new global guidelines against germ warfare.* On July 25, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. rejected efforts to institute new global guidelines against germ warfare germ warfare: see biological warfare. . The draft agreement--culminating six years of negotiations over ways to verify compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention For the airport with this IATA location identifier, see . The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (usually referred to as the , which has no monitoring procedures--would have strengthened the 1972 treaty ban on the development, production, and possession of biological weapons. The United States had ratified the 1972 treaty along with 142 other countries--including Iran, Iraq, Russia, and China--but balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. at agreeing to any further restrictions. According to Donald Mahley, acting assistant director for the Multilateral Affairs Bureau, the proposed enforcement mechanisms wouldn't stop cheating yet would "put national security and confidential business information at risk." |
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