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This paper discusses how stakeholders involved in the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) process collectively assess issues affecting the convention. In particular, the authors focus on South Africa’s declaration of its apartheid-era biological weapons program in the BWC process and how this compares to public domain information on the program available in the country. Overall, the authors argue that this case demonstrates the need for a change in the BWC process as information available in South Africa does not tally with the country's CBM submission. It also suggests that states party to the BWC need to reassess how they can build confidence in the convention.