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The Banning of Poison Gas and Germ Warfare: The U.N. Rôle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

George Bunn*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin; U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and Alternate Representative, Geneva Disarmament Conference

Abstract

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Type
Panel: The United Nations and Disarmament
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1970

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References

1 A more detailed exposition, with appropriate citation of authority, appears in Bunn, , “Banning Gas and Germ Warfare: Should the United States Agree?”, 69 Wis. Law Rev. 375 (1969)Google Scholar.

2 To add to the difficulty, the French text substitutes “similar” (“gaz asphyxiantes, toxiques ou similaires”) for the “other” of the English text. Yet the French interpret the Protocol as banning tear gas.

3 The United States has recently withdrawn one defoliant from use there.