MMSL 1999, 68(S1):33-35
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (BWC)
- Purkyně Military Medical Academy, Hradec Králové
The full titles of these two Conventions are shown in Table 1. This Table also demonstrates my verse dealing with topics of this presentation.
It is necessary to add that the before signing of these Conventions, the only Geneva Protocol of 1925 was the most important document in this field. BWC was the first Convention prohibiting weapons of mass destruction. The evaluation of the fulfilment of the Convention is made on so called Review Conferences. Though the BWC is important part of international policy, it does not contain verification procedures....
Keywords: Chemical weapons; biological weapons
Published: December 1, 1999 Show citation