Dr Trevor Findlay is the Executive Director of the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), London. He was formerly an Australian diplomat and Project Leader on Peacekeeping and Regional Security at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Sweden. His research interests include arms control and disarmament, as well as the verification and monitoring aspects of Northern Ireland Decommissioning and peace operations.

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Of all weapons of mass destruction biological weapons are the hardest to detect. Only a miniscule amount of agent is required to have the same deadly large-scale effect as chemical or nuclear weapons. None the less, at this point in time UNMOVIC is looking for them in Iraq. The political and scientific framework of their mission is outlined here.