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One aspect of the consolidation of the biological disarmament régime which had no direct precedent in earlier arms limitation treaties was the enactment of domestic legislation. This flowed from, or was prompted by, Article Four, which required states parties to ‘take any necessary measures to prohibit and prevent’ the commission on their territory, or within their jurisdiction or control anywhere, of activities banned by the 1972 Convention.
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Journal Officiel (Chambre des Représentants), 980 (1975–6) no. 1, 27 July 1976, p. 4.
Journal Officiel (Sénat de Belgique), 331 (1977–8) no. 3, 22 March 1978, pp. 1–2.
Journal Officiel (Chambre des Représentants), 980 (1975–6) no. 2, p. 2.
See Robert Harris and Jeremy Paxman, A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret Story of Gas and Germ Warfare (London: Chatto & Windus, 1982) chapter 9. Georgi Markov was murdered by ricin contained in the tip of an umbrella with which he was stabbed in the leg.
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Sims, N.A. (1988). Legislation. In: The Diplomacy of Biological Disarmament. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08733-4_5
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