Bioterrorism Exercise - Site Visit to Cancun

From August 17 to 21, 2009 the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (OAS/CICTE), had an on site visit to Cancun, Mexico, in order to begin arrangements for the Counter-Terrorism Crisis Management Simulation Exercise in Response to a Bio-Terrorist Attack that will take place at the Cancun International Airport during November, 2009. This exercise has been designed to establish a learning environment for players to examine current and/or future emergency response plans, policies, and procedures in response to bioterrorism threats to public health, international transportation, trade, and tourism within Mexico and other countries in the region. Some discussion regarding the OAS H1N1 Resolution proposed by Mexico will be considered during this exercise, due to the relevant experience that the Mexican government has on this issue. This Crisis Management Exercise will involve 8 countries form the region, and approximately 90 officials from different agencies responsible for the functional areas in this field.

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