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Statement by Japan (BWC/MSP/2025/WP.28)

English text of document BWC/MSP/2025/WP.28, submitted by Japan. Date on the document (17 December 2025); the 2025 Meeting of States Parties sat in Geneva on 15-17 December 2025.

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Published 2025-12-17

Date on the document (17 December 2025); the 2025 Meeting of States Parties sat in Geneva on 15-17 December 2025.

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Statement by Japan (BWC/MSP/2025/WP.28) United Nations (document of the 2025 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention), submitted by Japan · publication date unknown · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 8b662b8ff4896d9509c4c5cefbe7bc40b551573fc5f032ae85fa349c1d4e2ed6). English PDF of document BWC/MSP/2025/WP.28, dated 17 December 2025; 2025 Meeting, Geneva, 15-17 December 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-28 through the documents.un.org symbol access endpoint. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 8b662b8ff4896d9509c4c5cefbe7bc40b551573fc5f032ae85fa349c1d4e2ed6, the same bytes).

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bwc-msp-2025-working-papers: 4 recorded versions, oldest first, published by United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). A version is shown as replacing another only where a record says so. Date order alone never implies it.

2025-12-10 · publishedEnglish text of document BWC/MSP/2025/WP.4, submitted by the United Kingdom
2025-12-17 · publishedEnglish text of document BWC/MSP/2025/WP.14, submitted by the United States
2025-12-17 · publishedEnglish text of document BWC/MSP/2025/WP.27, submitted by the United Kingdom
2025-12-17 · publishedEnglish text of document BWC/MSP/2025/WP.28, submitted by Japan (this version)

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Risk domainStated position: genome editing, synthetic biology and AI as beneficial but, if misused, able to lead to biological weapons production“New technologies such as genome editing technology, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence offer great benefits to humanity; however, if misused, they could lead to the production of biological weapons that cause devastating harm.”Paragraph 5Inspect claim & evidence ↗

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