Highlighted Resources
BWC Sixth Review Conference Backgrounder
(prepared by BWC Meetings Secretariat)
Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention
Official website of the United Nations Geneva Office.
BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP)
A global civil society activity that aims to strengthen the norm against using disease as a weapon. The BWPP tracks, monitors and reports on governmental and other behavior relevant to compliance with international treaties and other agreements, especially those that outlaw hostile use of biotechnology.
Sixth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Preparations and Expectations
Presentation by Ambassador Masood Khan of Pakistan, President-Designate of the BWC Review Conference, to the First Committee of the 61st UN General Assembly Session, New York, October 11, 2006
The Limits of Modest Progress: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Efforts to Strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention
John Borrie
Arms Control Today
October 2006
Blood, toil, tears and sweat: the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention since 2001
Richard Lennane
Disarmament Forum
Issue no.3, 2006
UN Institute for Disarmament Research
Towards the BWC Review Conference: Diplomacy Still in the Doldrums
Nicholas A. Sims
Disarmament Diplomacy
Issue No. 82, Spring 2006
Achieving the outcomes of the Sixth Review Conference
Daniel FEAKES and Graham S. PEARSON
Disarmament Forum
Issue no.3, 2006
UN Institute for Disarmament Research
Briefing Book: BWC Sixth Review Conference 2006
Prepared by the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), the Harvard Sussex Program (HSP) and the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC). The book contains official documents and other texts relating to the biological weapons regime.
The 2006 Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference: Articles and Interviews on Tackling the Threats Posed by Biological Weapons
An Arms Control Today Reader
November 2006
Arms Control Association