Decree No 96 / 1975 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Convention on the Prohibition and Destruction of the Development, Production and Stocks of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons
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Effective from 26.03.1975
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 9 July 1975
concerning the Convention on the Prohibition and Destruction of the Development, Production and Stocks of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons
On 10 April 1972, the Convention on the Prohibition and Destruction of the Development, Production and Stocks of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons was signed in London, Moscow and Washington.
The Convention was approved by the Federal Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and ratified by the President of the Republic. The instruments of ratification were deposited with the depositories of the Convention, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, on 30 April 1973.
The Convention entered into force on 26 March 1975 on the basis of its Article XIV (3) and entered into force on that date also for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
The Czech translation of the Convention is being announced simultaneously.
Minister:
Ing. Chupek v. r.
CONVENTION
prohibiting and destroying the development, production and accumulation of stocks of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons
Contracting States to this Convention,
the decision to act to make effective progress towards general and full disarmament, including the prohibition and elimination of all types of weapons of mass destruction, and to ensure that the prohibition of the development, production and accumulation of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and their destruction through effective measures will facilitate the achievement of universal and full disarmament under strict and effective international control,
Recognising the great importance of the Protocol on the Prohibition of Use in the War of Nitrous, Poisoning or Similar Gas and Bacteriological Devices, signed in Geneva on 17 June 1925, and also aware of the deposit already made by that Protocol and continues to bring about the mitigation of the horrors of war,
confirming their loyalty to the principles and objectives of this Protocol and calling on all States to comply with them strictly,
Recalling that the United Nations General Assembly has recondemned all actions contrary to the principles and objectives of the Geneva Protocol of 17 June 1925,
Desiring to contribute to the deepening of trust between nations and the general recovery of international air,
Desiring also to contribute to the achievement of the objectives and principles of the United Nations Charter,
Convinced of the importance and urgency of taking effective measures from the arsenals of states such as the use of chemical or bacteriological agents,
Recognising that the agreement on the prohibition of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons constitutes the first possible step towards reaching an agreement on effective measures, as well as the prohibition on the development, production and accumulation of chemical weapons, and determined to continue negotiations to that end,
determined to completely exclude, for the sake of all mankind, the possibility of using bacteriological (biological) agents and toxins as weapons,
convinced that such use would contradict humanity's conscience and that no effort should be made to reduce this danger,
agree on the following:
Each Contracting State of this Convention undertakes never, under any circumstances, to develop, produce, accumulate or otherwise acquire or hold:
1. microbiological or other biological agents or toxins of any origin or method of manufacture, in such species and in such quantities as are not intended for preventive, protective or other peaceful purposes;
2. weapons, equipment or carriers intended for the use of such agents or toxins for hostile purposes or in armed conflict.
Each Contracting State of this Convention shall undertake to destroy or transfer to peaceful purposes as soon as possible, but not later than nine months after the entry into force of the Convention, all agents, toxins, weapons, equipment and media referred to in Article I of the Convention that are owned or controlled by it. When complying with the provisions of this Article, all necessary security measures to protect the population and the environment shall be maintained.
Each Contracting State of this Convention undertakes not to transmit to anyone, directly or indirectly, any agent, toxin, weapon, device or carrier referred to in Article I of the Convention, and shall not in any way assist, encourage and encourage any State, group of States or international organisations to produce or acquire them in any other way.
Each Contracting State of this Convention undertakes to take all necessary measures, in accordance with its constitutional procedure, to prohibit and prevent the development, manufacture, accumulation, acquisition or possession of agents, toxins, weapons, equipment and media referred to in Article I of the Convention, anywhere within the territory of that State under its jurisdiction or control.
The Contracting States of this Convention shall undertake to consult and cooperate with each other in addressing any issues which may arise as regards the objectives of this Convention or in the context of the fulfilment of its provisions. Consultations and cooperation under this Article may also be carried out using relevant international procedures within the United Nations and in accordance with its Charter.
1. Any Contracting State of this Convention which finds that the actions of any other Contracting State constitute a breach of its obligations under the provisions of this Convention may lodge a complaint with the United Nations Security Council. Such a complaint shall contain all possible evidence confirming its validity and a request for its assessment by the Security Council.
