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.

(ii) Chemical weapons

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

The Organization for the 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Syria s Chemical Genie

We assist partners in the destruction of chemical weapons.

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.

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.

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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 addition the CWA enables the UK's National Authority to obtain certain information regarding the chemicals listed in Schedule 2 and 3 of the CWC.

The risk of chemical weapons proliferation looms ever larger, particularly in view of the potential for terrorists to acquire chemical weapons and the materials for their production.

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

Inspection conducted by OPCW in Uruguay

93, dated 4.4.1997 (article 2) prohibits the transfer of toxic chemicals and precursors indicated in schedule 2 of the Annex on chemicals of the CWC to States not Party to CWC itself. Italian Law n.

In order to facilitate implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the bill of the Law of National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention was presented to the Parliament for adoption in 2004.

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