FAS Working Papers

Major Reports and Working Group Papers Issued by the Federation of American Scientists Working Group on Biological Weapons

• UNMOVIC Could Help Resolve Future Biological Weapons Crises, August 2003

• Draft Recommendations for A Code of Conduct for Biodefense Programs (joint paper), November 2002

• Non-lethal Chemical and Biological Weapons, November 2002

• The U.S. Government’s Interpretation of the BTWC November 2002

• FAS Comments on US Rejection of the BWC Protocol, July 2001

• Gradual Phase-In of Protocol Measures, July 2000, Revised October 2000

• Proposed Structure of the Organization to Implement the BWC Protocol, Addendum, July 2000

• Proposals for US Implementing Legislation for the Biological Weapons Convention Protocol (joint paper with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America's Biological Weapons Convention Sub-Committee), May 2000

• Transfers of Dual-Capable Items:Some Possible Compromise Provisions, March 2000

• On BWC Protocol Article VII, September 1999

• Views on Visits, June 1999

• Means for Protecting US Industry within an Effective Compliance Regime for the Biological Weapons Convention (for Congressional Briefing), January 1999

• On the Question of Outbreak Declarations under a Biological Weapons Convention Compliance Regime, June 1999

• Aerosol Trigger, December 1998

• Visits: A Unified Concept, December 1998

• Challenge Investigation Voting Procedures for a BWC Compliance Regime, September 1998

• Declaration Triggers: Critique of the Rolling Text, September 1998

• The Structure and Cost of A BWC Organization, September 1998

• Visits Are Crucial, Septemer 1998

• Perspectives on BWC Compliance Regime Issues Affecting Industry (with industry co-authors), February 1998

• Working Paper of the Legal Subgroup on the Protection of Confidential Information in the Proposed Protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention, December 1997

• Rapid Resolution of Questions during NonChallenge Visits, December 1997

• Making Random NonChallenge Visits Friendly, December 1997

• Confidentiality Can Be Protected During Sampling and Analysis in a BWC Compliance Regime, September 1997

• Estimate of the Number of Declarable Facilities, revised September 1997

• Declarations: Triggers and Contents, March 1997 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Triggers for Declarations and Inspections/Visits, July 1996, Revised December 1997

• Report of the Subgroup on Investigation of Alleged Use or Release of Biological or Toxin Weapons Agents, April 1996

• Sampling and Analysis of Proprietary Microorganisms While Protecting Confidential Proprietary Information, December 1995 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Potential for New Approaches to Microorganism Identification, November 1995 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Annexes on Sample Analysis from FAS Working Papers, 1995 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Archived FAS Papers

(available upon request from raldis@fas.org )

• Report: Beyond VEREX: A Legally Binding Compliance Regime for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, July 1994

• A Legally Binding Compliance Regime for the BWC: Refinement of Proposed Measures Through Trial Facility Visits, March 1992

• Report: Implementation of the Proposals for a Verification Protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention, February 1991

• Report: Proposals for the Third Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, revision of October 1990