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Primary Document |
Title: | Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction |
Alternative Title(s): | Chemical Weapons Convention |
CWC | |
Available From: | http://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention/ |
http://www.opcw.org/index.php?eID=dam_frontend_download&fileID=6357 | |
Conclusion Date: | 1993-01-13 |
Entry Into Force Date: | 1997-04-29 |
Description: | The purpose of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is to eliminate this entire category of weapons of mass destruction. Unlike the disarmament agreements that came before it, the CWC provides for a stringent verification regime. |
Legal Citation: | 1974 UNTS 45; 32 ILM 800 (1993) |
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Keywords: | arms control disarmament |
Language(s): | Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish |
Document Creator: | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
http://www.opcw.org/contact/ | |
Site Administrator: | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
http://www.opcw.org/contact/ |
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