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Anti-Crop BW and the BTWC

2002
According to Moon,1 the use of biological weapons in war has been the subject of restrictions since the principle prohibiting their use was established in customary law2 dating back to the classical Greek and Roman period. The restrictions on the use of BW in customary law was subsequently defined in the eighteenth century, and codified in the century ...
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Biotechnology and the Strengthening of the BTWC

2001
The objective of this chapter is to present the views of the FEBC, the Forum for European Bioindustry Coordination, on the question of a Compliance Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. These views are to a large extent shared by industry in other parts of the world. As I shall explain, FEBC would very much like to become involved in
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Het Biologische en Toxine Wapenverdrag (BTWC)

2023
Het Biologische en Toxinewapenverdrag uit 1972 telt sléchts vijf kantjes tekst en is toch een van de meest succesvolle ontwapenings- en non-proliferatieovereenkomsten. Maar het verdrag is ook dringend aan versterking toe door uitdagingen op het gebied van biotechnologie, bioveiligheid en volksgezondheid.
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The United States and the BTWC Protocol

2002
This book began by noting President’s Nixon crucial role in abandoning the US offensive biological weapons programme and how this led on to the successful conclusion of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in 1972. In Chapter 2 reference was also made to the vital part President George Bush senior played in the negotiation of the Chemical ...
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Lessons of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the BTWC Protocol

2001
Chemical warfare agents on the one hand and biological and toxin warfare agents on the other enjoy a number of commonalities. This basic statement lies at the heart of the assumption that there are lessons to be learned from the structure, content and implementation experience of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) for the negotiations of the ...
Alexander Kelle, Jiri Matousek
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The Implementation of Legally Binding Measures to Strengthen the BTWC

2006
It is worth noting that the purpose of establishing this Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts (known as VEREX) was "to strengthen the effectiveness and improve the implementation of the Convention and recognizing that effective verification could reinforce the Convention." VEREX whose role was "to identify and examine potential verification measures ...
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Slovakia: Biotechnology Transfer Under Btwc Protocol and The Convention on Biological Diversity

2002
The Slovak Republic belongs to relatively well developed countries when comparing the group of states with economy in transition. Taking into account the data from the Statistical Yearbook of the Slovak Republic in 1999, the figures of Gross Domestic Product per capita in 1997 in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia were represented ...
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Facilitating the Conversion of BTW Facilities Through International Technical Cooperation: BTWC Implications

1998
Conversion of biological and toxin weapons (BTW) facilities is a challenging, increasingly important topic although the number of states that have to convert such facilities is limited. Relevant international treaties give very little guidance in regard to conversion. The existing limited conversion efforts have so far been undertaken in a bilateral or
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The Need for International Cooperation to Provide Transparency and to Strengthen the BTWC

1998
Rapid advances in biology and biotechnology over the last few decades and even more promising results in the coming future increasingly attract the attention of the world scientific community and governmenal agencies in many countries.
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BTWC: Learning from alternative models of science and technology review

2014
Biochemical Security 2030 ...
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