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International cooperation26 December 2023

Workshop on Countering CBR Disinformation and the 5th Annual Meeting of the ASEAN Network of Defence Experts on CBR

Field: Nuclear and radiological Tiếng Việt

Unofficial translation from the Vietnamese original.

From 14 to 15 December 2023, the Secretariat of the ASEAN Network of Defence Experts on CBR hosted the workshop “Countering CBR Disinformation” in Singapore and the 5th Annual Meeting of the ASEAN Network of Defence Experts on CBR. The workshop was attended by 50 delegates from ASEAN countries and international organisations (the Centres of Excellence/European Union and the Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute/United Nations). Vietnam was represented at the workshop by two officers from the Chemical Corps and one officer from the Foreign Relations Department/Ministry of National Defence. The workshop was chaired and opened by Colonel Lim Poh Chuan, Commander of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosives Defence Group/Singapore Ministry of Defence. The representative of the European Union in Singapore, H.E. Ms Iwona Piórko, delivered welcoming remarks and highlighted the importance of preventing and mitigating damage caused by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents.

Heads of the participating national delegations and representatives of the organisers with guests in a commemorative photograph

On 14 December, at the 5th Annual Meeting of the ASEAN Network of Defence Experts on CBR, delegates heard expert groups present updates to the draft multinational standard operating procedure on CBR, the activities carried out in 2023 and the proposed activities for 2024. The Vietnamese delegation put forward three proposals, focusing on sending officers to practise the analysis of persistent organic compounds at Singapore's Defence Science Organisation (DSO) and on testing the multinational standard operating procedure on CBR.

The Vietnamese delegation speaks and exchanges views at the meeting

On 15 December, experts from the Centres of Excellence/European Union and the Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute/United Nations presented to delegates the skills for analysing CBR disinformation and the most effective methods of refuting it. Participants practised a scenario involving disinformation about a lost radioactive source and a chemical leak at a hypothetical facility, and on that basis put forward views to counter and refute the false information.

At the close of the workshop, on behalf of the ASEAN CBR Secretariat, Dr Loke Weng Keong expressed appreciation for the contributions of the expert delegations of ASEAN countries attending the 5th Annual Meeting, as well as for their ideas for even more practical activities in 2024, serving the countering of CBR agents in ASEAN in particular and in Asia in general.

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