France Seeks International Group to Combat Bioterror

In an interview published today, French Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy proposed the creation of an international organization to coordinate the fight against biological terrorism, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur (see GSN, Nov. 8).

Such an organization would either be based in France or Canada, Douste-Blazy said. He also said he would discuss his proposal with health ministers from the world’s top industrialized nations during a meeting on biological terrorism set to be held today in Paris.

Douste-Blazy also told the daily Le Parisien that France has enough smallpox vaccine to protect everyone in the country, plus another 5 million doses it could provide to countries in need (Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Dec. 9).

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