Biological Weapons Convention

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arms control treaty disarmament treaty international treaty nonproliferation treaty

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.

Aliases (3)

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction ×2
Biological Weapons Convention (non-nuclear WMD context) ×1
Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit ×1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arms control treaty → disarmament treaty → international treaty → nonproliferation treaty →
adoptedOn	1972-03-26 →
article	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 XV → surface form: "Article XVI"
category	weapons of mass destruction treaties →
depository	Soviet government → surface form: "Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" UK government → surface form: "Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" United States government → surface form: "Government of the United States of America"
encourages	international cooperation in peaceful uses of biological science and technology →
enteredIntoForceOn	1975-03-26 →
fullName	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"
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
monitoredBy	BWC Review Conferences →
negotiatedAt	Conference on Disarmament → surface form: "Conference of the Committee on Disarmament"
openedForSignatureOn	1972-04-10 →
pillarOf	global arms control regime → weapons of mass destruction nonproliferation regime →
prohibits	biological agents for hostile purposes → microbial agents for hostile purposes → toxins for hostile purposes → weapons designed to use biological agents or toxins for hostile purposes →
purpose	prohibit development of biological weapons → prohibit development of toxin weapons → prohibit production of biological weapons → prohibit production of toxin weapons → prohibit stockpiling of biological weapons → prohibit stockpiling of toxin weapons → promote disarmament of biological and toxin weapons →
region	global →
relatedTo	Chemical Weapons Convention → Geneva Protocol →
requires	destruction of biological weapons stockpiles → destruction of toxin weapons stockpiles → national implementation measures →
reviewConferenceInterval	approximately every five years →
scope	biological agents not justified for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes →
secretariatSupportBy	United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs →
shortName	BTWC → BWC →
subject	biological weapons → toxin weapons →
verificationStatus	lacks formal verification regime →

Referenced by (8)

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

Biological Weapons Convention → fullName → Biological Weapons Convention →

this entity surface form: "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction"

Geneva Protocol → inspired → Biological Weapons Convention →

Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom → legalFramework → Biological Weapons Convention →

this entity surface form: "Biological Weapons Convention (non-nuclear WMD context)"

Conference on Disarmament → negotiatedInstrument → Biological Weapons Convention →

this entity surface form: "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction"

Conference on Disarmament → negotiatedInstrument → Biological Weapons Convention →

Geneva Protocol → relatedTo → Biological Weapons Convention →

Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) → relatedTo → Biological Weapons Convention →

Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) → wouldCooperateWith → Biological Weapons Convention →

this entity surface form: "Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit"