Science, Technology, and Public Policy

The U.N. Security Council 1540 Committee and the U.N. Office of Disarmament Affairs collaborated with the Stimson Center to create an international essay competition for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The winners will be announced, and some will be presenting their ideas at this event. The goals of the competition were to involve the younger generation in understanding and addressing the important issue of proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), i.e., chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, and to solicit innovative student approaches to implementing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) to support the Council’s Comprehensive Review of the resolution this year.

Ambassador's Dialogue on Korea

Ambassador Lee Tae-sik will give the inaugural address for the 2006 BCSIA-Korea Economic Institute Speakers Series on Korean Security Issues.

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has established Task Group 94 to develop a publication on the ethical foundations of the system of radiological protection, aiming to consolidate the basis of ICRP’s recommendations, to improve the understanding of the system and to provide a basis for communication on radiation risk and its perception. To support this effort, a series of regional workshops is being held. The first in this series were held in Daejeon (Korea), Milan (Italy), and Baltimore (USA), supported by the local Associate Societies of the International Radiation Protection Association. Collaboration between radiological protection professionals and applied.