Strengthening the Bwc: Lessons from the Unscom Experience
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Dr. Annabelle Duncan, a microbiologist, has served as Australia’s scientific advisor to the VEREX and Ad Hoc Working Groups of the BWC in Geneva, and on several U.N. Special Commission (UNSCOM) biological inspections in Iraq. Dr. Kenneth G. Johnson, also a microbiologist, has served as Canada’s scientific advisor to the Ad Hoc Working Group on the BWC in Geneva and also has participated in UNSCOM biological inspections in Iraq. The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) has been in force since 1975 and currently has 139 states parties; an additional 18 nations have signed but not ratified the convention. The BWC bans the development, production, acquisition by any other means, and the retention of biological weapons. As the first convention to ban an entire class of weapons, it represents an important landmark in arms control. However, the BWC has no verification provisions, nor are there provisions for assessing compliance of a state party or investigating allegations of development or use.
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