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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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Regulation of toxins and bioregulators under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity
In this paper we highlight how the apparent double coverage of toxins and bioregulators by both the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in fact masks a regulatory gap that has left such potentially ...
Michael Crowley, Malcolm Dando
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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, V. G. Mandych, S. I. Samarin, I. N. Isaev, I. V. Kovalenko, V. L. Veriga   +5 more
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Chemical warfare agents

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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Meeting the Challenges of Chemical and Biological Weapons: Strengthening the Chemical and Biological Disarmament and Non-proliferation Regimes

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, Tatyana Novossiolova, Michael Crowley, Simon Whitby, Malcolm Dando, Lijun Shang, Lijun Shang   +6 more
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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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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, Lijun Shang, Lincoln Sheff, Malcolm Dando, Malcolm Dando   +4 more
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Dual Use Research of Concern-The Necessity of Global Bioethics Engagement. [PDF]

Bioethics
ABSTRACT Dual use research of concern (DURC) refers to research conducted for legitimate scientific purposes that could also be misused to pose a significant threat to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, or national security.
Hurst DJ, Bobier CA.
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The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction: History of Signing and Key Points

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, Oleg PARFYLO, Anatoliy KOROSTYLENKO, Valeriy YUSUPOV, Petro KORNIIENKO   +4 more
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