Conference Report of the second Gulf Cooperation Council-U.S. Environmental Security Conference (Environmental Planning, Prevention And Disaster Response In The Arabian Gulf), conducted September 15-18, 2002 in Doha, Qatar. Attended by delegations from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan, this event supported the pillars of the new national security strategy: strengthening alliances to defeat global terrorism, deterring WMD threats, and developing agendas for cooperative action.

"Published: September 2004" -- CSL website.

Foreword -- Executive summary ; Welcoming remarks and keynote address. Introduction -- Welcoming remarks / Hamad bin Ali Al-Attia -- Welcoming remarks / George J. Trautman III -- Welcoming remarks and setting the azimuth / Kent H. Butts -- Welcome and introduction of keynote speaker / Alina Romanowski -- Keynote address / Curtis Bowling ; Security and the environment: regional approaches. Introduction -- Opening remarks / Kent H. Butts -- Report on results of April 2000 conference / Nasser bin Salim Al Tamtami -- Interagency training for disaster response exercise, September 2002 / Nasser Mohammed Al-Ali ; Potential risk scenarios. Introduction -- Petro-chemical environmental concerns: managing environmental pollution resulting from chemical and hydrocarbon materials / Mohammed Jassim Al-Maslamani -- Water: distribution and water quality in Qatar / Abdul Rahman Ali Al-Naama -- Health and disease response / Annette L. Sobel ; Security and environmental planning in the 21st century: regional monitoring, warning, and information exchange. Introduction / Trevor Hughes -- 9/11: multi-level response and management / Randy Lambrecht -- Application of remote sensing to environmental hazard mitigation / Michael Foose -- Information exchange and management tools: partnership for Peace Information Management System (PIMS) and Defense Environmental Network Information Exchange (DENIX) / Jackie Hux Cain ; Cooperation between defense and other agencies. Introduction / John F. Sigler -- Initial reactions: coordinating with the first responders / Craig T. Boddington -- Promoting stability and capability: regional cooperative initiative / Paul Malik -- Turkish earthquakes: response, lessons learned, new procedures and mechanisms / Mustafa Erdik -- Medical responses / Abdul Wahab Al-Mosleh ; Multilateral approaches to security cooperation on environmental issues. Introduction -- Coordinating regional disaster response activities / Gary Barrett -- Environmental post-conflict assessments: a new UN tool developed by UNEP / Pekka Haavisto -- Existing Qatar and Gulf Cooperation Council organizations and mechanisms: protection of the environment / Khalid Al-Ali -- Multilateral approaches to consequence management: a medical perspective / Mohammed Al-Abbadi ; Breakout workshops, reports and recommendations. Introduction -- Defining environmental security and setting regional objectives -- Environmental security intelligence, detection, and information sharing -- Regional center/command and control center -- Regional training and exercises -- Managing health and disease consequences -- Executive committee: the next steps and the way ahead ; Closing remarks. Closing remarks of Commander, United States Central command / Tommy R. Franks -- Closing remarks of the Ambassador of the United States to Qatar / Maureen E. Quinn -- Closing remarks of the Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces / Hamad bin Ali Al-Attia ; Appendix A: attendee list -- Appendix B: agenda -- Appendix C: acronyms.