States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention

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group of states international legal category treaty party status

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention are the countries that have formally joined the treaty banning the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons and are legally bound to comply with its obligations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention canonical	40
BWC States Parties	1
States Parties to the BWC	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
Context triple: [Article II (Biological Weapons Convention), appliesTo, States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention]

A. States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention are countries that have formally joined the global treaty banning the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and are legally bound to its verification and disarmament obligations.
B. Biological Weapons Convention
The Biological Weapons Convention is an international treaty that prohibits the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons, forming a key pillar of global arms control and nonproliferation efforts.
C. States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
The States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention are the countries that have formally joined and committed to implementing the international treaty prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines.
D. Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes)
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) is a proposed or conceptual international framework envisioned to oversee and verify global compliance with bans on biological weapons, analogous to how the OPCW governs chemical weapons disarmament.
E. States Parties to the Genocide Convention
States Parties to the Genocide Convention are countries that have ratified or acceded to the treaty and are thereby bound under international law to prevent and punish the crime of genocide through their domestic legal systems and international cooperation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
Target entity description: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention are the countries that have formally joined the treaty banning the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons and are legally bound to comply with its obligations.

A. States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention are countries that have formally joined the global treaty banning the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and are legally bound to its verification and disarmament obligations.
B. Biological Weapons Convention
The Biological Weapons Convention is an international treaty that prohibits the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons, forming a key pillar of global arms control and nonproliferation efforts.
C. States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
The States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention are the countries that have formally joined and committed to implementing the international treaty prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines.
D. Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes)
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Biological Weapons (conceptually related regimes) is a proposed or conceptual international framework envisioned to oversee and verify global compliance with bans on biological weapons, analogous to how the OPCW governs chemical weapons disarmament.
E. States Parties to the Genocide Convention
States Parties to the Genocide Convention are countries that have ratified or acceded to the treaty and are thereby bound under international law to prevent and punish the crime of genocide through their domestic legal systems and international cooperation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of states ⓘ international legal category ⓘ treaty party status ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent development of biological and toxin weapons ⓘ promote peaceful uses of biological science and technology ⓘ strengthen global biological disarmament ⓘ
appliesTo	sovereign states ⓘ
cooperateThrough	meetings of States Parties ⓘ meetings of experts ⓘ review conferences ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	BWC States Parties ⓘ linked to: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention States Parties to the BWC ⓘ linked to: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention
hasLanguageOfReference	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction ⓘ linked to: Biological Weapons Convention
hasObligation	ban acquisition of biological weapons ⓘ ban development of biological weapons ⓘ ban production of biological weapons ⓘ ban retention of biological weapons ⓘ ban stockpiling of biological weapons ⓘ consult and cooperate to resolve problems related to the Convention ⓘ destroy existing biological weapons and associated facilities ⓘ implement national measures to prohibit and prevent biological weapons activities ⓘ not assist, encourage, or induce anyone to acquire biological weapons ⓘ not transfer biological weapons to any recipient ⓘ participate in review conferences of the Convention ⓘ submit confidence-building measure information on a voluntary basis ⓘ use biological agents and toxins only for prophylactic, protective, or other peaceful purposes ⓘ
hasRight	participate in meetings of States Parties ⓘ participate in review conferences ⓘ propose amendments to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ request consultations under Article V of the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ request investigation of alleged biological weapons use through the UN Security Council ⓘ
hasStatusType	accession ⓘ ratification ⓘ succession ⓘ
isAdministeredBy	United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs ⓘ
isDefinedAs	countries that have ratified or acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ
isDefinedBy	Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ
isMonitoredBy	Implementation Support Unit of the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ linked to: Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit
isRecordedIn	United Nations Treaty Collection ⓘ
isRelatedTo	States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ
isSubsetOf	States participating in multilateral arms control treaties ⓘ
partOf	Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

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Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article II (Biological Weapons Convention) → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article II

Article VI (Biological Weapons Convention) → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article VI

Article VIII of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article VIII

Article X → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article XI of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article XI

Article XV of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article XV

BWC Review Conferences → attendedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article IX (Biological Weapons Convention) → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article IX

Article XII (Biological Weapons Convention) → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article XII

Article I (Biological Weapons Convention) → bindingOn → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article I

Article III (Biological Weapons Convention) → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article III

Article III (Biological Weapons Convention) → imposesObligationOn → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article III

Article V of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article V

Implementation Support Unit of the BWC → supportsBody → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Implementation Support Unit of the BWC → fundingSource → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention → hasAbbreviation → BWC States Parties ⓘ

linked to: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention → hasAbbreviation → States Parties to the BWC ⓘ

linked to: States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention

First Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → convenedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article IV of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article IV

Article VII of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article VII

Article XVI of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article XVI

Article III (Biological Weapons Convention) → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Second Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → hasParticipant → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article 6 of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Fourth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → hasParticipant → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Fourth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → organizedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Fifth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → convenedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Fifth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → participants → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article VII of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → convenedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → participation → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → organizedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → participation → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article 15 of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article XII of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Eighth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → convenedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Eighth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → participation → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → organizedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article XIII of the Biological Weapons Convention → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Article XIII

Article IV (Biological Weapons Convention) → appliesTo → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Third Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → convenedBy → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

Third Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention → involves → States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ

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