Biological Weapons Convention

The 2007 Meeting of States Parties was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland, from December 10, 2007 until December 14, 2007. The Chair was Ambassador Masood Khan of Pakistan, who also chaired the Sixth Review Conference held in 2006. He surnamed the 2007 MSP “From adjacency to synergy”. It was the first meeting of States Parties following the Sixth Review Conference.

Read WILPF's report here.

The Sixth Review Conference of the BWC took place in Geneva, from 20 November to 8 December 2006, under the leadership of Ambassador Masoon Khan of Pakistan.
Our Secretary-General, Ms. Susi Snyder, delivered a statement on behalf of WILPF on November, 21. You can read it here

On Monday, November 23, WILPF hosted a lunchtime seminar side event on Biocontainment Level 4 labs in the United States. Read a summary of the seminar here

To read statements and reports from the Conference click here.
For background information and FAQs on biological warfare agents and conventions click here.

• Meeting of Experts (MX) 20-24 August 2007