Treaty Texts & Fact Sheets
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
TREATY TEXT: Preamble and 15 Articles
FACT SHEET: BWC States Parties (as of August 2009)
FACT SHEET: Narrative Description of the BWC (2002)
FACT SHEET: BWC Overview (2002)
ADDRESS: Preventing Biological Weapons Proliferation and Bioterrorism, by Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and Counterterrorism, at the Annual Meeting of the States Parties to the BWC, on December 9, 2009
REPORT: U.S. National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats (November 2009)
REPORT: Guide to Participating in BWC Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) (2009)
REPORT: Participation in BWC Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) by country (2008)
FACT SHEET: Report of the Implementation Support Unit (2007)
FACT SHEET: Sixth Review Conference Final Report (2006)
FACT SHEET: Fifth Review Conference Decisions (2002)
FACT SHEET: U.S. Efforts to Combat the Biological Weapons Threat (2002)
FACT SHEET: Summary of Alternative U.S. Proposals (2001)
FACT SHEET: Fourth Review Conference (1996)
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