Geneva - UN negotiations on banning biological weapons have been put on hold until November because the US has rejected a text designed to strengthen the ban. The rejection by the US - the only country to do so - caused the current round of negotiations to be called off before its scheduled end on August 17th.
UN weapons-ban talks put on hold
Geneva - UN negotiations on banning biological weapons have been put on hold until November because the US has rejected a text…
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