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	Chemical Weapons Convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current agreement is administered by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is often mistaken for being part of the UN, although it is independent of it.
		The convention is administered by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which conducts inspection of military and industrial plants in all of the member nations as well as working with stockpile countries.
		Examples of these substances are phosgene, which has been used as a chemical weapon but which is also a precursor in the manufacture of many legitimate organic compounds and triethanolamine, used in the manufacture of nitrogen mustard but also commonly used in toiletries and detergents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention (1013 words)

	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Between its formation in 1997, and 2002, the OPCW was widely seen as a highly effective organization under its first Director-General José Bustani, so much so that he was unanimously re-elected in 2000 a year early.
		The related event at the time was the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its official pretext of Iraq's possesion of weapons of mass destruction, which were taken to include chemical weapons.
		The OPCW was known to have been actively pursuing its mandate by negotiating with Iraq's leaders for their cooperation with the Chemical Weapons Convention, and this would have included inspections that could have verified their compliance with disarmament obligations, and jeapardized the case for war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Organization_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons (512 words)

	GAO-03-5, Chemical Weapons: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Needs Comprehensive Plan to Correct ...
		The organization’s budgets (like those of other international organizations) are based on the presumption that all member states will pay their assessments in full, and the budgets have therefore recorded as income nearly $1 million in unpaid assessments owed by 30 member states as of August 2002.
		According to organization documents, the workload of the organization is expected to grow as the number of operational chemical weapons destruction facilities increases from 6 to 12 by 2006 and member states declare more industry facilities.
		The OPCW is also reducing its estimates of income derived from inspection activities, based on the chemical weapons possessor states’ destruction plans, by 30 percent, to better reflect the historical level of activity.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d035.html (9782 words)

	CMS—Livermore Joins OPCW-Certified Laboratories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The FSC is supporting major programmatic efforts in the analysis and characterization of chemical weapons and in thwarting their proliferation.
		For example, during the 12th OPCW proficiency test, our team received a complex test sample originating from an “organic waste container.” This sample was spiked with two chemical weapons compounds and dibutyl-dithiophosphoramidic acid diethyl ester, a red herring.
		Although two different techniques must be used to identify and confirm each reportable chemical, the FSC tries to obtain confirmation with three or four analytical techniques, since reporting a chemical that does not meet the criteria defined by the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty would result in a failure grade in the OPCW proficiency test.
	www-cms.llnl.gov /s-t/opcw_cert2.html (1058 words)

	Chemical Weapons
		Chemical warfare agents are generally classified according to their effect on the organism and can be roughly grouped as: Nerve Agents, Mustard Agents, Hydrogen Cyanide, Tear Gases, Arsines, Psychotomimetic Agents, Toxins and Potential CW Agents.
		Chemical weapon destruction efforts were hindered by a lack of funding ($3.35 billion is needed).
		Although environmentalist groups have legitimate concerns that the weapons be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner, weapons experts generally agree that it is environmentally much more dangerous for the weapons to remain in storage for the additional years required to develop alternative methods of destruction.
	www.reachingcriticalwill.org /legal/cw/cwindex.html (3985 words)

	A chemical weapons atlas \| thebulletin.org
		Even the new Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (which is implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention) keeps the mandatory declarations of past and present chemical weapons activities confidential.
		A 1992 DIA report, "Weapons Acquisition Strategy Iran," added that Iran was developing ballistic missiles with the assistance of China and North Korea, both of which are reported to have chemical-agent warheads for their surface-to-surface missiles.
		Much of the success of the Chemical Weapons Convention will rest on states' willingness to cooperate and freely exchange information about current and past shipments of the precursors and equipment that are used to produce military agents and munitions.
	www.thebulletin.org /article.php?art_ofn=so97hogendoorn (3269 words)

	Facts on the Chemical Weapons Convention
		The OPCW is responsible for the implementation and verification of the convention.
		The chemicals are to be destroyed in an environmentally sound manner at the expense of the state party.
		According to the OPCW, the sole purpose of the challenge inspection is to clarify and resolve questions in relation to a possible non-compliance with the provisions of the convention.
	www.cdi.org /issues/cbw/chem.html (3064 words)

