Parties to "biological weapons" agree to strengthen the agreement
States signatories to the Biological Weapons Convention have agreed to strengthen the treaty by establishing a panel of experts to prevent the use of such weapons.
The agreement to strengthen the agreement between 184 parties comes after 20 years of stalemate, and the group of experts to be formed is scheduled to consider confidence-building measures that can improve cooperation, the support that poor countries need, and the form that the verification mechanism can take to monitor the production of materials. Which are better used for military purposes, before the next review conference in five years.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the achievement, saying it could be the basis for agreeing on measures to reduce the risk of intentional use of biological weapons.
"The agreement offers a glimmer of hope in a generally bleak international security environment," he added, according to a statement.
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