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The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) is not the only international forum which addresses the threats posed by biological and toxin weapons. The Health Security approach necessitates close collaboration with other regimes dealing with disease events with natural or accidental origin. The current work programme is bolstered by cooperation and coordination with organizations relevant to the Convention as well as other international instruments. Related International Instruments The 1925 Geneva Protocol The Protocol for the Prohibition in the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous, and other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (better known as the 1925 Geneva Protocol) opened for signature in 1925 and entered into force in 1929. France is the Depository. The 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibits the use of biological weapons in war but does not cover their use in other types of hostile action. The protocol does not prevent the development, production and stockpiling of these weapons – actions which were undertaken by a number of its member States. Reservations to the protocol permitted certain States bound by its terms to use biological weapons, even in war, under specific circumstances. Find out more about the 1925 Geneva Protocol The Chemical Weapons Convention United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 Other organizations, initiatives and fora Basel Convention European Union Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) G8 International Air Transport Association (IATA) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Council for Science (ICSU) International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) International Vaccines Institute (IVI) Interpol Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ProMED Mail United Nations United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)