SZ/CBW - UN Group of Consultant Experts on Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons
Reference code
SZ/CBW
Level of description
Series
Title
UN Group of Consultant Experts on Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons
Date/s
1969
Quantity & Format
3 boxes
7 files
7 files
Subject
Chemical weapons
Biological weapons
United Nations Group of Consultative Experts on Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons
Biological weapons
United Nations Group of Consultative Experts on Chemical and Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons
Scope and content
Minutes, papers and correspondence, 1969.
At its 23rd session, 1968, the General Assembly of the United Nations directed the Secretary-General, U Thant, to prepare, with the assistance of a group of experts, a report on chemical and bacteriological weapons. U Thant appointed a panel of 14 experts, chaired by William Epstein, Director of the UN’s Disarmament Affairs Division of the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs. SZ was a member of the Expert Group and was responsible for drafting the [English-language] text of the report. The report of the Expert Group was submitted to U Thant on 30.6.69 and published by the United Nations as Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and the effects of their possible use.
At its 23rd session, 1968, the General Assembly of the United Nations directed the Secretary-General, U Thant, to prepare, with the assistance of a group of experts, a report on chemical and bacteriological weapons. U Thant appointed a panel of 14 experts, chaired by William Epstein, Director of the UN’s Disarmament Affairs Division of the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs. SZ was a member of the Expert Group and was responsible for drafting the [English-language] text of the report. The report of the Expert Group was submitted to U Thant on 30.6.69 and published by the United Nations as Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and the effects of their possible use.
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