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The States Parties noted that the International Health Regulations (2005) are important for building capacity to prevent, protect against, control and respond to the international spread of disease. (...) United States of America The States Parties noted that the International Health Regulations (2005) are important for building capacity to prevent, protect against, control and respond to the international spread of disease. (...) Recognizing the importance of disease surveillance and detection efforts for identifying and confirming the cause of outbreaks, States Parties recognized the need to work, in accordance with their respective circumstances, national laws and regulations, to improve BWC/CONF.VII/5 16 GE.11-65259 their own capacities in this area, and cooperating, upon request, to build the capacity of other States Parties.

On 23 April 2013, the Governments of Lithuania and the United States signed the Joint Action Plan on combating illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials. (...) On 15 October 2012 the seminar Compliance with the Requirements on Strategic Goods Control was organized by the Ministry of Economy in cooperation with the United States Energy Department and United States Commerce Department. (...) On 24 July 2013, the Secretary-General published a report that reflected the views of member states, international organizations and civil society on this topic (A/68/258).

Does your State Party have anything new to declare in relation to legislation, regulations and other measures？ (...) CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURE E Form 7： Legislation, regulations and other measures 17. At the Third Review Conference the States parties agreed to implement the following： As an indication of the measures which they have taken to implement the Convention, States parties shall declare whether they have legislation, regulations or other measures： (a) to prohibit the development, production, stockpiling, acquisition or retention of microbial or other biological agents, or toxins, weapons, equipment and means of delivery, specified in Article I of the Convention, within their territory or anywhere under their jurisdiction or control； (b) in relation to the export or import of micro-organisms pathogenic to man, animals and plants or of toxins in accordance with the Convention； States parties shall complete the attached form (Form E) and shall be prepared to submit copies of the legislation or regulations, or written details of other measures on request to the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs or to an individual State party. On an annual basis States parties shall indicate, also on the attached form, whether or not there has been any amendment to their legislation, regulations or other measures.

WP.6 United States States Parties should identify mechanisms for funding the procurement and transport of assets and examine potential liability arrangements for the provision of assistance. (...) WP.17 Iran (NAM) [There is a] need for establishing procedures to settle disputes if a State Party is restricted and/or denied by another State Party or a group of States Parties on drugs, medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and related equipment and materials for peaceful purposes as enshrined in the Article X of the Convention, including by considering a standing body. (...) States are the entities with most of the relevant legal authority.

A “NA” (Not Applicable) in any data field signifies that the data field is not applicable to that State where through legally binding instruments States specified that they do not possess related materials or facilities. (...) (Money Laundering Act, MLA) Regulations concerning measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism, etc. (Money Laundering Regulations, MLR) Crime - The Money Laundering Unit (ØKOKRIM/ EFE - Enheten for finansiell etterretning) Money Laundering Regulations 2009 12 abovementioned activities related to means of delivery1 X X ?

Enforcement of laws and regulations relating to the export of toxic and dangerous products and wastes is the responsibility of a number of agencies and relies on their acting in cooperation.e The principal agencies in this respect are the EPA, the Department of Justice, the United States Customs Service, the FBI, the State Department, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and the United States Coast Guard. (...) During her mission to the United States the Special Rapporteur visited the same border from the United States side, around the city of El Paso, in the state of Texas. 42. (...) The owner abandoned the company, returning to the United States where he declared bankruptcy.ee 53. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that the United States system does not impose export regulations on SLABs destined for recycling.

Up to that date, the company Global Strategies Group had been in charge of security in the so-called “Green Zone”. 5 United States Department of State, government contract. (...) Another clause establishes that “the contract shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, United States of America, and of Honduras, as though signed in that location, nullifying any conflict of laws to which it may give rise. (...) It remains to be determined whether the Hondurans and Chileans were acting as members of the armed forces of a party to the conflict, i.e., whether, having been recruited under a contract with the United States Department of State, they were members of the United States Army. 51.

Excerpts of U.N. Member States’ Laws and Regulations Concerning Possession and Use of Small Arms and Light Weapons.... .............................. 64 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/27* page 4 导 言 1 1. (...) Jamaica, communication No. 546/1993: Jamaica 1 August 1996 (CCPR/C/53/D/546/1993) (1996). 32 Ibid., para. 9.5. 33 In the Burrell case, the Human Rights Committee also held that States parties have a negative duty not to kill arbitrarily and that they have a positive duty to protect the lives of inmates while in State custody. (...) II., article 51, paras. 8-19, discuss Article 51 and Article 2 (4) of the Charter, as well as Article 51 in relation to the principle of proportionality. 45 The equation on self-defence in international customary law is a measure of necessity, proportionality and immediacy to justify the use of force by one State against another State. It was established in the United States Supreme Court’s 1837 Caroline case and codified in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations (26 June 1945, 59 Stat. 1031, T.S.

However, a study by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation entitled “Tracking and enforcement of hazardous waste shipments in North America: A needs assessment”i identified some problems in tracking transboundary movements of hazardous wastes, and concluded that at least within a North American context, the most critical limitation of existing tracking systems identified is their inability to track a single shipment “from cradle to grave” when “the cradle was in one country and the grave in another”.j 31. In addition, regulations have been made under CEPA establishing requirements for PCB storage sites,k the treatment and destruction of federally owned PCBs, and prohibiting the export of PCB wastes to any country other than the United States. 32. (...) The Special Rapporteur notes that under the current system of hazardous waste management, the federal Government has the power under the Import/Export regulations to say no to an import or export. However, it appears that in practice it relies to a very wide extent on the judgement of the State (or province in the case of imports) whether the wastes will be managed in an environmentally sound manner (ESM). (...) The Pest Control Products Act (PCPA)s and regulations provide the legislative mandate to regulate pest control products in Canada.

China has strengthened the oversight and administration on agricultural genetically modified organism to protect the environment and promote the relevant researches. Laws and regulations have been put into practice such as Regulations on Safety Management of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organism. (...) Codes of Conduct and the relevant laws and regulations should supplement each other. Since different countries have different economic and scientific development levels and various management systems or practice, States Parties are encouraged to adopt Codes of Conduct according to their own national situations on a voluntary basis. (...) Regulations on biosafety management in pathogenic microorganism laboratories puts relevant research, teaching and detection activities under the supervision.