These references are taken from the combined SHIB-CBW Events cataloguing system and are for documents arising from the Working Group to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention. The Ninth BWC Review Conference (2022) decided that the Working Group should been overseen by an annual Meeting of States Parties (MSP) and this page lists catalogued documents from both series of meetings.
The page Biological Weapons Convention Working Group lists documents from the Working Group only.
A brief note on cataloguing nomenclature is provided below the list of documents. A fuller guide to the structure is in preparation.
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PLEASE NOTE: the cataloguing system is under development and does not yet contain all relevant references from the holdings in the collections. There may also be a delay between new documents being published and being included here. The official websites for the BWC Working Group are: First Session (15-16 March 2023), Second Session (7-18 August 2023), Third Session (4-8 December 2023), Fourth Session (19-23 August 2024), Fifth Session (2-13 December 2024), Sixth Session (11-22 August 2025), Seventh Session (8-12 December 2025) and Eighth Session (9-13 February 2026). The official websites for the MSPs are: 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Total Records Found: 191, showing 25 per page
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2023-1204 {CN} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.10 Verification Mechanism of the BWC under New Circumstances
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5
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2023-1201 {US} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.9 U.S. Approach to the Working Group …
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6
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2023-1201 {UG} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.7 Enhancing the CBMs Regime through the Integration of Global Health Security Metrics
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2
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2023-1130 {UK} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.6 Building global biosecurity via confidence in compliance with the BWC
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3
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2023-1129 {RU} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.5 Conceptual and methodological aspects of a possible mechanism of verification of the BWC
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4
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2023-1129 {RU} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.4 Proposal to enhance the format of CBMs under the BWC
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5
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2023-1128 {RU} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.3 Military biological activities of the US and UA on the Ukrainian territory in violation of the BWC
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8
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2023-1128 {RU} [BWC] [MSP] BWC-MSP-2023-WP.3 Military biological activities of the US and UA on UA territory …
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8
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2023-1128 {RU} [BWC] [MSP] BWC-MSP-2023-WP.2 -fourth sochi biosecurity conference report-
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5
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2023-1120 {KZ} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.2 Possible elements of a Draft Statute of the International Agency for Biological Safety
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8
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2023-1120 {KZ} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-3-WP.1 Updated concept paper on the International Agency for Biological Safety
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3
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2023-1016 {ISU} [BWC] [MSP] BWC-MSP-2023-4 Annual Report of the Implementation Support Unit
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23
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2023-1013 {BWC} [MSP] BWC-MSP-2023-5 Report on the Overall Financial Situation of the BWC
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6
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2023-1012 {BWC} [MSP] BWC-MSP-2023-3 Report on universalization activities
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17
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2023-1012 {BWC} [MSP] BWC-MSP-2023-2 Provisional programme of work
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1
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2023-1012 {BWC} [MSP] BWC-MSP-2023-1 Provisional agenda
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1
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2023-0818 {UA} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-2-WP.26 Improving the National System of Biological Safety and Biological Security as an Element of Strengthening the BWC
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2
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2023-0818 {KE} {PA} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-2-WP.24 -next generation leaders in global biosecurity-
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6
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2023-0818 {BWC} [WG] BWC-WG-2-INF.1-Rev.1 Revised list of participants
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28
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2023-0818 {AZ} {NAM} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-2-WP.27 Measures on Scientific and Technological Developments Relevant to the Convention
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5
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2023-0816 {PA} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-2-WP.23 Enhancing Gender Equality and Women-s Empowerment as an Integral Part of the Institutional Strengthening of the BWC
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3
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2023-0816 {BWC} [WG] BWC-WG-2-INF.1 List of participants
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28
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2023-0812 {GE} {MW} {NO} {PH} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-2-WP.22 Considerations regarding an ICA Action Plan
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2
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2023-0808 {US} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-2-WP.20 Measures to Strengthen National Implementation of the BWC – Information Expectations and International Cooperation
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8
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2023-0807 {UK} [BWC] [WG] BWC-WG-2-WP.8 Advancements in Science and Technology Relevant to the BWC – Examples of developments …
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8
The cataloguing nomenclature is based around generating a title field that embodies enough information for a user to identify any document through a string of characters. The title field, at the basic level, contains three key elements — a date code, a source code and the document title.
- Date code = the form 2003-0901 which represents 1 September 2003, for example.
- Source code = a code or codes in brackets, e.g, {BWC}. Two letter codes for internet domains are used to indicate countries, so that a document or statement submitted by Singapore to the BWC would be coded {SG} [BWC], for example. When an entity has a document reference system, this will be reflected in the title field between the source code and the document title. As many IT systems cannot handle “/” characters in many contexts, these are replaced by “-” in the title field such that document BWC/WG/5/WP.4 is rendered as BWC-WG-5-WP.4 in the catalogue.
- Document title = fairly self explanatory but may be abbreviated for space.
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