Biological Weapons Convention

1975 treaty that comprehensively bans biological weapons Biological Weapons ConventionConvention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their DestructionParticipation in the Biological Weapons Convention Signed and ratified Acceded or succeeded Unrecognized state, abiding by treaty Only signed Non-signatory Signed10 April 1972LocationLondon, Moscow, and Washington, D.C.Effective26 March 1975ConditionRatification by 22 states, including the three depositariesSignatories109Parties189 (complete list) 8 non-parties: Chad, Djibouti, Egypt (signatory), Eritrea, Haiti (signatory), Israel, Somalia (signatory), and Syria (signatory).DepositaryUnited States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation (successor to the Soviet Union)LanguagesChinese, English, French, Russian and SpanishFull text Biological Weapons Convention at Wikisource This article is part of a series aboutNon-proliferation, disarmament, & arms control Overview Nuclear weapons Major treatiesNPT · TPNW · JCPOA · CPPNM · UNSC resolution 1540 Regional restrictionsATS · Outer Space Treaty · Seabed Treaty · NWFZ · Treaty of Tlatelolco · Treaty o