Tim Edwards
@TimEdwutz
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2nd-gen 🇨🇦 diplomat. Director, Weapons Threat Reduction Pgm. Ex-@CanadaInLaos, @CanadaOPCW, @PafsoApase prez. Fond of @AmandaPutz, frisbees, @SskRoughriders.
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Joined March 2014
It’s safe to say that the world changed a lot in the last five years. It certainly did for me. After putting out Total Freedom in 2020 then accepting the fact that touring it and promoting it wasn’t going to happen, I went back to my coffee shop and worked, I got married, I moved
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A year ago I sent Jason Isbell my then freshly-recorded version of his song ‘Traveling Alone’. In all honesty, we didn’t really know one another very well, I had opened a handful of shows for him over the last few years and notionally I knew we were friendly, mostly exchanging
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That’s a wrap on 2025’s first #GPWG in Ottawa 🇨🇦! It was a productive week of discussions across sub-working groups, including on WMD-relevant technology and assessing emerging threats.
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Thread of photographers who patiently waited to capture the shot of a lifetime 🧵 1. Leonardo Sens (3 years)
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Statement of the Participant Countries of the Ukraine Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Information Sharing Initiative. https://t.co/IueAAkMSfk
canada.ca
Established in 2016 as a result of the Russian Federation’s occupation of Crimea and as an offshoot of the G7-led Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction,...
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Learned a ton moderating today’s #ICONS2024 panel on how Chile, Dominican Republic, and Paraguay removed legacy radioactive material with support from @IAEANS and Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program. Helping make Latin America and the Caribbean safer, one source at a time!
Canada was pleased to host a side event today at the IAEA’s #ICONS2024 on disused sealed radioactive sources alongside the Chile, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and the IAEA.
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📰 Hot off the presses, check out #GPWMD’s latest quarterly newsletter. Learn more about the impressive efforts of the GP’s 31 members to tackle #CBRN threats, including through an ambitious new Countering WMD #Disinformation initiative. Read here: https://t.co/FfoNT8ARRn
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New tunes 🎶 New tour 🚗 Same me 👩🦰 Heading to some of my favourite places this June! 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Tickets on sale this Friday at 10am local at https://t.co/taPIIKq4VI
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On Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness Day, #GPWMD’s 31 members reaffirm our commitment to delivering tangible #WMD threat reduction assistance. Progress and success are possible – we prove it with our partners every day.
Disarmament and non-proliferation are critical not only to a peaceful future, but to our very existence. On this Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness Day, we must speak with one loud, clear voice. It’s time to stop the madness. We need disarmament now.
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ON THIS DAY the first international legal instrument against #nuclearterrorism #CPPNM entered into force. @UNODC promotes universalization and effective implementation of #CPPNM, #ACPPNM and #ICSANT thanks to funding of 🇪🇺 and 🇨🇦. #UNODC_CBRN
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Our program is thrilled to continue our partnership with @CRDFGlobal to disrupt the flow of illicit funds to North Korea’s WMD development.
CRDF Global has received funding from @CanadaFP (GAC) to implement 4 projects that address vulnerabilities & strengthen defenses against cybercrime & sanctions evasion activities that North Korea uses to fund its WMD & missile proliferation programs. https://t.co/vqeYLhIb7l
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Get your certificate like the 2600+ people from 128 countries who have taken @UNODC‘s #eLearning module on #CBRN #terrorism. The one-hour course is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish @ https://t.co/M4wVJW1Rg3 thanks to funding from 🇨🇦
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A NEW MENTAL MODEL MEGATHREAD HAS ARRIVED! In 20 tweets I’ll summarize 20 key principles to understand the world. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Value: potentially a lifetime.
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Thanks to 🇯🇵 for hosting this successful meeting in Nagasaki, where member countries and partners reaffirmed their shared commitment and developed new programming to mitigate WMD terrorism and proliferation threats.
Japan hosted the 2nd @GPWMDofficial working group in Nagasaki 🎌 as this year's G7 Chair. 140 disarmament and nonproliferation experts had a fruitful discussion 🌍🤝#GPWMD
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In 1716, François de Callières wrote a short practical treatise on diplomacy. It became a core text for trainee diplomats for centuries. It was ahead of its time in many ways, arguing for a professional and merit-based diplomatic service Here are 10 pieces of advice on drafting:
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The latest edition of the #GPWMD Newsletter is out! See what we are doing to mitigate 🌍#CBRN threats and check out the feature article from @BWCISU @ODA_Geneva on efforts to universalize the #BTWC in Africa in support of the GP #SIMBA. Check it out at👉 https://t.co/lU7fVYM2MH
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🇨🇦’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program is proud to support this outstanding work by @RUSI_org to shine a light on weapons proliferators.
We are pleased to fund @OSIA_RUSI ‘s #ProjectSandstone report on North Korea-Russia weapons transfers. Arms dealings with #DPRK are prohibited by #UNSC resolutions. We urge North Korea to immediately cease its weapons transfers & for Russia to end its war of aggression.
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‘I feel hopeless': Living in a country on the brink
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Two years into an economic crisis and unable to hold their leaders to account, young Lao see no hope.
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#CHEMEXAfrica Facts: 🇩🇿 Event hosted in Algeria 🦺 80 Participants from 30+ African countries 🌍 South-South cooperation ensures long-term sustainability 🧑🏫 Train-the-trainer programme enables African instructors to train the next-generation of African #FirstResponders 🇨🇦 Funding
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