American Decades

"Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction"

Treaty

By: United Nations General Assembly and the Conference of
the Committee on Disarmament

Date: April 10, 1972

Source: "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction." April 10, 1972, signed in Washington, D.C., London, and Moscow. Available online at http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/bwc1.html; website home page http://www.state.gov (accessed May 25, 2003).

Notes About the Organization: The United Nations (UN) tackled the issue of chemical and biological weapons disarmament in 1969...