SEA-DUMPED MUNITIONS: RISKS AND CHALLENGES

Global Green USA Security and Sustainability Program continues discussion on Sea-Dumped Munitions, especially Chemical Weapons (CW) as part of its Healing the Oceans initiative. Our upcoming roundtable will give a general introduction to the issue, describing the geography, quantities and potential health hazards, and, as an example, little-known details on Japan. We will also address the larger issue of conventional weapons dumped.

This session will be particularly important in defining the context within which the more in-depth roundtables to follow delve further into the primary geographic locations – the Baltic, the Pacific including Hawaii, and the Mediterranean – and tackle legal, public health and possible mitigation issues respectively. All stakeholders – US and other government representatives, experts and NGOs – are invited to attend. There will be three presentations with time for questions and discussion. 

WHEN: Monday, May 10, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Global Green USA, 1100 15th Street, NW, 11th Floor (at L Street), Washington DC, 20005

Opening Remarks: Dr. Paul Walker Director, Security and Sustainability Global Green USA

Presentations: Healing the Seas of Sea-Dumped CW, (Finn Longinotto, Senior Program Fellow), the case of Japan (Ryo Sato) and The Larger Sea-Dumped Munitions Context (Rick Stauber, Unexploded Ordnance Expert). 

Please RSVP to ggusadc@gmail.com. Provide Name, Title, and Affiliation. Seating is limited. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.