(1) The States Parties to this Convention
undertake to facilitate, and have the right to participate in, the
fullest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and
technological information for the use of bacteriological (biological)
agents and toxins for peaceful purposes. Parties to the Convention in a
position to do so shall also co-operate in contributing individually or
together with other States or international organisations to the further
development and application of scientific discoveries in the field of
bacteriology (biology) for the prevention of disease, or for other
peaceful purposes.
(2) This Convention shall be implemented in a
manner designed to avoid hampering the economic or technological
development of States Parties to the Convention or international
co-operation in the field of peaceful bacteriological (biological)
activities, including the international exchange of bacteriological
(biological) agents and toxins and equipment for the processing, use or
production of bacteriological (biological) agents and toxins for
peaceful purposes in accordance with the provisions of the Convention.