2. Each Contracting State of this Convention undertakes to cooperate in carrying out any investigation which the Security Council may carry out in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Charter on the basis of a complaint received by the Council. The Security Council shall inform the States Parties to the Convention of the outcome of the investigation.
Each Contracting State of this Convention undertakes, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, to provide or support assistance to any Contracting State of the Convention which so requests if the Security Council decides that such a Contracting State has been put at risk as a result of an infringement of this Convention.
Nothing in this Convention shall be interpreted in such a way as to restrict or damage, in any way, the obligations assumed by any State under the Protocol on the prohibition of use in the war of nitrous, poisoning or similar gases and bacteriological devices, signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925.
Each Contracting State of this Convention confirms the recognised objective of an effective ban on chemical weapons and to this end undertakes to continue with the spirit of goodwill in negotiations to reach an early agreement on effective measures to prohibit the development, production and accumulation of stocks and their destruction and on appropriate measures concerning equipment and media specially designed for the manufacture or use of chemical agents as weapons.
1. The Contracting States of this Convention undertake to assist the widest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and technical information for the use of bacteriological (biological) agents and toxins for peaceful purposes and to participate in such exchange. The Contracting States of the Convention which will be able to do so will cooperate individually or jointly with other States or international organisations in the development and application of scientific discoveries in the field of bacteriology (biology) in order to prevent disease or for other peaceful purposes.
2. This Convention shall be implemented in such a way as to avoid disrupting the economic or technical development of the Contracting States of the Convention or international cooperation in the field of peaceful bacteriological (biological) activity, including the international exchange of bacteriological (biological) agents and toxins and facilities for the processing, use or manufacture of bacteriological (biological) agents and toxins for peaceful purposes in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.
Any Contracting State may propose amendments to this Convention. The amendments shall enter into force for each Contracting State which adopts those amendments as soon as they are adopted by a majority of the Contracting States of the Convention and thereafter for each remaining Contracting State on the date on which they are adopted.
After five years from the entry into force of this Convention, or earlier, if a majority of the Contracting States to the Convention so request by submitting a proposal to the Depositary Governments with this objective, a Conference of the Contracting States of the Convention shall be organised in Geneva (Switzerland) to assess the operation of this Convention in order to ensure that the objectives set out in the Preamble and the provisions of the Convention, including the provisions relating to chemical weapons negotiations, are implemented. Such an assessment shall take into account any new results of scientific and technical developments relating to this Convention.
This Convention shall apply for an unlimited period.
2. Each Contracting State of this Convention shall have the right, in the exercise of its national sovereignty, to terminate the Convention if it decides that exceptional circumstances relating to the content of this Convention have jeopardised its highest interests. It shall inform all other Contracting States of such termination three months in advance of the Convention and the United Nations Security Council. Such notification shall include a statement of exceptional circumstances which it considers to have endangered its highest interests.
1. This Convention shall be open for signature by all States. Any State which does not sign the Convention before its entry into force in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article may accede at any time.
2. This Convention shall be subject to ratification by the signatory States. The instruments of ratification and accession shall be deposited with the governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which are hereby established by the depository governments.
3. This Convention shall enter into force when the instruments of ratification are deposited by twenty-two governments, including those established by the depository governments of the Convention.
4. For States whose instruments of ratification or accession will be deposited after the entry into force of this Convention, the Convention shall enter into force on the date on which their instruments of ratification or accession are deposited.
5. The depositary Governments shall immediately inform all States that have signed or acceded to the Convention of the date of each signature, the date of deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession, the date of entry into force of this Convention and other communications.
6. This Convention shall be registered by depository governments in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
This Convention, the English, Russian, French, Spanish and Chinese texts of which are equally valid, shall be deposited in the archives of the depository governments. Proper certified copies of this Convention shall be transmitted by the depository governments to the governments of the States which signed or acceded to the Convention.
They have signed this Convention in evidence of the undersigned, duly authorised.
Done in triplicate in the cities of London, Moscow and Washington on the tenth of April in the year of the 1970s.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 96 / 1975 Coll., on the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stocks of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 15.09.1975 |
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| Effective from | 26.03.1975 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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