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National Implementation Measures
YesArticle IV of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention sets out the obligation for
States Parties to implement the BTWC through appropriate national measures. Although
some States have enacted such legislation, others have not and the Aum Shinrikyo incident in
Tokyo in March 1995 underlined the importance of appropriate penal legislation both to
implement the BTWC (and the Chemical Weapons Convention) and to criminalise any
development, production, stockpiling or acquisition of such weapons for terrorist or criminal
purposes. This Briefing Paper reviews the development of the language relating to Article IV
of the BTWC by the four Review Conferences, notes the requirements of the Chemical
Weapons Convention and then addresses the opportunity provided by the Ad Hoc Group
negotiations to strengthen the BTWC through stronger implementation measures
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The Necessity for Non-Challenge Visits
YesIn the discussions that have taken place over the past six years since the establishment by the Third Review Conference1 in 1991 of the Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts,known as VEREX, to identify and examine potential verification measures from a scientific and technical viewpoint, there has been an increasing debate about the role of non-challenge
visits in a regime for a strengthened Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The arguments as to why on-site investigations are an essential and central element to such a strengthened regime were addressed in the Briefing Paper issued2 in July 1997. In this Briefing Paper, the necessity for non-challenge visits is addressed drawing upon the previous VEREX, Ad Hoc Group (AHG), Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) experience. The advantages and disadvantages of a regime containing non-challenge visits are considered and the conclusion is reached that the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages and that non-challenge visits are an important element which could contribute significantly to the effectiveness of a future legally binding instrument to strengthen the BTWC
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Report of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Cantacuzino Institute: Bucharest 3-5 June 1999
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Relevant Scientific and Technological Developments for the First CWC Review Conference: The BTWC Review Conference Experience
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The CWC Verification Regime: Implications for the Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industry
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