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Drugs as Chemical Weapons: Past and Perspectives
Toxics, 2023 The emergence of modern chemical weapons and chemical warfare is traditionally associated with World War I, but the use of poisons in the military has its roots deep in the past.
Vladimír Pitschmann, Zdeněk Hon
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Federal Directorate for Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons – 30th Anniversary
Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023 The Russian Federation has ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, and thereby reaffirmed its international obligations assumed in the field of chemical ...
V. P. Kapashin +5 more
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Frontiers in Political Science, 2022 In this report, we identify some of the key technical and political challenges currently facing the broader Chemical and Biological Weapon (CBW) regime- with a particular emphasis on major forthcoming diplomatic meetings.
Brett Edwards +6 more
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Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2010 Among the Weapons of Mass Destruction, chemical warfare (CW) is probably one of the most brutal created by mankind in comparison with biological and nuclear warfare.
K Ganesan, S K Raza, R Vijayaraghavan
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Rethinking biosecurity in the 21st century: An enhanced role for civil society
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2023 In this paper, we briefly discuss the historical issues concerning the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) and analyse the current situation after the COVID-19 pandemic with emphasis on the new developments at 9th Review Conference of the BTWC.
Lijun Shang, Malcolm Dando
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Overall View of Chemical and Biochemical Weapons
Toxins, 2014 This article describes a brief history of chemical warfare, which culminated in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention. It describes the current level of chemical weapons and the risk of using them.
Vladimír Pitschmann
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A key role for scientists in strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention
Frontiers in Political Science, 2023 It is not easy to be optimistic about international security at the present time, but 9th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention in December 2022 agreed a renewed effort to strengthen the Convention after decades of stagnation.
Lijun Shang +4 more
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Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2020 The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (the Chemical Weapons Convention or CWC) was approved by the U.N. General Assembly on 30 November 1992.
V. N. Fateenkov
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Specifics pertaining to the implementation of international conventions related to civil aviation into national legislations [PDF]
INCAS Bulletin, 2021 The paper considers the implementation of the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation and the Protocol supplementing The Hague Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft into the ...
Borys LEONOV +4 more
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Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2020 Despite being a crucially important domain for states, businesses, and individuals, cyberspace still suffers from a regulation deficit. This article takes up one such dangerously underregulated area: cyber warfare and regulation of cyber weapons.
Kalpokienė Julija, Kalpokas Ignas
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