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Biological Weapons Convention Enters Force

United States · Warfare / United Nations. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1975

Gerald Rudolph Ford26 March 1975

Washington · Warfare / United Nations

The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force, banning development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons.

Names involved

Gerald Rudolph Ford

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