Press Release (2002) 041 25 March 2002

A Workshop on Social and Psychological Consequences of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism Brussels, 25 - 27 March 2002 The NATO Science Programme will sponsor an Advanced Research Workshop on "Social and Psychological Consequences of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism". The workshop will take place in the NATO Headquarters in Brussels from 25 to 27 March and will be co-directed by invited experts from the United Kingdom (Professor Simon Wessely, GTK School of Medicine and Institute of Psychiatry) and Russia (Professor Valery Krasnov, Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry). The workshop will be the first activity organised in the framework of the NATO-Russia scientific co-operation with the specific aim of reducing the impact of terrorism. Among the participants there will be representatives of NATO and Partner Countries, as well as from other nations. MEDIA ADVISORY Wednesday, 27 March 2002 15:00 Closing joint press conference with the workshop co-directors, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Scientific Affairs, Dr. Keith Gardner, and the Director of the NATO Research and Technology Agency, Mr. Ken Peebles. Lange Conference Room, NATO Headquarters For more information, please contact : NATO Press and Media Service, tel.: + 32 (0)2 707 50 41, fax: + 32 (0) 2 707 50 57.

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