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U.S. Rejection of Protocol to Biological Weapons Convention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 899 - 901
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 Opened for signature Apr. 10, 1972, 26 UST 583, 1015 UNTS 163.

2 See S.C. Res. 687, para. 7 (Apr. 3, 1991) (inviting Iraq to ratify the Convention).

3 See Special Conference 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, Final Report, Doc. BWC/SPCCONF/1 (1994). Several of the documents associated with the drafting of the protocol to the Convention are obtainable from <www.brad.ac.uk/acad/sbtwc/btwc/docs.htm>.

4 See Fourth Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, Final Document, Pt. II, Art. XII(2), Doc. BWC/CONF.IV/9 (1996).

5 See Procedural Report of the Ad Hoc Group of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, Docs. BWC/AD HOC GROUP/56-1 & 56-2 (2001). The first of the two documents contains the procedural report, as well as the ad hoc group’s “rolling text” (Annex A). The second document includes the chairman’s composite text as Annex B.

6 Donald, A. Mahley, Special Negotiator for Chemical and Biological Arms Control Issues, Statement to the Ad Hoc Group of Biological Weapons Convention States Parties (July 25, 2001)Google Scholar, at <http://www.state.gov>; see Vernon, Loeb, U.S. Won’t Back Plan to Enforce Germ Pact, Wash. Post, July 21, 2001, at A1 Google Scholar.

7 See U.S. Dep’t of State Daily Press Briefing, Phillip, T. Reeker, Deputy Spokesman (July 25, 2001)Google Scholar, at <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2001/>; Glenda, Cooper, U.S. Rejects Biological Arms Ban Protocol, Wash. Post, July 26, 2001, at A1 Google Scholar.

8 See Judith, Miller, U.S. Explores Other Options on Preventing Germ Warfare, N.Y. Times, July 25, 2001, at A4 Google Scholar.