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United Nations: Convention on the Prohibition of Bacteriological Weapons and Their Destruction*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2017

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Treaties and Agreements
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1972

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Footnotes

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[The text of the convention is annexed to U.N. General Assembly Resolution 2826 (XXVI) of December 16, 1971, and appears at I.L.M. page 310. General Assembly Resolution 2826 (XXVI) was adopted by a vote of 110 in favor, none against, with one abstention. The recorded vote appears at I.L.M. page 315.

[As of March 1, 1972, the convention had not yet been opened for signature. Earlier drafts of the convention appear at 10 I.L.M. 630 (1971) and 10 I.L.M. 1177 (1971). U.N. General Assembly Resolutions 2827 A and B of December 16, 1971, concerning questions of chemical and bacteriological weapons, appear at I.L.M. page 418.]

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* Later advised the Secretariat they had intended to vote in favour.