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Geneva Protocol

Protocol forProhibition ofUseWarAsphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, andBacteriological MethodsWarfare.

Usually calledGeneva Protocol, this short arms control agreement was signed at Geneva on June 17, 1925 and was registered on September 7, 1929. It prohibitsuse of chemical weaponsbiological weapons, but has nothingsay about production, storage or transfer. It was1972 augmentedthe Biological Weapons Conventionin 1993the Chemical Weapons Convention.

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Text ofprotocol -- http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/sbtwc/keytext/genprot.htm


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