States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention

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group of states international legal category treaty party status

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention are the countries that have formally joined the treaty banning the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons and are legally bound to comply with its obligations.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of states ⓘ international legal category ⓘ treaty party status ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent development of biological and toxin weapons ⓘ promote peaceful uses of biological science and technology ⓘ strengthen global biological disarmament ⓘ
appliesTo	sovereign states ⓘ
cooperateThrough	meetings of States Parties ⓘ meetings of experts ⓘ review conferences ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	BWC States Parties NERFINISHED ⓘ States Parties to the BWC NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageOfReference	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasObligation	ban acquisition of biological weapons ⓘ ban development of biological weapons ⓘ ban production of biological weapons ⓘ ban retention of biological weapons ⓘ ban stockpiling of biological weapons ⓘ consult and cooperate to resolve problems related to the Convention ⓘ destroy existing biological weapons and associated facilities ⓘ implement national measures to prohibit and prevent biological weapons activities ⓘ not assist, encourage, or induce anyone to acquire biological weapons ⓘ not transfer biological weapons to any recipient ⓘ participate in review conferences of the Convention ⓘ submit confidence-building measure information on a voluntary basis ⓘ use biological agents and toxins only for prophylactic, protective, or other peaceful purposes ⓘ
hasRight	participate in meetings of States Parties ⓘ participate in review conferences ⓘ propose amendments to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ request consultations under Article V of the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ request investigation of alleged biological weapons use through the UN Security Council ⓘ
hasStatusType	accession ⓘ ratification ⓘ succession ⓘ
isAdministeredBy	United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDefinedAs	countries that have ratified or acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ
isDefinedBy	Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMonitoredBy	Implementation Support Unit of the Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRecordedIn	United Nations Treaty Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRelatedTo	States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSubsetOf	States participating in multilateral arms control treaties ⓘ
partOf	Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article II → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article II (Biological Weapons Convention)

Article VI → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VI (Biological Weapons Convention)

Article VIII → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article VIII of the Biological Weapons Convention

Article X → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article XI → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article XI of the Biological Weapons Convention

Article XV → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article XV of the Biological Weapons Convention

BWC Review Conferences → attendedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article IX → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article IX (Biological Weapons Convention)

Article XII → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Article XII (Biological Weapons Convention)