USA defies bioweapons convention rules

USA defies bioweapons convention rules; ITN SWITZERLAND: Geneva: Dr Barbara Rosenberg (Federation of American Scientists) interviewed SOT - It has come out that US has been making dry weaponised anthrax that can be aerosoled, for maybe a decade or more, and we know about extensive aerosol testing - questions are valid, as to other things that suggest possibility of offensive programme TGVs United Nations Biological Weapons Convention review meeting in session (2 SHOTS) MS Delegates sitting in bioweapons convention review meeting Dr Barbara Rosenberg (Federation of American Scientists) interviewed SOT - This is going to happen very quickly because these techniques are spewing out information, this is therefore critical moment to prevent things from going in wrong direction - failure to produce monitoring system & suspicions arising are going to promote possible arms race in biological weapons MS US delegates sitting in meeting Tibor Toth (President of Conference) speech SOT - Such result would be betrayal of legitimate expectations of world community TLMS Delegates sitting in conference MS American representatives standing chatting (not heard) as packing up Tibor Toth (President of Conference) interviewed SOT - Delegations are aware of what is at stake - we have to cross our fingers MS Conference delegates standing in corridor Dr Patricia Lewis (Director, UN Disarmament Research Institute) interviewed SOT - In my experience countries say we don't want to join, but if something goes ahead they want to be there / Even if they are only there as observer - country like US is unlikely to want to be left out, particularly on biological weapons, so I would call their bluff i/c