	Budget Issues a Concern for Global Chemical Weapons Organization
		All chemical weapons possessor states must provide assurance that they plan to destroy their stockpile as quickly as feasible.
		Chemical weapons destruction is an extraordinarily complex undertaking that poses legal, operational, and technical difficulties.
		As the world’s largest possessor of chemical weapons, it is important for Russia to provide such an assurance by not allowing the question of when it plans to have 45% of its stockpile destroyed to linger.
	www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2005/10-04.htm (2165 words)

	Pravda.RU:27th Session Of Organization For Prohibition Of Chemical Weapons Executive Council Opened In The Hague
		According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, one of the three formal possessors of chemical weapons, apart from Russia, may also ask the organization to shift the deadline of its toxic chemical agents' elimination.
		The participants in the session are also due to discuss issues of fighting against terrorism and OPCW's possible contribution to the global resistance to terrorism, along with several Russian applications for reconversion of former chemical weapons producing facilities and other issues related to compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention.
		The OPCW was established on April 29, 1997 and is aimed at complete elimination of chemical weapons all over the world and ruling out the possibility of their use.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2001/12/04/22816_.html (312 words)

	Destruction of chemical weapons far behind schedule: report
		The destruction of chemical weapons under an international convention is far behind schedule, according to a US government report released Tuesday, highlighting fears that terrorists could obtain them before they are destroyed.
		The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which is considering whether to extend that deadline to 2012, noted in its most recent quarterly report that 8,500 of 71,200 metric tonnes had been destroyed by February 29.
		Under the convention, the 161 member states are required to set up a national authority to monitor the trade and transfer of certain chemicals, and pass laws to control the development of chemicals.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040428022014.9iimxprl.html (393 words)

	Executive Council Statement
		We are committed to its implementation and to a strong and viable Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
		The initial draft of what became the Chemical Weapons Convention was presented to the Conference on Disarmament in 1984 by then Vice President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush.
		It is precisely the fundamental priorities of the Convention, the destruction of existing chemical weapons stocks and ensuring among States Parties that the capability to build new ones does not proliferate, that the current Director-General is denigrating as he seeks to divert the Convention into new channels even during a time of financial crisis.
	www.state.gov /t/ac/cwc/9117.htm (1236 words)

	Chemical Weapons
		Based on recent terrorist attacks and intelligence reports of chemical weapons stockpiles in Iraq, the former Soviet Union, and other countries, health care professionals now realize the need to educate themselves on the recognition and management of chemical weapons exposures.
		Chemical agents are likely to be deployed in an overt attack, causing rapid onset of symptoms and mass casualties.
		Terror organizations such as the Aum Shinrikyo, which executed the sarin gas attack in a Tokyo subway in 1995, have already demonstrated their willingness to use chemical and biologic agents.
	www.clevelandclinicmeded.com /diseasemanagement/infectiousdisease/chemical/chemical.htm (2710 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Pakistan: Chemical Profile
		Pakistan has also signed and ratified the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and remains a member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in good standing.
		The report cited Pakistan's imports of large quantities of dual-use chemicals such as phosphorous compounds and arsenic and the absence of their use in civilian chemical industry as indirect evidence of a CW program.
		Furthermore, the source of the chemical filled grenades was the United States and not Pakistan.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Pakistan/Chemical (1276 words)

	Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
		Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons actively participated in the following events:
		Under the leadership of Jose Bustani, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) oversees the destruction of 2 million chemical weapons and two-thirds of the world’s chemical weapon facilities.
		According to George Monbiot of the Guardian of London, OPCW’s surge in membership represents “the fastest growth rate of any multilateral body in recent times.” Bustani also steps up efforts to bring Iraq and other Arab states into the chemical weapons treaty.
	www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=organization_for_the_prohibition_of_chemical_weapons (255 words)

	Possible Benign Use Is Seen for Chemical at Factory in Sudan
		The international treaty group, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, conceded that it was not aware of any commercial product on the market that contained the chemical, nor of another chemical compound made with it.
		In the Hague, an official with the chemical weapons organization, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said scientific research also suggested that EMPTA could be the byproduct of the breakdown of other pesticides.
		The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the international agency whose more than 400 enginers and diplomats oversee the inspections of governments and chemical companies around the world to assure they are not making prohibited agents.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/africa/082798attack-us.html (1107 words)

