The convention endorses the Geneva Protocol of 1925 in prohibiting the use of biological weapons and extends it with a prohibition on development, storage or transfer, with exceptions for medical and defensive purposes in small quantities. However it lacks inspection provisions and has been described as more of an expression of the international norms than a practical means of disarmament or a restriction of proliferation.
See also: weapons of mass destruction
Text of the Convention (http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/bwc/text/bwc.htm)
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