3rd Session Working Papers (BWC/AD HOC
GROUP 29)
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| Number | Prepared by | Subject |
| WP.52 | Japan | Privileges and Immunities of the Organization and Inspectors |
| WP.51 | Friend of the Chair on Definition and Objective Criteria | Summary of views on list of equipment and types of activity |
| WP.50 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on Definition and Objective Criteria Summary of views on definition and threshold quantities | |
| WP.50 | Friend of the Chair on Definition and Objective Criteria | Summary of views on definition and threshold quantities |
| WP.49 | Friend of the Chair on Definition and Objective Criteria | Criteria for plant pathogens |
| WP.48 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on Definition and Objective Criteria | Criteria for animal pathogens |
| WP.48 | Friend of the Chair on Definition and Objective Criteria | Criteria for animal pathogens |
| WP.47 | Friend of the Chair on Article X | |
| WP.46 | Japan | Protection of intellectual property rights with regard to biotechnology |
| WP.45 | The Netherlands | Implementation of Article X of the BTWC |
| WP.44 | The Islamic Republic of Iran | Animal Pathogens |
| WP.43 Rev.1 | Working paper by the Friend of the Chair on Definitions and Objective Criteria | Types of Activity |
| WP.43 | Friend of the Chair on Definitions and Objective Criteria | Types of Activity |
| WP.42 | United Kingdom | The role of lists of key equipment in measures |
| WP.41 | United Kingdom | The role of quantitative data in measures to promote compliance with the BTWC |
| WP.40 | The Islamic Republic of Iran | Threshold quantities for toxins |
| WP.39 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on the Definition of Terms and Objective Criteria | Human Pathogens |
| WP.39 | Friend of the Chair on the Definition of Terms and Objective Criteria | Human Pathogens |
| WP.38 | Friend of the Chair on Compliance Measures | Investigation of Alleged Use |
| WP.37 | Friend of the Chair on Compliance Measures | On-site Measures |
| WP.36 | Friend of the Chair on Compliance Measures | Declarations |
| WP.35 Rev.2 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Exchange visits (off-site) |
| WP.35 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Exchange visits (off-site) |
| WP.35 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Exchange visits (off-site) |
| WP.34 | Proposal by Turkey | Definitions of terms and objective criteria - list of biological agents and toxins |
| WP.33 | New Zealand Delegation | Criteria and lists of animal and plant pathogens to support specific measures to verify compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention |
| WP.32 | The Czech Republic | Czech activities in the field of biotechnology |
| WP.31 Rev.3 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Exchange visits |
| WP.31 Rev.2 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Exchange visits |
| WP.31 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Exchange visits |
| WP.31 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Exchange visits |
| WP.30 Rev.2 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Surveillance of Publications |
| WP.30 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Surveillance of Publications |
| WP.30 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Surveillance of Publications |
| WP.29 Rev.3 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Multilateral Information Sharing |
| WP.29 Rev.2 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Multilateral Information Sharing |
| WP.29 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Multilateral Information Sharing |
| WP.29 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Multilateral Information Sharing |
| WP.28 Rev.3 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Data on Transfers and Transfer Requests and on Production |
| WP.28 Rev.2 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Data on Transfers and Transfer Requests and on Production |
| WP.28 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Data on Transfers and Transfer Requests and on Production |
| WP.28 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Data on Transfers and Transfer Requests and on Production |
| WP.27 Rev.3 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Surveillance of legislation |
| WP.27 Rev.2 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Surveillance of legislation |
| WP.27 Rev.1 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Surveillance of legislation |
| WP.27 | Friend of the Chair on Confidence Building and Transparency Measures | Surveillance of legislation |
| WP.26 | Japan | BWC definition: list of biological agents |
| WP.25 | United States of America | Computer networking as a means of strengthening the BWC |
| WP.24 | Brazil | Recent trends in the biology of infectious agents and cooperation as an element of the BWC compliance regime |
| WP.23 | Friend of the Chair on Article X | Informative Note concerning some activities of multilateral cooperation in areas related to the BWC and their relevance for cooperation under article X of the BWC |
| WP.22 | Cuba | Elements for a potential verification regime within the framework of the Convention on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and their destruction (BWC) |
| WP.21 | Cuba | Investigation on the use or alleged use of biological or toxin weapons against a State Party to the Biological Weapons Convention |
| WP.20 | Friend of the Chair on Compliance Measures | Investigation of alleged use |
| WP.19 | France | Convention de 1972 - Application de l'article X de la Convention |
| WP.18 | France/Germany | On genetically modified organisms (GMO) |
| WP.17 | Friend of the Chair for Compliance Measures | Proposed revision of paragraph 6 of FOC July paper |
| WP.16 | The relationship between investigations of alleged use of BTW and unusual outbreaks of disease and challenge inspections | |
| WP.15 | Sweden | Short notice on-site information visits and inspections as parts of a verification regime for the BTWC |
| WP.14 | Portugal | Overview of some epidemiological factors relevant to the production and use of infectious agents as biological weapons |
| WP.13 | Working paper by Australia | Alleged Use Investigation - Authority to Trigger |
| WP.12 | Friend of the Chair on Compliance Measures | Declarations |
| WP.11 | Use of investigative epidemiology as a tool in the investigation of unusual outbreak of disease and alleged use of biological weapons | |
| WP.10 | The Netherlands | The relevance and effectiveness of (combinations of) criteria for declaration |
| WP.9 | France/Germany | Discussion paper - Declarations in a BTWC-Verification Protocol |
| WP.8 Corr.1 | South Africa | |
| WP.8 | Definition of containment facilities for plant pest laboratories | |
| WP.7 Corr.1 | United Kingdom | |
| WP.7 | BWC Article X: Areas of biological activity of direct relevance to the Convention | |
| WP.6/ Corr.1 | Canada | |
| WP.6 | Discussion paper on declarations: list of agents and combinations of criteria | |
| WP.5 | Ad Hoc Expert Group - Cuba | Rights and obligations of the State Parties to the Convention on Biological and Toxin Weapons within the framework of the economic and technological development and in the field of international cooperation and assistance |
| WP.4 | Ad Hoc Expert Group - Cuba | Some elements associated to the promotion of science and technology with peaceful aims within the framework of the Convention on Biological and Toxin Weapons |
| WP.3 | The Role of Containment in Facility Declarations under the BTWC |