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50 Years of BWC
December 5 , 2025
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- India hosted the international conference “50 Years of BWC: Strengthening Biosecurity for the Global South” in New Delhi.
- The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) is the first multilateral treaty banning biological and toxin weapons.
- The treaty prohibits the development, production, stockpiling, transfer, and use of biological weapons.
- It was opened for signature on 10 April 1972 and entered into force on 26 March 1975; India is a founding State Party.
- The BWC holds review conferences every five years and promotes the peaceful use of biological science, especially for developing countries.
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