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March 2009 JX1974 Produced by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, this publication reproduces a presentation for UN delegations and civil society representatives introducing the template of the Biological Incident Database produced in response to the UN resolution on a Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Plan and its annexed plan of action, which called for "the United Nations system to develop, together with Member States, a single comprehensive database on biological incidents, ensuring that it is complementary to the biocrimes database contemplated by the International Criminal Police Organization.

The Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations said the exhibition, featuring several dozen picture panels and talk sessions with bomb survivors, will be officially sponsored by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, an umbrella body for peace and disarmament organizations.

In an interview, Roger Smith, Network Coordinator for the NGO Committee on Disarmament, said simply: "The political environment of disarmament is in a downward spiral.