read our commentary here: t.co/v075n5NwXz

NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths. A calculated policy. An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...