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SPIEZ LABORATORY - a Short Overview SPIEZ LABORATORY - A Short Overview Dr. Martin Schaer ETH Zürich 13 October, 2015 SPIEZ LABORATORY The Swiss National Institute for NBC- Protection www.labor-spiez.ch 2 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY NBC Centre Spiez 3 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Staff: 103 (as per 01.01.2015) 4 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Organisation 5 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY SPIEZ LABORATORY • Analysis, Detection and Decontamination • Arms Control • Threat Analysis • Equipment and Material Testing • Emergency Management • International Arms Control Verification Missions • Training of Inspectors • International Capacity Building 6 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY International Organisations United Nations Organisation (UNO) • UNSCOM und UNMOVIC: Arms Control in Iraq Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) • Designated Laboratory (Verification) • Delivery of Analytical Reference Chemicals • Training Courses for OPCW Inspectors, Internship United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) • Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Depleted Uranium) • Romania, Afghanistan (Water) • Palestine, Iraq, Liberia (Build-up of Environmental Protection Agency) • Lebanon (Uranium Ammunition) • Afghanistan (Military Waste) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) • Proficiency Test • Kuwait (Depleted Uranium) World Health Organization (WHO) • Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) 7 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY International Organisations 8 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY International Partner Laboratories Germany – WIS, Munster – Robert Koch Institut, Berlin – Bernhard-Nocht Institut, Hamburg (BSL4) – Uni Göttingen, Uni Witten (Analysis of Toxins) – SanAk Bundeswehr, München (BSL3) USA – ECBC, Edgewood (BSL3 / DEA) – USAMRIID, Fort Detrick (BSL4 / DEA) – NIH (NIAID), Bethesda (BSL4 / Risk Assessments) Canada – CSCHAH, Winnipeg (BSL4 / Design Review) Sweden – foi, Umeå Finland – Verifin, Helsinki UK – dstl, Porton Down Russia – University Institute, Novosibirsk (EM Diagnostics) China – Academy of Military Medical Sciences Singapore – DSO National Laboratories 9 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Missions 10 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY DisarmamentDisarmament • Russia Studies of the Destruction of Chemical Weapons and Toxic Waste • Albania Destruction of Toxic Chemicals 11 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Disarmament UNSCOM Mission Iraq, 1991 12 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY UNEP Mission 2008 UNEP, Myanmar 13 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Training Courses for inspectors of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) 14 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY UN Mission: Syria 15 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY UN Mission: Syria 16 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY UN Mission: Syria 17 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY UN Mission: Syria 18 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY UN Mission: Syria Google: ‘Report UN Syria pdf’ http://www.un.org/disarmament/content/slideshow/Secretary_General_Report_of_CW_Investigation.pdf 19 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY UN Mission: Syria Google: ‘Report UN Syria pdf’ 20 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY www.labor-spiez.ch 21 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Chemical Weapons Convention Use of chemical weapons in the 20th century 1914-8: Over 1300000 people receive gas injuries in first world war, and over 90000 of them die 1935: Italy begins conquest of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) using mustard gas delivered by aircraft spray 1936: Japan invades China using chemical weapons (including mustard gas, phosgene, and hydrogen cyanide); German chemical laboratories produce first nerve agent—tabun 1963-7: Egypt uses phosgene and mustard aerial bombs in support of South Yemen against the Yemeni royalist forces during the Yemeni civil war 1980-8: Iraq attacks Iran and Iraqi Kurds during Iran-Iraq war using mustard and nerve agents 1994-5: Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult uses sarin in terrorist attacks at Matsumoto in June 1994 and on the Tokyo underground in March 1995 22 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Chemical Weapons Convention 23 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Chemical Weapons Convention 24 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Chemical Weapons Convention 25 Source:Federal Mesilaakso Office for, Civil Markku Protection, Chemical (FOCP) Weapons Convention Chemicals Analysis. John WileySPIEZ & LABORATORY Sons, 2005. ISBN: 0-470-84756-5 Chemical Weapons Convention 26 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY Chemical Weapons Convention 2013: Nobel Peace Prize Ahmet Üzümcü, Director General of the OPCW 27 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) SPIEZ LABORATORY .
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