The US roadmap

• To enact national criminal legislation against prohibited bioweapon (BW) activities

• To establish an effective UN procedure for investigating suspicious disease outbreaks on allegation of BW use

• To put in place a process for addressing BWC compliance concerns

• To strive to improve international disease control and to enhance mechanisms for sending expert response teams to cope with outbreaks

• To set up a sound oversight system for the security and genetic engineering of pathogenic organisms

• To devise a solid framework for bioscientists in the form of a code of ethical conduct that would have universal recognition

• To promote responsible conduct in the study, use modification and shipment of pathogenic organisms.