THE Biological Weapons Convention has been saved from becoming little more than a statement of intent. After a tense week of talks in Geneva, treaty members have agreed to continue annual meetings to discuss voluntary efforts to enforce the treaty. But the discussions will not cover the worst biological threats.
Last week’s talks were aimed at salvaging the treaty as an international forum for controlling bioweapons. In 2001, a bioweapons treaty conference collapsed after the US rejected a legally binding agreement that would have imposed weapons inspections on members (Â鶹´«Ã½, 1 December 2001, p 11). After that, it…
