Beefing up the Bio Weapons Convention
After a controversial suspension in 2001, work on the Biological Weapons Convention resumes in Geneva
Aug 26, 2003
Efforts to strengthen implementation of the international treaty banning biological weapons have restarted after they collapsed in bitter disagreement in 2001. A meeting of experts in Geneva, running from August 18 to 29, is being hosted by the United Nations to find a new way forward for the troubled process.
"It's a long, sad story," Richard Lennane, political affairs officer at the UN Department of Disarmament Affairs in Geneva, told
This resulted in a new protocol, to be agreed in time for the Fifth Review Conference of the convention in...