U.S. marks 50th anniversary of Biological Weapons Convention

Africa: Biological Weapons 'Must Not Only Be Unthinkable but Also Impossible'

The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today's volatile geopolitical climate we can ill-afford to let this moral safeguard "erode", the UN's High Representative for Disarmament Affairs said on Wednesday.

The US Government's Use of Bio Weapons: Video - LewRockwell

Tim McGraw wrote: Start the video at 1:16:00. The US Government has been using biological weapons against its enemies for centuries. The CIA and other government agencies use drugs, germs, pathogens, chemicals, and parasites to attack the people and crops of other countries, as well as the people and food supply in the USA. Geoengineering (weather manipulation) is another way the US government attacks people worldwide. The post The US Government…

UN marks 50 years of Biological Weapons Convention

The 10 states that have neither signed nor ratified the BWC are Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Israel, Kiribati, Micronesia, Namibia, South Sudan, and Tuvalu. The post UN marks 50 years of Biological Weapons Convention appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

China reiterates commitment to eliminate biological threats

Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun highlighted the role and prospects of the Biological Weapons Convention, in the framework of the 50th anniversary of its entry into force. He recalled that this document establishes key international obligations to eliminate threats, reduce biosafety risks and promote the peaceful use of biotechnology. “It has played a key role in the common cause of all humankind to maintain peace, security and promote deve…

U.S. marks 50th anniversary of Biological Weapons Convention

The U.S. State Department Wednesday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention, an agreement implemented in 1975 to stop the development and use of biological and toxin weapons.

Small Pox and Modernity

On May 8, 1980, forty-five years ago, the World Health Organization, a part of the United Nations, announced that officials had eradicated small pox from the world’s population. The last case occurred in Somalia in 1977, and the last case in the United States occurred in 1949. This news delighted everyone, in that small pox had plagued humanity for centuries. Human ingenuity had defeated small pox...