{"id":413,"date":"2019-10-24T19:27:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T23:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/strengthening-biosecurity\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:38:00","slug":"strengthening-biosecurity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/strengthening-biosecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Biosecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid page-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"row\">\n<aside id=\"depts-sidenav\" class=\"col-md-3 submenu\">\n<div lc-helper=\"shortcode\" class=\"live-shortcode lc-block\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"dept_content\" class=\"col-md-9 pagecontent\">\n<div id=\"sub_content\" class=\"bodytext\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Strengthening Biosecurity and Preventing Bioterrorism in the Caribbean: The Role of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h6>&nbsp;<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mr-O-Neil-Hamilton.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/Images\/symposium\/Mr-Hamilton-s-Pic.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); float: left; margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"Mr-O-Neil-Hamilton.jpg\" \/><strong>Name:<\/strong> Mr. O&#39;Neil Hamilton<br \/>\n<strong>Title:<\/strong> Regional Coordinator for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 in CARICOM<br \/>\n<strong>Institution:<\/strong> CARICOM<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caricom.org\/united-nations-security-council-unsc-resolution-1540\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.caricom.org\/united-nations-security-council-unsc-resolution-1540\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:ONeil.Hamilton@Caricom.org\">ONeil.Hamilton@Caricom.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Biography<\/strong><br \/>\nMr. O&#39;Neil Hamilton is the Regional Coordinator for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and also the Caribbean Focal Point for the United Nations Counter-terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). A career diplomat, Mr. Hamilton is responsible for regional efforts to enact strategic trade legislation, attendant regulations and export controls to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and&nbsp; to counter chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) related terrorism, within the Caribbean. He also coordinates several major capacity-building initiatives, in partnership with the United Nations 1540 Committee, the United Nations Counter-terrorism Committee and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs aimed at building overall enforcement capacity and to improve detection, identification and interdiction capabilities. He is also responsible for the development of legislative measures to meet Recommendations 6 &amp; 7 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to prevent terrorism and proliferation financing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote Address<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"swifttagcontainer103d2o0aoc\">\n<div id=\"proactivechatcontainer103d2o0aoc\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline;\" id=\"swifttagdatacontainer103d2o0aoc\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">var swiftscriptelem103d2o0aoc=document.createElement(\"script\");swiftscriptelem103d2o0aoc.type=\"text\/javascript\";var swiftrandom = Math.floor(Math.random()*1001); var swiftuniqueid = \"103d2o0aoc\"; var swifttagurl103d2o0aoc=\"https:\/\/livesupport.cavehill.uwi.edu\/visitor\/index.php?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\";setTimeout(\"swiftscriptelem103d2o0aoc.src=swifttagurl103d2o0aoc;document.getElementById('swifttagcontainer103d2o0aoc').appendChild(swiftscriptelem103d2o0aoc);\",1);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strengthening Biosecurity and Preventing Bioterrorism in the Caribbean: The Role of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 &nbsp; Name: Mr. O&#39;Neil Hamilton Title: Regional Coordinator for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 in CARICOM Institution: CARICOM https:\/\/www.caricom.org\/united-nations-security-council-unsc-resolution-1540\/ Contact: ONeil.Hamilton@Caricom.org Biography Mr. O&#39;Neil Hamilton is the Regional Coordinator for the implementation of United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Strengthening Biosecurity - Centre for Biosecurity Studies - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"Strengthening Biosecurity and Preventing Bioterrorism in the Caribbean: The Role of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 &nbsp; Name: Mr. O&#39;Neil"},"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/biosecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}