After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article)
The devastating COVID-19 disease outbreak of 2020 is likely to cause a profound rethink of how national and international communities deal with such outbreaks whether they are caused naturally, accidentally or deliberately. This paper suggests that now is the time to build on two decades of work wit...
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| description | The devastating COVID-19 disease outbreak of 2020 is likely to cause a profound rethink of how national and international communities deal with such outbreaks whether they are caused naturally, accidentally or deliberately. This paper suggests that now is the time to build on two decades of work within the BTWC and for States Parties to agree on a Biosecurity Code of Conduct under the Convention as proposed by China. Over the past two decades, as part of their attempts to strengthen the BTWC and thereby to help prevent the development of biological and toxin weapons, States Parties have given considerable attention to the potential utility of Codes of Conduct for life and associated scientists. This paper reviews these debates about this novel dual-use ethical challenge within the Convention and concludes that a Code of Conduct should be agreed at the 2021 Review Conference, but that radical reorientation of the mandatory education of such scientists will also be needed to make the agreed code effective. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:58122021-02-08T10:06:45Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5812/ After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) Whitby, Simon Tang, Cheng Shang, Lijun Dando, Malcolm 320 Political science 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 570 Life sciences; biology The devastating COVID-19 disease outbreak of 2020 is likely to cause a profound rethink of how national and international communities deal with such outbreaks whether they are caused naturally, accidentally or deliberately. This paper suggests that now is the time to build on two decades of work within the BTWC and for States Parties to agree on a Biosecurity Code of Conduct under the Convention as proposed by China. Over the past two decades, as part of their attempts to strengthen the BTWC and thereby to help prevent the development of biological and toxin weapons, States Parties have given considerable attention to the potential utility of Codes of Conduct for life and associated scientists. This paper reviews these debates about this novel dual-use ethical challenge within the Convention and concludes that a Code of Conduct should be agreed at the 2021 Review Conference, but that radical reorientation of the mandatory education of such scientists will also be needed to make the agreed code effective. Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 2020-06-01 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5812/1/cbw-summer2020-single-1.pdf Whitby, Simon, Tang, Cheng, Shang, Lijun and Dando, Malcolm (2020) After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article). CBW Magazine: Journal on Chemical and Biological Weapons, 13 (1-2). pp. 60-74. ISSN 0974-0619 |
| spellingShingle | 320 Political science 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 570 Life sciences; biology Whitby, Simon Tang, Cheng Shang, Lijun Dando, Malcolm After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) |
| title | After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) |
| title_full | After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) |
| title_fullStr | After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) |
| title_full_unstemmed | After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) |
| title_short | After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) |
| title_sort | after covid 19 time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention article |
| topic | 320 Political science 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 570 Life sciences; biology |
| url | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5812/1/cbw-summer2020-single-1.pdf |
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