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Article X: Further Building Blocks
Pearson, Graham S.
Pearson, Graham S.
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1998-03
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The Ad Hoc Group (AHG) of the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) has included the consideration of measures to implement Article X of the Convention as part of its mandate, agreed by the Special Conference in September 1994. The AHG has addressed this issue at each of its substantive meetings, with a Friend of the Chair�initially Ambassador Jorge Bergu�o of Chile and subsequently Carlos Duarte of Brazil�carrying out this responsibility. As progress continues on the development of the rolling text for the Protocol to strengthen the Convention, it is timely to consider how the implementation of Article X might contribute to strengthening the Convention�s effectiveness.
Briefing Paper No. 6 reviewed developments at national, regional and international levels concerning the use of bacteriological (biological) agents and toxins for peaceful purposes. It noted increasing global awareness�driven by public?health and environmental concerns�of the need to control the handling, use, storage and transfer of such agents. That paper examined existing biosafety controls and regulations, as well as ongoing international initiatives to strengthen biosafety worldwide. These initiatives were identified as potential building blocks for reinforcing the BTWC and contributing to the implementation of Article X, although care must be taken in the Protocol to avoid unnecessary duplication with other international activities.
This Briefing Paper complements Briefing Paper No. 6 by examining national regulations in the UK, the EEC and the United States, as well as in several other countries, regarding micro?organisms. Its aim is to provide additional building blocks for consideration in strengthening the BTWC and implementing Article X of the Convention. The ongoing challenge is to determine how these national, regional and international activities can be utilised to reinforce the BTWC.
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Pearson GS (1998). Article X: Further Building Blocks. Bradford, Bradford Disarmament Research Centre, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. BTWC Briefing Papers: 1st Series. No 7.
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