The UN Secretary-General should ensure that a formal, clear, and regularly exercised process for investigation and attribution of an alleged use of biological weapons is robust and sustained. The aim of such a process is to help deter future use of biological weapons and to stop disease spread following an attack. This should include processes geared toward alleged state or non-state use of biological weapons and must include a more robust and rapidly deployable investigative team through the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (UNSGM).
