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Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
The Eighth Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, better known as the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), takes place in Geneva from 7 to 25 November 2016. Together with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the BTWC provides the foundation of the disarmament and non-proliferation framework in the area ...
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Maputo+15
Fifteen years after its entry into force, the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban (APMB) Convention met again in Maputo, Mozambique, to review the Convention's implementation and assess the remaining challenges in eradicating mines from the world.
An Introduction to the Political and Technical Challenges Posed by Seadumped Chemical and Conventional Weapons : the Case of the Baltic Sea
Executive summary Potential environmental and human health effects resulting from the dumping of World War I and World War II-era conventional and chemical weapons in the Baltic Sea are of continuing concern. It is not possible to identify, and safely recover or otherwise ‘remediate’ all of the munitions that have been dumped. Some munitions will continue to be uncovered inadvertently. Therefore, procedures for the identification and reporting of recovered munitions should be maintained and, where ...
EU ACTIONS AND POLICY IN REGARD TO MINE CLEARANCE
This paper provides a short account of implementation of the Ottawa convention concerning anti-personnel mines and of EU policy in this regard. It analyses obstacles to restrictions on their future use and makes proposals.