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The Destruction of Chemical Weapons Under the Chemical Weapons Convention
1997The conclusion of negotiations on the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction (CWC), in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva in August 1992, brought to an end 20 years of negotiations on a comprehensive treaty to eliminate chemical weapons.
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The Chemical Weapons Convention and old and abandoned chemical weapons
1997Abstract There is general agreement that the destruction of chemical weapons owned or possessed by a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention after 1 January 1946 will be a major focus of the Convention in the first 10 years after its entry into force. Destruction must be completed within 10 years.
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Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force
International Review of the Red Cross, 1997The Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, of 13 January 1993 (Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC) enters into force on 29 April 1997, following the deposit by Hungary on 31 October 1996 of the 65th instrument of ratification.
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Conflict Management and the Chemical Weapons Convention
Leiden Journal of International Law, 1997While conflict management is an important part of any international treaty, it is particularly important in the case of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which will enter into force on 29 April 1997. Disarmament is the primary goal of the Convention and, therefore, by definition, it will encroach on the sovereignty and security interests of its state ...
Ian R. Kenyon, Treasa Dunworth
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Difficulties facing the Chemical Weapons Convention
International Affairs, 2008This article discusses, from a civil society viewpoint, the pitfalls in the way of progress towards a world free of chemical weapons. States’ parties are about to assemble for their second five-yearly conference to review the operation of the treaty that established obligations intended to create such a world.
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Conversion of Chemical Weapons Production Facilities Under the Chemical Weapons Convention
1998The primary goal of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) with respect to chemical weapon production facilities (CWPFs) is their destruction. However, there are provisions under the Convention which will allow conversion of CWPFs into: (a) facilities for destruction of chemical weapons (CW); and (b) facilities operating for purposes not prohibited by ...
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The Chemical Weapons Convention—disarmament, science and technology
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 20142014 marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I—the first war that saw the large-scale use of chemical weapons. Although poisons have been used in warfare for centuries, it was rapid advances in science and engineering and the rise of the modern chemical industry that made the mass production of toxic chemicals possible.
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Chemical Weapons Convention: Boon or Bust?.
1998Abstract : On April 24, 1997 the Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention by a vote of 74 to 26. This act of consent ended four years of critical debate by the Senate, the Executive Branch, the Department of Defense, the chemical industry and more importantly the citizens; while simultaneously ushering in a false sense of security.
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