Ninth Review Meeting of Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Expectations and Challenges

The ninth BWC review conference would get an opportunity to relook at the Convention in terms of its success and challenges ahead. The world is witnessing Russia-Ukraine war and China-Taiwan conflict in the shadow of Covid 19. A holistic global defence against biological attacks is much needed. It includes a stringent normative framework, innovative technologies, broad-spectrum vaccines, a strong public and community health system, and general awareness. Developing a global mechanism to communicate with the relevant stakeholders at the earliest also is a critical objective. Retrospecting the present scenario and developing a futuristic roadmap accordingly can make BWC pertinent, powerful and prevailing.

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