Outcome of Discussions by the Friend of the Chair on Definitions

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Title

Outcome of Discussions by the Friend of the Chair on Definitions

Topics

This paper gives criteria for human, plant, and animal pathogens and toxins.

Date

1998

Conclusions

This paper provides a list of criteria by which the BWC developed proposed lists of animal, plant, and human weapons agents. This is the final outcome of a few years of deliberations among the states parties.

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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/L.10. Outcome of Discussions by the Friend of the Chair on Definitions. January 21, 1998.

Citation

“Outcome of Discussions by the Friend of the Chair on Definitions,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed January 15, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/459.