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The Biological Weapons Convention
March 1, 2003Jenni Rissanen describes the evolution of the Biological Weapons Convention and major challenges to its legitimacy, including the lack of verification mechanism and advances in biotechnology.
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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Compliance Protocol
Aug. 1, 2001Jonathan Tucker examines the troubled history of negotiations on a compliance protocol for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
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Laura S. H. Holgate testifies on G-8 pledges for threat reduction in Russia
Oct. 9, 2002In this testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Laura Holgate offers various approaches that could help the G-8 fulfill the promise of greater resources and more comprehensive, better coordinated world-wide commitment reflected in its June announcement of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction.
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Biological Weapons Convention Meeting Ends Without Recommendations
Nov. 18, 2003WASHINGTON — The latest annual meeting of parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ended Friday in Geneva with a one-page report urging nations to adopt better measures to implement the treaty (see GSN, Nov. 11).
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U.S. to Aid Libyan WMD Program Dismantlement
Dec. 30, 2003The United States plans to assist Libya’s stated intention to dismantle its WMD programs, the Washington Post reported today (see GSN, Dec. 29).
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Libyan Prime Minister Wants Prompt WMD Destruction
Jan. 2, 2004Libyan Prime Minister Shukri Ghanim said yesterday that he wants to “accelerate to the maximum” the dismantling of his country’s WMD programs so that the United States will drop its long-standing economic sanctions, the New York Times reported (see GSN, Dec. 31).
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British Scientific Panel Calls for Creation of BWC Advisory Group
Jan. 20, 2004The British Royal Society, the national academy of science, has called for the creation of a scientific advisory panel for the Biological Weapons Convention, BBC News reported today (see GSN, Nov. 23. 2003).
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Recent Evidence Shows That Iraq Secretly Destroyed Some WMD Stockpiles
Jan. 28, 2004U.S. forces in Iraq have found new evidence that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s regime secretly disposed of some biological and chemical weapons stockpiles in the mid-1990s, former chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq David Kay said yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 27).
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Qadhafi “Mood Changes” Could Jeopardize Libyan Efforts to Dismantle WMD, Experts Say
March 11, 2004WASHINGTON — The autocratic nature of Libyan leader Col. Muammar Qadhafi’s regime could jeopardize his country’s commitment to its pledge to fully dismantle and renounce weapons of mass destruction, experts said yesterday (see GSN, March 10).
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U.S. Lawmakers Should Strengthen PSI, Report Says
March 19, 2004U.S. leaders should seek to improve the Proliferation Security Initiative, the U.S.-led effort to interdict shipments of WMD-related cargo, by undertaking initiatives such as creating similar programs to focus on WMD dismantlement and nonproliferation verification, according to a report released yesterday by the Heritage Foundation (see GSN, Feb. 2).
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United States Has Completed Verification of Libyan WMD Dismantlement
Sept. 23, 2004WASHINGTON — The United States has verified with “reasonable certainty” that Libya has eliminated, or prepared for destruction, all its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction and longer-range ballistic missiles, a senior U.S State Department official said yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 22).
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Sandia Unveils Upgraded Explosive Destruction System
Feb. 16, 2005The Explosive Destruction System developed by scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico has been upgraded to destroy chemical and biological weapons, the Contra Costa Times reported today (see GSN, March 9, 2004).
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