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Welcome to the Bradford Disarmament Research Centre's Project on Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. Please use the links below to access the materials produced and collated by the project.
Series editor: Professor Malcolm Dando.
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Publication Biotechnology and the Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Future?(2002) Meselson, M.; Whitby, Simon M.Matt Meselson, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 'Biotechnology and Weapons of Mass Destruction - the Future? ' November 2002.Publication BWC Fifth Review Conference Resumed Session: Evaluation of Proposals(2002) Sims, N.A.; Whitby, Simon M.Nicholas Sims, Reader in International Relations, London School of Economics, 'Evaluation of Proposals: Resumed Session of Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Fifth Review Conference', November 2002.Publication BWPP Launch Speech(2002) Dhanapala, J.; Whitby, Simon M.Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations, Civil Society Organisations and the BWC speech given at launch of the Bio-Weapons Prevention Project, during the Resumed Session of the 5th Review Conference of the BWC, United Nations, Geneva, 12 November 2002.Publication The BTWC: An Evolving Regime(2001) Sims, N.A.; Whitby, Simon M.In this video Nicholas A. Sims describes the way in which the BTWC treaty regimes has evolved since its entry into force in 1975.Publication Negotiation of the BTWC 1968-1969(2001) Sims, N.A.; Whitby, Simon M.Negotiation of the BTWC in the late 1960s resulted at entry into force in a much weaker treaty regime than had been envisaged in the original proposal put forward by the British. In this video Nicholas A. Sims describes the ways in which specific parts of the original proposal were weakened.Publication The Future of the BTWC: The Consequences of Suspension of the Fifth Review Conference(2001) Sims, N.A.; Whitby, Simon M.In the light of current concern over biological warfare a great deal of interest has been expressed in the Fifth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). We asked Nicholas A. Sims of the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics how the Convention came into beingPublication Developments relating to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, implications for the BTWC(2000) Feakes, D.; Whitby, Simon M.Daniel Feakes assesses the success of the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and comments on the potential for such a regime for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.Publication Failure to agree a Procedural Report at the 24th session of the Ad Hoc Group(2001) Rissanen, Jenni; Whitby, Simon M.Video interview with Jenni Rissanen, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, Geneva Analyst, on the failure to agree a Procedural Report at the 24th session of the Ad Hoc Group. (Filmed on the final day (17 August 2001) of the final day of the 24th session of the Ad Hoc Group.)Publication 2001 Review Conference: The Future of the Ad Hoc Group(2001) Sims, N.A.; Whitby, Simon M.For the past 7 seven years the so-called Ad Hoc Group had been mandated to negotiate a legally binding verification and compliance Protocol to strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. In this video we asked Nicholas A. Sims whether it was the intention of the United States to put forward a proposal during the course of the Review that was intended to terminate the work of the Ad Hoc Group and its mandate.Publication Declarations and inspections in the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the relevance of this form of verification to the BTWC(2000) Guthrie, Richard; Whitby, Simon M.Richard Guthrie describes the central pillars of the verification regime for the Chemical Weapons Convention and assesses the relevance of a similar verification architecture for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.Publication The wider consequences of the failure to agree a Procedural Report at the 24th session of the Ad Hoc Group(2008-12-09T14:40:45Z) Atwood, D.; Whitby, Simon M.Video interview with David Atwood, Associate Representative, Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, on the wider consequences of the failure to agree a Procedural Report at the 24th session of the Ad Hoc Group. (Filmed on the final day (17th August 2001) of the final day of the 24th session of the Ad Hoc Group.)Publication 2001 Review Conference: Concensus Broken(2001) Sims, N.A.; Whitby, Simon M.In this video Nicholas A. Sims describes what it was that broke the consensus at the Fifth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.Publication 2001 Review Conference: The Future - What can be done?(2001) Sims, N.A.; Whitby, Simon M.In this final Review Conference Video Nicholas A. Sims describes strategies that both governmenal and non-governmental groups might adopt prior to the reconveneing of the Review Conference process in November 2002.Publication Composite Text - Address by the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Group Ambassador Tibor Toth(2000) Toth, Tibor; Whitby, Simon M.Ambassador Tibor Toth, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Group, gives an address relating to the submission to the Ad Hoc Group of the Chairman's Composite Text of the Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.Publication The BTWC 2001 Review Conference(2001) Sims, N.A.; Whitby, Simon M.In this video Nicholas A. Sims begins by describing the main objectives of the Review Conference Process. He then goes on to explain what happened at the Fifth Review Conference and why the Review process was suspended until November 2002Publication Summary of the main points of BTWC Evaluation Paper 22: "The US Rejection of the Composite Protocol: A Huge Mistake Based on Illogical Assessment"(2001) Pearson, Graham S.; Whitby, Simon M.In the light of the US rejection of the draft protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Graham S. Pearson gives an overview of the main points of BTWC Evaluation Paper No. 22.Publication The implementation of the General Purpose Criterion in the Chemical Weapons Convention(2000) Robinson, Julian P.P.; Whitby, Simon M.Julian P. Perry Robinson discusses the implementation of the General Purpose Criterion in the Chemical Weapons Convention.Publication Implementation of the General Purpose Criterion in the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and Protocol(2000) Robinson, Julian P.P.; Whitby, Simon M.Julian P. Perry Robinson discusses the role of the General Purpose Criterion in the implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.Publication Nuclear, chemical and biological arms control in the 21st century(2000) Rogers, Paul F.; Whitby, Simon M.Professor Paul Rogers gives a brief overview of the present status of international legal prohibitions against both nuclear and chemical weapons. He then goes on to discuss the need to strengthen the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.Publication The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and Protocol Negotiations(2000) Pearson, Graham S.; Whitby, Simon M.Professor Graham S. Pearson discusses the scope of the international legal prohibition against biological warfare and provides an overview of the status of negotiations, currently in the end-game phase, to agree a legally-binding verification Protocol to the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.