The International Technology Advisory Board (ITAB) on Sea-Dumped Weapons was established to serve as the focal point for the exchange of information, expertise, knowledge and know-how between different potential stakeholders, such as Governments, commissions, conventions, communities, organizations, scientific experts, and industry. The International Technology Advisory Board has replaced the International Scientific Advisory Board on Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons as we have moved forward from a position of science and new knowledge, to one of action. The main mission of the Advisory Board is to provide platforms for networking, information-sharing, evaluation of emerging technologies suitable for underwater munitions clearance, and raising awareness on legacy of underwater munitions.
On 17 March 2016, in the IDUM head-office in The Hague, the ITAB committee held its next meeting. Many important issues have been reviewed during the brief but informative one-hour discussion. During the meeting, the members were updated about the current, ongoing, and the upcoming IDUM activities. Three ITAB members (later that number was confirmed to be five) are appearing on the panel for CW’s at the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an honor for our organization that three (later that number was confirmed to be five) members are filling the total of seven the expert panel. Later was confirmed that five out of seven experts were represented by the ITAB.
Five ITAB members were selected by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia to appear from 4 to 8 April 2016 to develop a new board for CDC: Experts Panel on Underwater Munitions (EPUM) that will write a report for the US, and it will included chemical and conventional munitions sites, and all underwater munitions sites outside of the US waters. The munitions will be cleaned-up in the future based on Human Health and Environment. The Chairperson of the IDUM, Mr. Terrance Long, is leading the report writing with CDC.
“The purpose of this panel is to assess the potential risk posed by ocean dumped munitions, particularly chemical munitions. This panel is in conjunction with the U.S. Army’s plans and current programs for mitigation, prevention, and control of chemical agent hazards from this material. This panel will provide individual recommendations and observations with regards to risk, proposed or current activities and programs, and identify any corrective actions or other mitigation measures based on each member’s expertise.”
Some ITAB members were present in person, and many of them could join the meeting through Skype, as the organization is proud to say that ITAB members are a diverse group of experts representing different areas of expertise represented by many countries and even continents.
The working of the ITAB committee is in continues progress.
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On a recent survey in the Baltic Sea off Poland I was searching for chemical weapons in 100 meters of water. We first deployed AUV’s to search for targets then send our ROV for a more detailed investigation. What was very strange was that there was no life on the seabed and the water column for about 30 meters in depths. All I could find was chemical weapons scatter along the seabed and shipwrecks with conventional and chemical weapons. Its no longer uncommon to find dead zones and munitions in the same area. In some cases the nitrates play a role by removing oxygen from the marine environment. Left unchecked these weapons will destroy the seas and ocean. Its just a matter of time before chemical releases from other regions meet one another. The releases from chemical weapons attack juvenile fish ability to reproduce that in many cases is mistaken for over fishing.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1321948-offshore-drilling-could-detonate-unexploded-bombs-expert-warns
Learn more about sea dumped chemical weapons in our rivers, lakes, seas and ocean. Left in the marine environment they will destroy our global fish stocks, increase our global heath care costs, increase global cancer rates and continue to create dead zones.
International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions (IDUM) is a registered Dutch Foundation in the city of The Hague, The Netherlands. IDUM maintains and operates a Board of Directors and an International Technology Advisory Board (ITAB) on Sea Dumped Weapons (SDW’s). IDUM’s goals are to establish an International binding Treaty on all classes of Underwater Munitions, to develop a global database on locations of underwater munitions sites and to act as a repository for underwater munitions related information.
Terry Long believes the world is in great danger. And he’s on a one-man mission to save it.
International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions (IDUM’s) International Technology Advisory Board (ITAB) on Sea Dumped Weapons (SDW) will develop a MOU to provide expert advice on sea dumped chemical and conventional weapons to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston Jamaica, where IDUM recently became an Observer. The ISA is the seabed authority under International law of the Sea, including oversight of deep water sites for exploration of rare minerals. Some deep water sites are also home to the world’s chemical weapons sites. Please join our open LinkedIn Group ” International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions” to provide your comment on sea dumped weapons. Millions of tons of munitions left to corrode will destroy our ocean and seas unless we safely and environmental friendly dispose of them. The solution isn’t dissolution. We welcome everyone to our LinkedIn Group ” International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions”