US PROPOSALS to enforce the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention have come
under heavy criticism since they were announced last week by President Bush.
Instead of coming up with new ideas, say experts, the US has simply revived
some sections of a protocol that it rejected earlier this year, while ignoring
crucial parts that it doesn’t like. So despite the recent anthrax attacks on the
US, few people expect any progress on enforcing the convention when its members
meet in Geneva later this month.
The protocol rejected by the US had taken six years to negotiate. It required
governments to allow…
