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Australia Group: an organization of 20 Western states that meets
biannually to share intelligence on, and coordinate export
control regulations of, chemicals and technology necessary to
develop a CW-production capability, in an effort to stem the
proliferation of chemical weapons. The group is so called since
the meetings originated in 1985 at the Australian embassy in
Paris.  binary weapons: chemical munitions in which the
relatively nontoxic components of the lethal chemical agent are
stored in two separate canisters. Upon launch or firing, the
membrane separating the canisters ruptures and the chemicals
react, creating a nerve agent.  biological agents:
microorganisms or microbial products capable of use in
biological warfare to produce casualties in man or livestock o