The Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

The 2008 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will further dicusss and promote common understanding and effective action on:

1. National, regional and international measures to improve biosafety and biosecurity, including laboratory safety and security of pathogens and toxins; and

2. Oversight, education, awareness raising, and adoption and/or development of codes of conduct with the aim of preventing misuse in the context of advances in bio-science and bio-technology research with the potential of use for purposes prohibited by the Convention.

The Meeting of Ststes Parties  would then produce a report aimed at promoting effective action to strengthen the operation of the Convention on the two areas discussed above..