Overview: Chemical Weapons Convention Thursday, Oct 25 2007
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(Source: Wikipedia)
Full name: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.
Short name: Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Open for signature: January 13, 1993
Entered into force: April 29, 1997
Member states: 182
Map of member states:
(States in light blue are full participants but still have stockpiles in various stages of disposal.)
Notable non-signatories include Angola, North Korea, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, and Syria.
Summary:
Article I. General Obligations
Article II. Definitions and Criteria
Article III. Declarations
Article IV. Chemical Weapons
Article V. Chemical Weapons Production Facilities
Article VI. Activities Not Prohibited under this Convention
Article VII. National Implementation Measures
Article VIII. The Organization
Article IX. Consultations, Cooperation and Fact-Finding
Article X. Assistance and Protection against Chemical Weapons
Article XI. Economic and Technological Development
Article XII. Measures to Redress a Situation and to Ensure Compliance
Article XIII. Relation to Other International Agreements
Article XIV. Settlement of Disputes
Article XV. Amendments
Article XVI. Duration and Withdrawal
Article XVII. Status of the Annexes
Article XVIII. Signature
Article XIX. Ratification
Article XX. Accession
Article XXI. Entry into Force
Article XXII. Reservations
Article XXIII. Depositary
Article XXIV. Authentic Texts
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