{"id":331772,"date":"2025-04-04T16:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T10:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=331772"},"modified":"2025-04-05T09:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T03:43:41","slug":"biological-weapons-convention-bwc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/biological-weapons-convention-bwc\/","title":{"rendered":"Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) has completed 50 years recently.<\/p>\n<h2>About Biological Weapons Convention<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-331866 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biological-Weapons-Convention-BWC.png?resize=531%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)\" width=\"531\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biological-Weapons-Convention-BWC.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biological-Weapons-Convention-BWC.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biological-Weapons-Convention-BWC.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biological-Weapons-Convention-BWC.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was the <strong>first multilateral treaty<\/strong> categorically banning a class of weapon of mass destruction (<strong>WMD<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It effectively <strong>prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of biological and toxin weapons.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Signed: <\/strong>10 April 1972<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entered into force: 26 March 1975 <\/strong>(50 years completed in 2025)<\/li>\n<li>The BWC supplements the <strong>1925 Geneva Protocol<\/strong>, which had <strong>prohibited only the use of biological weapons.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a<strong> legally binding treaty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Duration to join the treaty:<\/strong> The BWC is a multilateral <strong>treaty of indefinite duration<\/strong> that is open to any country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Verification:<\/strong> The BWC does <strong>not have an inspection regime<\/strong> to verify compliance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members:<\/strong> <strong>188 countries<\/strong>, with <strong>Comoros<\/strong> the <strong>most recent<\/strong> to become a member.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India is a member.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Four states<\/strong> have <strong>signed but not ratified<\/strong> the treaty: <strong>Egypt, Haiti, Somalia and Syria.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Five <\/strong>countries have<strong> neither signed nor acceded <\/strong>to the treaty<strong>: <\/strong>Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, <strong>Israel<\/strong> and Kiribati.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) has completed 50 years recently. About Biological Weapons Convention It was the first multilateral treaty categorically banning a class of weapon of mass destruction (WMD). Aim: It effectively prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of biological and toxin weapons. 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