Verification of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

ISBN-13: 9789048155378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 252 str.

Malcolm R. Dando; G. S. Pearson; Tibor Toth

Opis

The papers in this volume provide an integrated overview and in-depth analysis of the issues involved in the negotiations leading to the Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, involving consideration of the key scientific and technical issues involved and also of the political context within which these issues have to be considered by the negotiators.

Spis treści

Introduction; M. Dando, et al. The Prohibition of Chemical and Biological Weapons; G. Pearson. Biological Weapons Proliferation Concerns; J. Tucker. The Biotechnology Revolution: The Science and Applications; K. Nixdorff, et al. The Relevance of Advances in Biotechnology to the Task of Strengthening the BTWC; M. Dando. Technological Aspects of Verification: Declarations, Managed Access and Confidential Proprietary Information; R. Guthrie. Technological Aspects of Verification: Investigation of Alleged Use of Biological Weapons; R. Guthrie. Verification Technologies: Sampling and Identification; C. Eon, H. Garrigue. Biological Agent Detection Technology; J. Valdes. Towards a Verification Protocol; M. Chevrier. Prospects for the Ad Hoc Group; T. Toth. New Scientific and Technological Aspects of Verification of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC): An Overview of the ASI and a 1999 Postscript; G. Pearson.