BWC 2011
The Seventh BWC Review Conference Briefing Book
2011 BWC Briefing Book contents by document
Treaties | BWC Documents | UN Documents | Documents from other International Organizations | Documents from Regional and Other Organizations/Regions | Documents from Other Arrangements
Contents
Introduction
1. The Treaties
Section introduction
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2. BWC Documents
Section introduction
BWC Review Conference Documents
- Final Document of the First Review Conference, Part II, BWC document BWC/CONF.I/10 (1980)
- Final Document of the Second Review Conference, Part II, BWC document BWC/CONF.II/13 (1986)
- Final Document of the Third Review Conference, Part II, BWC document BWC/CONF.III/23 (1991)
- Final Document of the Fourth Review Conference, Part II, BWC document BWC/CONF.IV/9 (1996)
- Final Document of the Fifth Review Conference, BWC document BWC/CONF.V/17 (2001 and 2002)
- Final Document of the Sixth Review Conference, BWC document BWC/CONF.VI/6 (2006)
- Report of the Preparatory Committee for the Seventh Review Conference, BWC document BWC/CONF.VII/PC/2 (2011) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
Reports of 2007-2010 Meetings of States Parties
Other BWC Documents
- Ad Hoc Meeting of Scientific and Technical Experts, Report, BWC document BWC/CONF.II/EX/2 (1987)
- Annex to Third Review Conference Final Declaration on Confidence Building Measures, BWC document BWC/CONF.III/23 (1991)
- Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts to Identify and Examine Potential Verification Measures From a Scientific and Technical Standpoint, Report, BWC document BWC/CONF.III/VEREX/9 (1993)
- Final Report of the Special Conference (Part II), BWC document BWC/SPCONF/1 (1994)
- Report of the Formal Consultative Process, BWC document BWC/CONS/1 (1997)
- Letter from Ambassador Soutar Regarding the Formal Consultative Process (15 December 1997)
- Background Information on Scientific and Technological Developments that may be Relevant to the Convention, BWC document BWC/MSP/2008/INF.1 (2008)
- Background Information on Scientific and Technological Developments that may be Relevant to the Convention, BWC document BWC/MSP/2009/INF.1 (2009)
- Background Information on Scientific and Technological Developments that may be Relevant to the Convention: Report on an international workshop in Beijing, BWC document BWC/MSP/2010/INF.1 (2010) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
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3. UN Documents
Section introduction
UN General Assembly resolutions on the BWC
UN Security Council
Other UN activities, including Secretary-General's Investigation Mechanism
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4. Documents from Other International Organizations
Section introduction
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Interpol
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
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5. Documents from Regional and Other Organizations/Regions
Section introduction
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) / ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
- Workshop on Biorisk Management, Co-Chairs' Summary Report (Manila, Philippines, 28-30, September, 2010)
- Third ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting on Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Co-Chairs' Summary Report (Las Vegas, USA, 23-25 February 2011) [extract]
- 18th ASEAN Regional Forum, Chair's Statement (Bali, Indonesia, 23 July 2011) [extract]
European Union (EU)
- Council Common Position 2003/805/CFSP of 17 November 2003 on the universalisation and reinforcement of multilateral agreements in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and means of delivery (2003) -- [ES] [FR]
- Council Joint Action 2008/307/CFSP of 14 April 2008 in support of World Health Organisation activities in the area of laboratory bio-safety and bio-security in the framework of the European Union Strategy against the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (2008) -- [ES] [FR]
- Council Joint Action 2008/858/CFSP of 10 November 2008 in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, in the framework of the EU Strategy against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (2008) -- [ES] [FR]
- Council Position Decision 2011/429/CFSP of 18 July 2011 relating to the position of the European Union for the Seventh Review Conference 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 (BTWC)
Latin America
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Regional and Other Seminars and Events
- Regional Seminar for South-East Asia on Promoting and Implementing Biosafety and Biosecurity (Jakarta, Indonesia, 4-5 June 2008)
- International Workshop on Biological Weapons Convention Supporting Global Health: Reducing Biological Risks by Building Capacity in Health Security (Oslo, Norway, 18-19 June 2009)
- Prospects for the 2011 BTWC Review Conference (Wilton Park, UK, 24-26 September 2010)
- International Workshop on Strengthening International Efforts to Prevent the Proliferation of Biological Weapons: The Role of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (Beijing, China, 4-6 November 2010)
- International Workshop on Developing Practical Proposals for the Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (Montreux, Switzerland, April 2011)
- Outlook and Perspectives for the BTWC Seventh Review Conference (Berlin, Germany, 9-10 June 2011)
- Regional Workshop on Preparations for the Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (Manila, Philippines, 30 June-1 July 2011)
- BTWC Review (Wilton Park, [held in the Netherlands], 11-13 September 2011)
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6. Documents from Other Arrangements
Section introduction
Australia Group
G8
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7. Non-governmental involvement
Section text
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