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Biological Weapons Convention

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), is a disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and toxin weapons by prohibiting their development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use.

Biological Weapons Convention
Biological Weapons Convention · Allstar86, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
10 Apr 1972
Where
Washington, D.C.
Era
Contemporary

Topics

United Kingdom43 CE – todayRussia1223 – todayUnited States1585 – today

Before and after

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