UN Has No Mandate To Analyze Activities Of Bio Weapons Convention Members - Spokesman
Muhammad Irfan Published May 28, 2022 | 01:50 AM
UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 28th May, 2022) The United Nations Secretariat has no mandate to analyze the activities of member states of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarrick told reporters on Friday.
"The Secretariat does not have the mandate to analyze the content," Dujarrick said when asked to comment on Russia's allegations that the United States and Ukraine did not notify the United Nations of their biological activities.
Earlier on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry published a 2017 document from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) that noted the epidemiological threat of the US military biological program in Ukraine.
The chief of the Russian military's radiation, chemical and biological defense Irog Kirillov said that both Washington and Kiev did not indicate in their reports to the United Nations about their biological research that they engaged in joint work.
Dujarrick said BWC's Confidence-Building Measures (CBM) system requires all parties to provide information on certain activities and relevant facilities on an annual basis.
"The types of activities and facilities on which information should be provided is clearly outlined in the CBM forms and activities and facilities falling outside these specifications do not need to be reported," Dujarric said.
Ukraine and the United States make their annual CBM reports available publicly, he added.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
Currency Rate In Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal Rates On 26 April 2024
Today Gold Rate in Pakistan 26 April 2024
ICC Womens T20 World Cup Qualifier, Match 2: Ireland Women open with Comfortable ..
Robinson, bowlers help New Zealand go 2-1 up against Pakistan
Shahzeb Chachar to hold khuli kachehri on April 26
Heatwave amid Israel's aggression in Gaza brings new misery, disease risk
Tourism must change, mayor says as Venice launches entry fee
Court adjourns Judicial Complex attack case till May 17
Nasreen Noori’s book ‘Popatan Jahra Khwab’ launched
Wafaqi Mohtasib inspection team visits Excise and taxation office
AJLAC announces 5th Conference titled ‘People’s Mandate: Safeguarding Civil ..
Pak-US officials engage to enhance trade, investment ties
More Stories From World
-
United by grief, families of Boeing crash victims demand justice
20 minutes ago -
Microsoft expands its AI empire abroad
31 minutes ago -
China ready to work with Pakistan to promote practical cooperation under CPEC, GDI: Luo Zhaohui
31 minutes ago -
Nuggets push Lakers to brink as Embiid's 50 points lead Sixers over Knicks
40 minutes ago -
Man City in title groove as Arsenal face Spurs test
40 minutes ago -
Philippine settlement submerged by dam reappears due to drought
41 minutes ago
-
ByteDance says 'no plans' to sell TikTok after US ban law
1 hour ago -
Oil: 'Mother of corruption' in Venezuela
1 hour ago -
ECO General Secretary urges member nations to embrace cultural wealth
1 hour ago -
China warns Blinken over deteriorating ties in talks
2 hours ago -
Famine-threatened Sudan's 'race against time' to plant crops
2 hours ago -
Microsoft, Google earnings shine as AI drives revenue
2 hours ago