Helping Improve Biosafety and Biosecurity

For many years, IUPAC had been working with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to consider advances in science and technology relevant to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). In 2008, IUPAC participated for the first time in a Meeting of Experts of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, bringing relevant knowledge, experience, and resources while sharing a common interest in ensuring that the life sciences are used in a safe and secure manner, and solely for the benefit of humankind.