President ECOSF visits International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Astana, Kazakhstan

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President ECOSF Prof. Manzoor Hussain Soomro during his stay in Astana, Kazakhstan (13-18 Oct 2014) visited the ISTC and held meeting with the Chief Admin Officer Mr. James K. Jubilee. Mr. Jubilee gave Prof. Soomro a power point presentation about the background, mandate and scope of the ISTC which is basically based in Moscow however, being shifted to Astana at the campus of Nazarbayev University Astana. The ISTC has mainly been active in the former Soviet Union States with reference to Chemical, Biological, Radiologic and Nuclear (CBRN) risk reduction and mitigation. The centre has also been funding projects for establishment and strengthening of laboratories and capacity building of scientific community in the region; which includes some ECO Member States. Thus the possibility of expanding the support of ISTC to other ECO Member States was also discussed.

It is pertinent to mention that the ECOSF in collaboration with FC College, Lahore and with the support of EU through DEVCO organized an International Conference on "Emerging Trends in life Sciences for Sustainable Development" from 9-11 October 2014 at Lahore Pakistan. One of the major themes of conference was Biosafety and Biosecurity in the ECO region. These developments/discussions will be shared with DEVCO/UNICRI during the 2nd meeting of Focal Points for CBRN being held at UNICRI Turin on 19-20 November 2014.