Article XVI
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Article XVI is a provision of the Biological Weapons Convention that outlines the procedures for amending the treaty and adapting it to future developments.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Article XVI canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | treaty article ⓘ |
| appliesTo | States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | consent of States Parties ⓘ |
| bindingOn | all States that are Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| concerns | formal amendment of treaty obligations ⓘ |
| defines |
conditions under which amendments enter into force
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procedure for adopting amendments to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ procedure for proposing amendments to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| governs | procedures for modifying the text of the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| hasCitationForm | Article XVI BWC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumber | Article 16 ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to ensure the Biological Weapons Convention can respond to scientific and technological developments
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to provide a formal mechanism to update the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | legally binding on States Parties ⓘ |
| legalSystem | international law ⓘ |
| locatedInDocument | main text of the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| partOf | Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates | process for convening States Parties to consider amendments ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Article XV of the Biological Weapons Convention
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Article XVIII of the Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
adaptation of the treaty to future developments
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amendment procedures ⓘ |
| treatyType | arms control treaty provision ⓘ |
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