Major General Muhammed Firdaus Mian, psc, Chairman, Board of Governors of BIISS attended the 4th Annual Convention of the Consortium of Non-Traditional Security (NTS)-Asia, held on 25-26 November 2010 at the Traders Hotel, Singapore. The Convention was organised by Centre for NTS Studies, Secretariat of the Consortium of NTS-Asia. Similar to previous years, the convention brought together members of the Consortium to take stock of the salient NTS issues in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to formulate ways forward to sustain the Consortium's activities.