Subject: Initial notification of the three-day Interpol Workshop on Preventing Bioterrorism, Muscat, Oman

Following the 1st Interpol Global Conference on Preventing Bioterrorism held in Lyon from 1-2 March 2005, and its four regional workshops held in South Africa, Singapore, Chile and Ukraine, Interpol is pleased to announce that the next workshop will be held:

• in Muscat , Oman , from 19 to 21 March 2007

The main objectives of the workshop will be to:

• provide information and training (including training materials to be taken away by law enforcement officers for national use);
  
  
• encourage the development of a response capability;
  
  
• promote relations between and with international, regional and national organizations and law enforcement agencies;
  
  
• develop a draft plan of action (on national, regional and international bases)
  
  

• present Interpol’s Bioterrorism Pre-Planning and Response Guide     

To be attended by two representatives from each country:

• a chief police officer (Deputy National Police Chief or head of counter-terrorism)
• and a trainer/expert with expertise in the chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) or counter-terrorism field.

Participants will be encouraged to discuss their own national law enforcement experience in managing and investigating relevant major bio-related incidents, such as natural outbreaks of SARS, avian flu, FMD, etc.

Relevant international, regional and national bodies will also be invited.

Further details, including a draft agenda, hotel list and practical arrangements, will be issued shortly.

For further information, you are invited to contact the Interpol Bioterrorism Unit:

E-mail public address:

Bioterrorism