BWC

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BWC is an international treaty that prohibits the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arms control treaty
international treaty
abbreviation BTWC
administeredBy Implementation Support Unit of the BWC
aimsTo eliminate biological and toxin weapons
alsoKnownAs Biological Weapons Convention
surface form: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
basedOn Geneva Protocol
surface form: Geneva Protocol of 1925
concludedIn Geneva
depositary Russia
surface form: Russian Federation

United Kingdom
United States of America
enteredIntoForceOn 1975-03-26
field disarmament
non-proliferation
fullName Biological Weapons Convention
hasArticle Article I
Article II
Article III
Article IV
Article IX
Article V
Article VI
Article VII
Article VIII
Article X
Article XI
Article XII
Article XIII
Article XIV
Article XV
Article XVI
hasPreamble Yes
implementationSupportUnitLocatedIn Geneva
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
openedForSignatureOn 1972-04-10
prohibits development of biological weapons
development of toxin weapons
production of biological weapons
production of toxin weapons
stockpiling of biological weapons
stockpiling of toxin weapons
providesFor complaint mechanism through the UN Security Council
consultation and cooperation among States Parties
relatedTo Chemical Weapons Convention
Geneva Protocol
requires national implementation measures by States Parties
subject biological weapons
toxin weapons
underAuspicesOf United Nations

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