At the Third Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, the Article V section of the Final Declaration agreed to establish an Ad Hoc Group of Governmental Experts open to all States parties to identify and examine potential verification measures from a scientific and technical standpoint. The decision agreed by the Third Review Conference included the following:
The Group shall adopt by consensus a report taking into account views expressed in the course of its work. The report of the Group shall be a description of its work on the identification and examination of potential verification measures from a scientific and technical standpoint, according to this mandate.
The report of the Group shall be circulated to all States Parties for their consideration. If a majority of States Parties ask for the convening of a conference to examine the report, by submitting a proposal to this effect to the Depositary Governments, such a conference will be convened. In such a case the conference shall decide on any further action. The conference shall be preceded by a preparatory committee.
As a majority of the States Parties requested that a conference be convened, this was held in Geneva on 19 to 30 September 1994. The documents of this Special Conference are available here:
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