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Article: Second treaty review conference calls for measures to strengthen biological weapons ban.
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- November 1, 1986
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Second Treaty Review Conference calls for measures to strengthen biological weapons ban
States Parties to the Convention onthe Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, concluding their Second Review Conference, declared their strong determination to exclude completely the possibility of biological agents being used as weapons, and reiterated their commitment to the goal of achieving early agreement on a chemical weapons ban.
Sixty-three of the 103 ConventionParties, and four signatory States, attended the three-week Conference (Geneva, 8-26 September).
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