Preventing Biological Weapons

Cartoon #1: Preventing Biological Weapons

Strengthening the chemical and biological weapons conventions has been difficult to achieve during the last two decades, but there may be the opportunity to achieve progress after the COVID-19 pandemic because there is bound to be a reassessment of the dangers of natural, accidental and deliberate diseases. This must include finding ways to minimise the possibility that the beneficial advances being made in the life sciences are not used by States, sub-State groups, or even individuals, for hostile purposes.

A cartoon showing measures for the effective management of dual-use risks being discussed

Cartoon #1 – Preventing Biological Weapons

 Preventing Biological Weapons, 2017
An illustration of a man giving a talk to a seated audience with a text bubble that says, “With our new technology, anyone can edit genomes

 

 Preventing Biological Weapons, 2017
A comic strip where a woman makes a comment to a man about the biological and chemical weapons convention

 

 Preventing Biological Weapons, 2017
A cartoon where a woman presents the problem of dual use with genome editing

 

 Preventing Biological Weapons, 2021
A cartoon where in a meeting measures for the effective management of dual-use risks are put on the table

 

 Preventing Biological Weapons, 2021
A cartoon in which a scale balances the need for biological security education

 

 Preventing Biological Weapons, 2021
A cartoon in which a man tells an audience about the need to strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)