Development of and prospects for the biological weapons convention
作者机构：Wuhan Documentation and Information CenterChinese Academy of SciencesWuhan 430071China Wuhan Institute of VirologyChinese Academy of SciencesWuhan 430071China
出 版 物：《Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity》 (生物安全和生物安保杂志（英文）)
年 卷 期：2022年第4卷第1期
页 面：50-53页
学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学]
基 金：This study was supported by the Key Laboratory on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosafety in Wuhan(2018201261638501) a project of the Wuhan Science and Technology Program
主 题：Biological Weapons Convention Biotechnology Biosafety State parties
摘 要：Biological weapons are used in wars to wound or kill people or animals and destroy crops with pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses,as well as toxins and other biologically active *** are highly infectious,easily communicable,widely destructive,long-acting,and difficult to prevent and ***,a major challenge for the international community is preventing the spread of biological weapons throughout the *** Biological Weapons Convention(BWC)is a multilateral treaty that clearly prohibits the development,production,stockpiling,acquisition and preservation of biological and toxic weapons,as well as the design and delivery of biological warfare agents,except for the purpose of prevention,protection and other peaceful *** BWC is,to a certain extent,binding on countries capable of manufacturing biological weapons,and has become a powerful tool enabling the international community to jointly deal with the threats posed by biological ***,its effectiveness has been reduced by the lack of a corresponding verification *** the rapid development of biotechnology,global biosecurity is faced with new and highly uncertain challenges and threats,which requires the member countries of the BWC to cooperate with,promote,and supervise each other in making constant improvements to the BWC in an effort to maintain global peace and stable development.
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