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SPEAKER:
Rocco Casagrande
Chief, Biological Analysis Lab
UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)
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ABOUT THE LECTURE:
Rocco Casagrande was the chief of the Biological Analysis Lab for the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) from December 2002 to March 2003. He gives a detailed account of the daily activities of inspectors, and the processes involved in determining, for example, if a brewery is really a brewery, or a front for chemical weapons production. He has completed his work with the U.N. and emphasized that in his appearance at MIT, he is speaking for himself, and does not represent the United Nations.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Casagrande received the Ph.D. in biology from MIT in 2001.
Casagrande at Gyphron
NOTES ON THE VIDEO (Time Index):
- Video length is 1:02:40
- It begins with an introduction by
Allison Macfarlane, Senior Research Associate,
MIT Security Studies Program - Casagrande begins at 1:56
- Q&A begins at 38:10
The information on this page was accurate as of the day the video was added to MIT World. This video was added to MIT World on 2003-04-18.
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