Chemical Weapons

(ii) Chemical weapons

As a party to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Benin, which considers chemical weapons to be weapons of mass destruction, participates in meetings organized by the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on various aspects of the development, manufacture, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and their destruction.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Complete the destruction of chemical weapon stockpiles, consistent with the Chemical Weapons Convention, in a timely and effective manner

The destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles is continuing under international inspection, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is functioning professionally.

Complete the destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles consistent with the Chemical Weapons Convention in a timely and effective manner

The work of the First Committee has a close and long standing connection to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Chemical Weapons Convention.

OP 2 BW, CW, NW

With the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Chemical Weapons and related material

Biological Weapons and Related Materials

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Chemical Weapons Convention see above

Decree on prohibition of chemical weapons

India informed the United Nations in May, 2009 that it had destroyed its stockpile of chemical weapons in compliance with the international Chemical Weapons Convention.

States parties to the Convention on Chemical Weapons should recommit themselves to achieving the scheduled destruction of declared chemical weapons stockpiles.

WCO provides technical support to the OPCW on Customs matters relating to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

The OPCW regularly inspects the old chemical weapons stocks at Dstl Porton Down.

The chemical weapons prohibition regime overseen by the OPCW is a manifestation of the success of multilateralism.

The UK submits regular reports to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on those old chemical weapons which have been destroyed and those awaiting destruction.

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OP 2 Chemical Weapons (CW)

For certain matrix entries, where the information requested did not seem to fit the categories of legal framework or enforcement, information was provided in the first column, and the second shaded grey.

Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention

In March 1993, Armenia signed the multilateral Chemical Weapons Convention, which calls for the eventual elimination of chemical weapons.

Australia signed the Chemical Weapons Convention in January 1993 and ratified it with the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act in 1994.

On 11 July 2007, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the destruction of the entire chemical weapons stockpile in Albania, making Albania the first nation to completely destroy all of its chemical weapons under the terms of the CWC.

Under the Chemical Weapons Convention Act 2003, the Mauritius National Chemical Weapons Authority has the duty of supervising the domestic implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction.

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

Under the CWA strict controls are applied to ensure that the chemicals listed in Schedule 1 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) are only used for certain permitted purposes.

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OP 2 Chemical weapons (CW)

The Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994 requires permit holders for production or use of CWC Scheduled chemicals to report their past and prospective annual activity.

The 168 Member States of the OPCW implement the Chemical Weapons Convention by declaring, securing, and destroying, under international on site verification, any chemical weapons stockpiles.

In accordance with the obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and with the cooperation of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), various seminars were also held by the National Authority of Iran for the industry owners and government officials who deal with the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Australia is a State Party to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).

Norway attaches great importance to the full implementation of relevant International Atomic Energy Agency instruments on nuclear security and safety.

Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

Draft resolution XIII Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

Having received the annual report for 2001 of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsA 57 576. on the implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction,

To ensure the non proliferation of chemical weapons, we believe that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague needs to make the universality of the Convention a high priority.

Having received the annual report for 2002 of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on the implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction,See A 59 297.

(If chemical weapons are deployed, intervention will become inevitable.)