Biological Weapons Convention
The Biological Weapons Convention, or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, is a disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and toxin weapons by prohibiting their development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use. Wikipedia
Start date: April 10, 1972
Depositary: United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation (successor to the Soviet Union)
Effective: 26 March 1975
Signed: 10 April 1972
Signatories: 109