Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 61 Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

32 versions · 1972–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/71

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/71	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction	2,489	95%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/78	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction	2,530	94%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/67	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction	2,390	42%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/95	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction	1,733	90%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/67	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction	1,599	100%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Biological Weapons Chemical Weapons Conferences Disarmament Agreements Groups of Experts Information Exchange Recommendations Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Weapons Destruction

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

See BWC/CONF.III/23.

Resolution 2826 (XXVI), annex.

Notes with satisfaction that the Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts to Identify and Examine Potential Verification Measures from a Scientific and Technical Standpoint completed its work on 24 September 1993;

Commends to all States parties the final report of the Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts, 5/ agreed to by consensus at its last meeting at Geneva on 24 September 1993;

Requests the Secretary-General to render the necessary assistance to the depositary Powers of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction and to provide such services as may be required for the convening of a special conference should the depositary Powers be requested by a majority of States parties to convene such a conference in order to consider the final report of the Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts;

Welcomes the information and data provided to date and reiterates its call upon all States parties to the Convention to participate in the exchange of information and data agreed to in the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General to render the necessary assistance and to provide such services as may be required for the implementation of the decisions and recommendations of the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction;

Calls upon all signatory States that have not yet ratified the Convention to do so without delay, and also calls upon those other States that have not signed the Convention to become parties thereto at an early date, thus contributing to the achievement of universal adherence to the Convention.

BWC/CONF.III/23, part II.

See resolution 2826 (XXVI), annex, article X.

BWC/CONF.III/VEREX/9 and Corr.1.

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