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funding and expertise to: 1) consolidate and secure WMD in a limited number of secure sites; 2) inventory and account for these weapons; 3) provide safe handling and safe disposition of these weapons as called for by arms control agreements; and 4) offer assistance in finding gainful employment for thousands of former Soviet scientists with expert knowledge of WMD or their delivery systems. [...] These efforts include facilitating the construction or renovation of more than 100 laboratory and storage facilities and coordinating more than 300 cooperative research projects aimed at safely studying, detecting, and diagnosing especially dangerous pathogens Provided civilian employment for over 22,000 former WMD scientists The primary objectives of the original CTR Program were to “consolidat. [...] At the same time, between 2008 and 2014, CTR’s efforts to secure nuclear weapons and destroy WMD and WMD infrastructure in the FSU largely drew to a close. [...] Between 2012 and 2017, the Biological Threat Reduction Program completed most of its major infrastructure projects in the FSU and initiated a number of smaller-scale biological safety, security, and surveillance projects focused on WMD-type pathogens in the FSU, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and elsewhere—expanding from activities in seven FSU countries in 2008 to more than 30 countries. [...] Throughout its history, CTR has participated in a mix of elimination-type activities (SOAE, CWD, and demilitarization of biological facilities) and capacity building activities (nuclear weapons security; biological safety, security, and surveillance; and border detection/interdiction).