The Chemical Weapons Convention at a glance

From: Arms Control Today | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is a multilateral treaty that bans chemical weapons and requires their destruction within a specified period of time. The treaty is of unlimited duration and is far more comprehensive than any prior international agreement on chemical weapons. (The 1925 Geneva Protocol, for instance, only outlaws the use of chemical weapons.)

CWC negotiations started in 1980 in the UN Conference on Disarmament.1 The convention opened for signature on January 13,1993, and entered into force on April 29,1997.

The CWC is implemented by the Organization for the Prohibition of ...

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