Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
What to know about Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
On 10 April 1972, South Africa (SA) signed the first multilateral treaty to ban an entire class of weapons, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), and ratified it in November 1975.
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What happened
On 10 April 1972, South Africa (SA) signed the first multilateral treaty to ban an entire class of weapons, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), and ratified it in November 1975.
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