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Item 22.19
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, London, Moscow and Washington, 1972
Each
This Convention establishes rules designed to prohibit and eliminate the production and possession of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons (text at Annex A).
State Party undertakes never to develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain such
weapons and to destroy or divert to peaceful use any such weapons that it does possess on becoming a party to the Convention (Articles I-II).
2.
Each
State Party further undertakes not to transfer to any recipient, directly or indirectly, and not anyway to assist, encourage or induce any State to otherwise acquire any such weapons (Article
in
manufacture ОГ
III).
Article X of the Convention contains provisions on
the development
and
in
the field of
purposes.
application of scientific discoveries bacteriology
(biology) for peaceful
3.
without
The United Kingdom ratified the Convention
reservation on 26 March 1975. The ratification
included Hong Kong (Reference at Annex B).
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