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Working Paper by India, Indonesia and Mexico : Measures to Strengthen the Implementation of Article III of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (WP.232)

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AD HOC GROUP OF THE STATES PARTIES
TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION
OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND
STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL
(BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND
ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

BWC/AD HOC GROUP/WP.232
3 October 1997

Original: ENGLISH

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Eighth session
Geneva, 15 September - 3 October 1997

Working paper submitted by India, Indonesia and Mexico

Measures to Strengthen the Implementation of Article III of
the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

1. States Parties to the Protocol, in order to ensure compliance with Article III of the BTWC, shall only transfer dual use microbial and other biological agents, toxins and equipment for purposes not prohibited by the Convention, in accordance with the following guidelines as in paragraph 2.

2. In pursuance of paragraph 1, and recognizing that most of the agents, toxins, equipment and technologies are of a dual use nature and with the objective of preventing dual-use items from being utilized for purposes prohibited by BTWC, the guidelines shall be as follows:

(i) any request made by a State Party for the procurement of a specific agent/toxin/reagent shall be accompanied by information on purpose, quantity required, site or facility for proposed use, quantity to be produced at the site or facility, place where intended to be stored and end-use certificate;

(ii) any request for transfer or procurement of equipment envisaged to be declared under CBMs, for use by a State participating in the compliance regime in a BL-4 facility, including details of its proposed application and the site/facility for intended use, shall be intimated to the future BTWC Organization;

(iii) any transfer of technology related to delivery systems, aerosol dispersion of toxins and pathogens, stabilization of agents/toxins to environmental stress shall be intimated to the future BTWC Organization;

(iv) transfer of agents, equipment and material shall not be allowed to non-States Parties of the compliance regime under the Convention without prior approval of the BTWC Organization.

(Paragraph 2 may be considered for inclusion in an Annex)

GE.97-64692

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