EPCI, which was implemented in the early 1990s as the result of international investigators discovering evidence of an Iraqi weapons of mass destruction program, is an end-use verification to ensure that exports of goods and technologies are not being used for nuclear, long-range missile, and chemical and
biological weapons development.
'This bill therefore not only domesticates the convention on
biological weapons but also provides for the implementation of certain biological-weapons related provision of the UN Security Council
Although the Soviets signed the BWC, Moscow secretly continued with its
biological weapons program.
One of the four North Korean soldiers who defected to South Korea this year was found to have antibodies to anthrax, a bacteria that can be used as a
biological weapon, according to South Korean television station (https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/12/26/Report-North-Korea-soldier-found-to-have-anthrax-antibodies/7791514299323/) Channel A Tuesday.
The first allegations of
biological weapons use by the United States were made on May 8, 1951.
It now appears that at the time of the invasion the United States military was woefully unready to deal with
biological weapons had they been used against them.
Understanding the Russian facade is of the utmost importance since "both institutes [the State Research Center for Applied Microbiology (SRCAM) and Vector] have vast culture collections of pathogens, equipment, and supplies that could be valuable to nations or terrorist groups intent on acquiring
biological weapons. Corruption that could lead to the international proliferation of
biological weapons is of global concern" (p.
Bahrain assented to the
Biological Weapons Conventions in 1988, as well as the binding UN Security Council Resolution 1540, issued in 2004, concerning the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
DOD requests funding increase for
biological weapons program The Pentagon is seeking an additional $6.8 million for a classified program that tracks chemical and
biological weapons, according to budget documents released in March.
New research reveals that the Nazis attempted to use mosquitoes as
biological weapons during World War II.
Prohibiting chemical and
biological weapons; multilateral regimes and their evolution.
That is not the case with the arguably more dangerous
biological weapons being developed by the nexus of Iran, Syria and North Korea.