The annual Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) holds its sessions from 9 through 13 December 2013 inGeneva.

Ukrainian delegation includes experts form the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine.

The Meeting will discuss issues related to the universalization of the Convention and the status of implementation of its provisions regarding international cooperation in order to apply biological researches for peaceful purposes and technical assistance to States Parties to the Convention to identify and combat the pandemic nature of threats.

In particular, the Meeting will study the outcome of the August 2013 expert discussions of three standing agenda items assigned by the BWC Seventh Review Conference: cooperation and assistance, with a particular focus on strengthening cooperation and assistance under Article X; review of developments in the field of science and technology related to the Convention; as well as strengthening national implementation.