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Biological Weapons

  • Four New States Join BWC
    Arms Control Today
    May 2, 2013

    Four new states have acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) since January 2013, bringing the total number of states-parties to 170.
  • Biological Weapons Convention Signatories and States-Parties
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    April 10, 2013

    April 2013
  • EU Urges Middle East Meeting in 2013
    Arms Control Today
    February 28, 2013

    The European Parliament passed a resolution Jan. 17 calling for a conference to be held in 2013 on establishing a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.
  • Dealing With Syria’s Dangerous Arsenals
    Arms Control Today
    November 5, 2012

    The current situation in Syria poses severe risks, but it may be creating an opportunity for the international community to put in place important constraints on Syria’s chemical weapons and armory of missiles.
  • Arab States Look to WMD Meeting in 2012
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2012

    The Arab League reaffirmed its commitment to holding a conference in December on the establishment of a Middle Eastern zone free of weapons of mass destruction and called on all countries in the region to participate.
  • Science, Technology, and the Biological Weapons Convention
    Arms Control Today
    October 2, 2012

    The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), which currently has 165 states-parties, is the principal international legal instrument against biological warfare. Developments in science and technology pose a continuing challenge to the treaty and the broader biological weapons nonproliferation regime. If they are applied to state or nonstate biological weapons programs, these developments can undermine the treaty’s prohibitions.

     
  • Israel Raises Doubts About WMD Meeting
    Arms Control Today
    October 2, 2012

    The head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission last month offered a bleak assessment of the prospects for holding a long-planned conference on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Middle East, citing the “somber realities” in the region.
  • Arms Control Report Sees Little Change
    Arms Control Today
    October 2, 2012

    A recent State Department report expressed concerns about suspected unconventional weapons programs in the Middle East and elsewhere but with language that showed slight or no differences from last year’s assessment for the countries and programs it covers.
  • Managing the Security Risks of Emerging Technologies
    Arms Control Today
    August 30, 2012

    For more than a decade, the world has witnessed an increasing confluence of rapidly advancing science and its embodiment in practical technologies, the extensive global diffusion of the knowledge and capabilities associated with those developments, and a seemingly unending shift in the international security environment. The scope and intensity of these interactions have generated concern about security risks stemming from the possible misuse of emerging science and technology. The issue is especially acute with respect to the life sciences and related technologies.
  • Work Seen Needed on Mideast Meeting
    Arms Control Today
    May 31, 2012

    Although there has been “substantial progress” in organizing a planned conference on creating a Middle Eastern zone free of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), it is “clear that further and intensified efforts are needed,” the conference’s facilitator said last month.