Gradually, international society is mobilizing to demand answers from the US about its involvement in criminal scientific activities. On October 18, Belarus, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Syria, and Russia invoked the Article VI of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) against Washington at the United Nations. The step is important, but, for now, it only brings together countries with a geopolitical stance not aligned with the West. It is essential that Western countries also begin to demand explanations from Washington.
This article allows states to file a complaint at the Security Council if there is a suspicion that a country is not fulfilling with the Convention’s rules. As the US is a signatory to the treaty that prohibits biological weapons, it would be an obligation of the US government to cooperate with other member states in order to investigate the possible crimes. Considering that in the specific case Washington is the suspect state itself, American cooperation should consist in providing the UN with documents and reports concerning its activities with biolaboratories around the world – especially on Ukrainian soil.
As well known, since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Russian authorities have regularly released reports on biological criminal activities that were being carried out jointly by Americans and Ukrainians since 2014. 46 American laboratories were identified in Ukraine, with an investment of at least 200 million dollars around them. Throughout the operation, Moscow forces captured documents that prove the participation of several public and private groups in funding these activities, including Pentagon’s agencies, Big Tech companies such as Pfizer and Moderna, philanthropic foundations such as the Soros’ Open Societies, and even illegal money from the corruption networks in which Hunter Biden, son of the current US president, was involved.