Control of dual-threat agents
Subtitle: the vaccines for peace programme
By: edited by Erhard Geissler and John P. Woodall.
Contributors: Geissler, Erhard.; Woodall, John P.; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Series: SIPRI chemical & biological warfare studies ;; no. 15
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Vaccines for Peace (Program); Biological arms control.
Description: "The Vaccines for Peace (VFP) programme was proposed to meet reservations about military misuse of research and development (R&D) on vaccines against pathogens and toxins that are not only natural enemies of living organisms but also can be used as weapon agents, to provide developing countries with vaccines, to narrow the biotechnology gap between North and South and to contribute to conversion of former biological weapon facilities. 21 experts in biotechnology, defence, diplomacy, epidemiology, international law, vaccinology and virology discuss VFP in terms of strengthening the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), vaccine R&D and production, public health and biological defence, and international programmes for prevention of disease, 21 chapters, 6 annexes (including the text of the BWC and the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the BWC), 33 tables and 2 figures."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute."