Recent Sessions: 13-27 Feb 2001; 23 April - 11 May 2001; 23 July - 17 Aug 2001

Reports on Recent Ad Hoc Group Meetings

• Updates on the status of negotiations - University of Bradford, UK
• Quarterly reviews of OPCW activities: CBW Conventions Bulletin (Harvard/Sussex) (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Protocol Rolling Text Revisions

• 23 April - 11 May 2001
  Procedural Report Part I
  Procedural Report Part II
  


• Chairman's text - 30 March 2001
 
• February 2001
  Procedural Report Part I
  Annex I
  Annex II
  Annex III
  


• August 2000
  Procedural Report Part I
  Procedural Report Part II
  


• April 2000
  Procedural Report Part I
  Procedural Report Part II
  


• Earlier Meetings


• Ad Hoc Group Working Papers


• Official Reports on 12 Trial Visits to test BWC Protocol Efficacy - May 2001

Press Reports

• Killer germs By James Meek. The Guardian. September 24, 2001
• America's Sovereignty in a New World By Robert Wright. The New York Times. September 24, 2001
• A Way To Prevent Bioterrorism By Barbara Rosenberg. The San Francisco Chronicle. September 18, 2001
• Research Not to Be Hidden By Elisa B. Harris. The New York Times. September 6, 2001
• Strengthening the Ban on Germ Weapons FAS Press Release. September 5, 2001
• Bush Treaty Moves Put Us in Danger By Barbara H. Rosenberg. The Baltimore Sun. September 5, 2001
• Allergic Reaction: Washington's Response to the BWC Protocol By Barbara Rosenberg. Arms Control Today. July/August 2001
  
• NGO Press Release on BWC Protocol Negotiations July 24, 2001
  
• Bush Panel Faults Germ Warfare Protocol The Washington Post. May 27, 2001
  
• Germ Warfare Rules Need Changes, White House Told The Washington Post. May 21, 2001
  
• US Germ Warfare Review Faults Plan on Enforcement The New York Times, May 20, 2001
  
• U.S. Nixes Latest Effort to Strengthen Bioweapons Treaty Chemical and Engineering News. April 23, 2001
  

Papers

• Back to bioweapons? By Mark Wheelis and Malcolm Dando. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Jan/Feb, 2003. Volume 59, No. 1.
  
• The Biological Weapons Protocol as a Health Care Intervention: Cost-effectiveness and Cost-benefit By Lynn Klotz
  
• Disease by Design: De-mystifying the Biological Weapons Debate By Michael Crowley. BASIC. November 2000
• FAS Paper on US Public Positions on the BTWC Protocol August 2001
  
• FAS Comments on US Rejection of the BWC Protocol Delivered at NGO Seminar for Ad Hoc Group. July, 25 2001
  
• Challenge Investigation Voting Procedures for a BWC Regime By L. Klotz and M. Sim
• Routine and Challenge: Two Pillars of Verification By D. MacEachin
• The Necessity for NonChallenge Visits By G. Pearson & M. Dando; Summary, M. Chevrier
• Countermeasures for Possible Evasion Scenarios in Sampling & Analysis By Lynn Klotz
• Issues Related to On-Site Sampling & Analysis By J. Melling
• University of Bradford Internet Video Lectures on the Protocol Negotiations
• Investigating Disease Outbreaks under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention By Mark Wheelis. Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal. November/December, 2000

Congressional Testimony

·         Biological Weapons Convention Protocols: Status and Implications. Testimony before the House Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations - 13 September 2000

·         Biological Weapons Convention Protocols: Status and Implications: Testimony before the House Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations - 10 July 2001

Hearing Transcript (Note: Questioning of Ambassador Mahley is particularly interesting.)


Written Testimony:


Opening remarks by Rep. Tierney and Rep. Kucinich
Ambassador James Leonard, Former US Ambassador
Ambassador Don Mahley, Special Negotiator for Chemical and Biological Arms Control
Dr. Edward Lacey, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance
Ambassador Tibor Toth, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
Professor Graham S. Pearson, Visiting Professor of International Security, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK
Group testimony(Dr. David Atwood, Professor Malcolm R. Dando, Dr. Alastair Hay, Dr. Alexander Kelle, Ian Kenyon, Professor Kathryn Nixdorff, Professor Graham S. Pearson, Professor Julian Perry Robinson, Nicholas A. Sims)

Other Resources

• The Biological Weapons Protocol: How Practical, How Desirable? Testimony from the Twelfth Nonproliferation Policy Reform Task Force Meeting (The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center). August, 10 2000