In line with the decision of the Fourth Review Conference, the objective of this Common Position shall be to promote the conclusion of the negotiations, in the BTWC Ad Hoc Group, on a legally binding protocol establishing a verification and compliance regime that will effectively strengthen the BTWC Convention.

The objective of this common position shall be to strengthen compliance with the international system of non-proliferation of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons by promoting the universality of the Convention on the Prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction (BTWC) and a successful conclusion of the negotiations aimed at reinforcing the BTWC with a legally binding and effective verification regime.