On the Results of the Consultative Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction on the Issue of Compliance by the United States and Ukraine with Obligations under Article I and Article IV of the Convention

Abstract

In the period from 5 to 9 September 2022, in Geneva, at the initiative of the Russian Federation, in accordance with Article IV of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC), a Consultative Meeting of the States Parties was held BTWC. As a result of the event, the delegations adopted a report that does not remove the concerns of the Russian Federation on issues related to violations of the BTWC on the territory of Ukraine. This circumstance predetermined the need to promote Russian initiatives to strengthen the BTWC compliance mechanism by adopting a protocol to the Convention defining verification mechanisms, as well as to create a BTWC Scientific Advisory Committee and expand confidence-building measures.