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Biological Weapons Convention Texts

• CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION
• PARTIES AND SIGNATORIES OF THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

• JOINT U.S./UK/RUSSIAN STATEMENT ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS September 14, 1992

• VEREX Special Conference (September 1994) - Final Declaration
• Final Document of the Fourth Review Conference, Geneva, 25 November - 6 December 1996 Part I (Organization and Work of the Conference) , Part II (Final Declaration) and Part III (Report of the Committee of the Whole, Annex I and Annex II); Part IV: Summary Records of Plenary Meetings

• Procedural Report, Sixth Session, Geneva, 3-21 March 1997 Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction.
• Procedural Report and Verification Protocol Rolling Text Eighth Session (15 September - 3 October 1997) Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction.
• Working Papers Eighth Session (15 September - 3 October 1997) Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction.
• Procedural Report and Verification Protocol Rolling Text Ninth Session (5 - 23 January 1998) Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction.

• A/RES/52/47 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction 31 December 1997
• A/RES/53/84 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction 8 January 1999

• EXECUTIVE ORDER 12735: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PROLIFERATION November 16, 1990