States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
E1012606
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12985051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention Context triple: [Article II (Biological Weapons Convention), appliesTo, States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention]
-
A.
States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention are countries that have formally joined the global treaty banning the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and are legally bound to its verification and disarmament obligations.
-
B.
Biological Weapons Convention
The Biological Weapons Convention is an international treaty that prohibits the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons, forming a key pillar of global arms control and nonproliferation efforts.
-
C.
States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
The States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention are the countries that have formally joined and committed to implementing the international treaty prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines.
-
D.
Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes)
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) is a proposed or conceptual international framework envisioned to oversee and verify global compliance with bans on biological weapons, analogous to how the OPCW governs chemical weapons disarmament.
-
E.
States Parties to the Genocide Convention
States Parties to the Genocide Convention are countries that have ratified or acceded to the treaty and are thereby bound under international law to prevent and punish the crime of genocide through their domestic legal systems and international cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention are countries that have formally joined the global treaty banning the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and are legally bound to its verification and disarmament obligations.
-
B.
Biological Weapons Convention
The Biological Weapons Convention is an international treaty that prohibits the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons, forming a key pillar of global arms control and nonproliferation efforts.
-
C.
States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
The States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention are the countries that have formally joined and committed to implementing the international treaty prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines.
-
D.
Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes)
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) is a proposed or conceptual international framework envisioned to oversee and verify global compliance with bans on biological weapons, analogous to how the OPCW governs chemical weapons disarmament.
-
E.
States Parties to the Genocide Convention
States Parties to the Genocide Convention are countries that have ratified or acceded to the treaty and are thereby bound under international law to prevent and punish the crime of genocide through their domestic legal systems and international cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Article II (Biological Weapons Convention)
subject surface form:
Article VI (Biological Weapons Convention)
subject surface form:
Article VIII of the Biological Weapons Convention
subject surface form:
Article XI of the Biological Weapons Convention
subject surface form:
Article XV of the Biological Weapons Convention
subject surface form:
Article IX (Biological Weapons Convention)
subject surface form:
Article XII (Biological Weapons Convention)