Breathtaking developments in biotechnology and genetic engineering are dramatically increasing the threat of biological warfare. The necessary knowledge is now globally available.
Genetic engineering enables the bioweapons makers to design even more destructive agents.
In addition, the global consensus against the hostile use of living organisms is increasingly endangered. Some research programs currently underway threaten to blur the boundary between peaceful and hostile uses of biological agents. The international community is not keeping pace with this rapid development, and little attention has been paid by civil society to the increased biowarfare threat. On Monday, April 23, the next session of the Ad Hoc Group will commence in Geneva, and on April 25-26, delegates from States Parties to the BTWC will convene to prepare for the next Review Conference that will be held in November in Geneva. For further info contact IPB at address given below.