Australia Group 49732 181724872 2008-01-02T22:48:57Z 213.158.196.108 pl link The '''Australia Group''' is an informal group of countries (now joined by the European Commission) established in [[1985]] (after the use of chemical weapons by [[Iraq]] in [[1984]]) to help reduce the spread of [[chemical weapon|chemical]] and [[biological weapon|biological]] [[weapon]]s by monitoring and controlling the spread of technologies required to produce them. The group, initially consisting of 15 members, has increased to 41, including all [[OECD]] members except Mexico, the [[European Commission]], all 27 EU member states, [[Croatia]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Argentina]]. The name comes from Australia's initiative in the 1980s to prevent proliferation, and it manages the secretariat. The group maintains a common list of technologies that could be used in chemical and biological weapons programs which have export restrictions placed upon them. Delegations representing the members meet annually in [[Paris]]. ==Members== [[Argentina]], [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Canada]], [[Croatia]], [[Cyprus]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[European Commission]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Hungary]], [[Iceland]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Japan]], [[Republic of Korea]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Malta]], [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], [[Turkey]], [[Ukraine]], the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]]. ==External links== *[http://www.australiagroup.net The Australia Group homepage] {{Bioterrorism}} [[Category:Military law]] [[Category:International organizations]] [[pl:Grupa Australijska]] [[de:Australische Gruppe]] [[ko:오스트레일리아 그룹]]