Working Paper Submitted by Cuba

Item Details

Title

Working Paper Submitted by Cuba

Topics

This paper aims to clarify the list of biological agents and toxins appearing in the document BWC/AD HOC Group/WP.182.

Date

1997

Conclusions

The paper lists dozens of pathogens that satisfy its criteria and also specifies that new organisms resulting from genetic manipulation are of utmost concern. Provides separate criteria for animals, plants, and humans, albeit there is much overlap.

Files

Source

Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction. BWC/AD HOC Group/WP.182. Working paper submitted by Cuba. September 16, 1997.

Citation

“Working Paper Submitted by Cuba,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed October 16, 2024, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/452.