Control of Dual-Threat Agents

The Vaccines for Peace Programme

By: Erhard Geissler (Editor), John P. Woodall (Editor)

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Dual-threat agents (DTAs) are those viruses, bacteria, fungi, and toxins which are not only natural enemies of living organisms but which can be deliberately used for hostile purposes as biological or toxin weapon agents. The development, production, and use of vaccines are the primary measures needed to prevent DTA-related diseases and intoxinations. However, the development and production of vaccines against DTAs are more or less restricted to military programs, and this frequently raises suspicions about possible offensive intentions. To counter such reservations, a proposal has been made to establish a Vaccines for Peace (VFP) program, an international program for the development and use of vaccines against DTAs, to be administered by the World Health Organization in close cooperation with the Program for Vaccine Development. This book provides a thorough and wide-ranging analysis of the VFP program. It contains contributions from a range of experts from fields as diverse as biotechnology, international law, and diplomacy.

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`This book is a valuable account of the current state of the production of vaccines against human pathogens and toxins and the long-term strategy to make them available for civil use. It is a useful starting point to stimulate discussion with the most up-to-date, international information. It is vital, however, that the ideas from this study are heeded and drawn upon to enable further work to be carried out to assess the feasibility of the VEP programme.' International Peacekeeping

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Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Acronyms and abbreviations
Introduction	p. 3
The Vaccines for Peace programme: executive summary	p. 6
Arms control, health care and technology transfer under the Vaccines for Peace programme	p. 10
The missing link in implementation of the BWC: the war against pathogens	p. 41
Vaccines for Peace: a political scientist's critique	p. 48
Control and co-operation in biological defence research: national programmes and international accountability	p. 56
Verification of the BWC	p. 67
The conversion of biological warfare research and development facilities to peaceful uses	p. 77
Viral vaccines: their evolution and current trends	p. 109
Human viral vaccines	p. 120
Viral vaccine research, development and production in the former Soviet Union: a brief review of the situation	p. 129
The Scientific and Production Association Vector: the current situation	p. 133
Vaccines against dual-threat agents: regulation and quality, issues and constraints	p. 139
Vaccines for biological defence: defence considerations	p. 151
Molecular aspects of the activity and design of antiviral agents	p. 163
Vaccines for public health: can Vaccines for Peace help in the war against disease?	p. 168
The Global Epidemiological Surveillance System and Vaccines for Peace: complementary initiatives in public health and weapon control	p. 176
The WHO global smallpox eradication programme: vaccine supply and variola virus stocks	p. 185
Options for the development and transfer of vaccine technology	p. 203
Funding and managing international programmes in biosciences and health care	p. 213
From BVI to VFP: towards a system of global biological security	p. 219
Annexe A. The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention	p. 243
Annexe B. Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the BWC	p. 246
Annexe C. The Biesenthal Vaccine Initiative (Vaccines for Peace) Biesenthal Consensus	p. 255
Annexe D. The Biesenthal Vaccine Initiative Mission Statement	p. 258
Annexe E. Mission Statement of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Project on the Global Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases	p. 259
Annexe F. US House of Representatives Resolution H.R. 5241	p. 261
SIPRI publications on CBW	p. 264
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