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 The Norm Against Biological Weapons |
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Status of Participation in the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. As of 1 January 2008 the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) has 159 States Parties. Thirty-six states are not yet party to the convention. Fifteen states signed the BTWC before it entered into force on 26 March 1975, but have not yet ratified it. Twenty-one states have neither signed nor acceded to the BTWC.
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) entered into force on 29 April 1997, twenty-two years after the BTWC. Nevertheless, since its entry into force it has managed to attract 24 more ratifications and accessions than the BTWC. |
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The BioWeapons Prevention Project is dedicated to reinforcing the norm against the weaponization of disease. It is a global civil society activity that tracks governmental and other behaviour under the treaties that codify the norm. It nurtures and is empowered by an international network, and acts both through that network and its publications. |
