Ambassador Dr. György Molnár of Hungary, President-Designate of the Eighth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention has met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, USG Kim Won-soo, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and other UN disarmament officials. Amb. Molnár also met with Permanent Representatives of Member States in order to promote the universalization of the Biological Weapons Convention.
Amb. György Molnár, Special Representative of the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, is wrapping up his visit to New York as President-Designate, which was part of his program to prepare for the Eight Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) to be convened from 7 to 25 November, 2016 in Geneva.
The BWC, which is one of the fundamental pillars of the international community’s efforts to combat weapons of mass destruction, prohibits the development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons. It has 174 States Parties. Preparatory process for Review Conference began in Geneva in April, with many constructive proposals already on the table. The PrepCom will reconvene for one week in August to consider all provisions of the BWC.
While in New York, Amb. Molnár, accompanied by H.E. Amb. Katalin Bogyay, Permanent representative of Hungary to the UN, has met Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, USG Kim Won-soo to brief them on the preparations undertaken, and invite the Secretary-General to the Review Conference. As part of the outreach effort promoting the universalization of the Convention Amb. Molnár has also met the Representatives of Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, UN Member States that do not have representations in Geneva.
