Kazakhstan
Who's Who Top
Government
Governmental actors with a direct or indirect role in biosecurity and scientific oversight are included here. This is not a guide to overall governmental structure. Some departments listed here may have only a marginal interest or role in biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Department / Ministry / Agency:
Ministry of Health, Education, and Sport (MHES)
Comment: COMING SOON
Division(s) within MHES with a role or interest in biosecurity:
- Anti-Plague Scientific Research Institute
- Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases
Scientific Research Agricultural Institute (NISKhI) in Gvardeyskiy
Comment: COMING SOON
Specialized Institutes / Centers:
National Academy of Sciences (KNAS)
Comment: COMING SOON
Division(s) within KNAS with a role or interest in biosecurity:
- National Center for Biotechnology
- MA Aitkhozhin Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry in Almaty
- Institute of Plant Physiology, Genetics, and Bioengineering in Almaty
- Institutes of Microbiology and Virology
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (IPB) at Stepnogorsk
- Almaty Biological Combine
National Academies & Academia
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding Kazakh universities or national academies actively working on biosecurity. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Industry
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding Kazakh companies actively working on biosecurity. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Research Institutes & Non-Profits
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding Kazakh institutes or organizations actively working on biosecurity. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Events Top
This is a list of events relevant to biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Biosafety and Biosecurity Workshop for the Central Asian and Caucasus Regions
Date: 20 - 21 September, 2004
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Participants: The International Science and Technology Center and guests
Description: This meeting was held to provide biological nonproliferation training to government officials and public health workers of the Central Asian and Caucasus regions. Top
Legislation Top
Below is a select list of laws in Kazakhstan. As biosecurity is a relatively new and rapidly developing field, many countries have yet to devise or implement laws specific to biosecurity. Since biosecurity has much in common with national security, biosafety, bioterrorism, biological weapons, import / export of dual-use materials, and biodiversity, some countries may develop biosecurity legislation by adapting existing laws within these other areas. Therefore, biosecurity legislation and other laws that could potentially be used as background for biosecurity legislation are included here.
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Criminal Code
- Date: 1 January, 1998
- Comment: The Kazakh criminal code has numerous articles referring to biological weapons. Articles 158 and 159 of the code makes production, acquisition, sale, and use of WMD is illegal. Article 243 states that the illegal export of technology, scientific and technical information, or services that could be used for the production of WMD, conventional arms, or military equipment subject to special export control, is punishable fines and/or incarceration. Article 250 prohibits the smuggling of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, or materials and equipment that could be used in the production of these weapons, across borders.
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Law on Export Control of Weapons, Military Technology, and Dual Use Goods
- Date: 18 June, 1996
- Comment: This law sets up an export control regime for WMD materials and agents listed by the Australia Group.
Biosecurity Code Examples Top
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding biosecurity codes in use or development in Kazakhstan. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
