Special thanks to The Gambia, Ghana, Namibia and Nepal for being such welcoming hosts and to the European Union, United Kingdom and Global Partnership for supporting these activities EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters🇪🇺, UK Mission Geneva 🇬🇧 🇬🇧and Global Partnership | Weapons of Mass Destruction. #1972BWC

This year we received a record number of applications for the #Youth4Biosec Fellowship 🏆🇺🇳 20 emerging leaders from 17 #1972BWC States Parties came to Geneva, attended #BWCWG sessions and prepared a poster exhibition! Full video 📢📺 bit.ly/Y4Biosec2023

Huge thanks to our #Youth4Biosec fellows for their enthusiasm and our great partners, EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters 🇪🇺and Global Health Security Fund , for their unwavering support! 🏅 Special thanks to everyone involved during our visit for making it unforgettable! 👏

A visit with the #G7 Non-proliferation group to #Nagasaki’s monument and atomic museum made a lasting impression

On the International Week of Science and Peace, we're excited to announce that the Youth Declaration for Biosecurity reached over 150 endorsers! A great call for responsible science towards a world free of bioweapons! #Youth4Biosec #1972BWC UNODA Geneva UN Office for Disarmament Affairs

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3️⃣ emerging leaders in #biosecurity and only 1️⃣ question about the #Youth4Biosec fellowship 🧬 Watch our video to see how it turned out. 🗣️Andres Ardon, Sandra Matinyi ﹫ UNODA Geneva, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, Global Health Security Fund, EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters

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The new World Health Organization South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed thanked Member States.

I started my World Health Organization (WHO) #EB154 remarks yesterday thanking #Bangladesh & World Health Organization South-East Asia Member States for electing me. I ended by thanking Prime Minister #SheikhHasina for teaching me, as my mother, how to lead with compassion & care for those who are disenfranchised and in need.

During her visit to Nepal, USG Izumi Nakamitsu also met with a diverse group of CSOs. They discussed youth and women in #disarmament, #capacitybuilding, #cybersecurity, and #AI. Working with partners is at the core of UNRCPD’s work to strengthen peace and security in the region.

Regional Director Ms Saima Wazed presented a certificate to Dr Shaheer Aboobacker from #India on successful completion of Junior Public Health Professional Programme World Health Organization South-East Asia which provides hands-on learning experience and leadership skills to young professionals from Member

More than one in three people in the WHO South-East Asia Region live with a neurological disorder. #WorldEpilepsyDay

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

The 2024 #Youth4Biosec Fellowship is in full swing! This week, our third online session was all about safeguarding bioscience from misuse and ensuring compliance with the #1972BWC. Thank you to @meganjpalmer, IBBIS, iGEM Headquarters, and Tianjin University for speaking to the Y4B Fellows!

🇰🇪 This week we are part of the International Synthetic Biology, AI and Biosecurity Conference in Africa. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏽Join us tomorrow for our presentations about the BWC (keynote address and at a panel with United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research) 🫡Looking forward to meeting you all! #SynBioAI #Biosecurity #BWC1972

Bangladesh’s Muslim clerics are voluntarily guarding a Hindu temple in Cumilla after reports of attacks on Hindu communities and their places of worship prompted politicians and protest leaders to call for 'resisting' those committing violence. Photo by Billah Mamun/Facebook