	Chemical Weapons Editorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Chemical Weapons Convention would be the first arms control agreement to reach into the lives of non-military U.S. businesses and impose costs and regulatory burdens.
		In the final analysis, what the CWC amounts to is a general declaration, a statement of disapproval of chemical weapons that would be made sincerely only by the world's law-abiding nations.
		We tend to think of the Chemical Weapons Convention this way: Even a price you may be willing to pay for a new car will appear ridiculously high if you learn that the car cannot be made to drive.
	www.security-policy.org /papers/other/edchem07.html (327 words)

	Bush Funding Cuts put Chemical Arms at Risk
		Meanwhile, the chemical weapons stockpiles in the United States, which are at Army depots in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Utah, and Washington state, are potentially vulnerable to terrorist theft, diversion, or attack.
		Beyond adequate funding, efforts to destroy chemical weapons require transparency, community outreach, and involvement as well as emergency preparedness measures to ensure the safety of local populations.
		Eliminating chemical weapons from the Middle East would be a major step forward for the war on terrorism, US nonproliferation policy, and the search for peace and security in a troubled region.
	www.commondreams.org /views04/0429-05.htm (817 words)

	CHEMICAL WEAPONS
		The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, the Netherlands, is responsible for implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
		The OPCW, with headquarters in The Hague, consists of the Conference of the States Parties and its Executive Council, and the Technical Secretariat.
		The Council is the executive organ of the OPCW and is responsible to the Conference of the States Parties for its actions.
	www.fas.org /nuke/control/cwc/news/orgcwc.htm (683 words)

	Disarmament Diplomacy: - Setting Up the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
		Once this was accomplished, debates focused on the OPCW's top structure and the distribution of posts among the five regional groups as well as the organization's first budget.
		This unusual procedure, and the prior assumption of some influential States that the top-post of the OPCW would be accorded the rank of an Assistant Secretary General, led to fierce resistance by a small group of States, led by a WEOG delegation.
		This is not to diminish the achievements that were made with regard to creating the organizational structure of the OPCW's Executive Council and its Technical Secretariat led by the Director General.
	www.acronym.org.uk /dd/dd15/15proh.htm (1422 words)

	Albania Special Weapons
		In 2003 Albania declared a small stockpile of chemical weapons to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that oversees the Chemical Weapons Convention.
		Prior to Libya’s heralded declaration of its chemical arsenal in March 2004, Albania was the last country to declare a chemical weapons stockpile to the organization.
		Albania was, according to the State Department, reported to have approximately 16 tons of bulk chemical agent that were to be destroyed pursuant to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/albania (260 words)

	Center for Cooperative Research
		Jose Bustani is reelected to the position of director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for the 2001-2005 term by a unanimous vote.
		The 145-member Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) chooses Argentinean Rogelio Pfirter, 53, to replace Jose M. Bustani, the Brazilian diplomat who was outed from his position as director-general of the organization on April 22 (see 2003) under pressure from the US.
		John Bolton tells the Associated Press that Jose Bustani, the former director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) who was forced from his position under pressure from Washington (see 2003), had no authority to involve the OPCW in the 2002-2003 conflict over Iraq’s alleged arsenal of illicit weapons.
	www.cooperativeresearch.org /timeline_pf.jsp?timeline=complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq&specific_cases_and_issues=bustani (1600 words)

	United States Seeks Extension for Chemical Weapons Destruction
		It also prohibits the use or preparation for use of chemical weapons and the assistance, encouragement or inducement of anyone else to engage in activities prohibited by the CWC.
		The U.S. government remains committed to destroying its entire chemical weapons stockpile as quickly and safely as possible, Javits said, and will look for ways to accelerate its destruction progress. He said the United States wants to be as open and transparent about its destruction efforts and not present a false picture.
		We have made every effort to ensure that our chemical weapons are destroyed safely, without harm to people or the environment; verifiably, under the eyes of OPCW inspectors; and as rapidly as feasible.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=April&x=20060420183936sjhtrop0.9848596&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html (2413 words)

	CHEMICAL WARFARE IN BOSNIA?
		· Investigate allegations that chemical weapons were used in Srebrenica or instruct United Nations agencies, e.g., the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, or the Office of the United Nations secretary-general, to do so.
		Encourage greater candor and transparency on chemical weapons use and proliferation.
		· Instruct the OPCW to monitor and inspect the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention by all the republics of the former Yugoslavia once these republics have ratified the convention.
	www.hrw.org /hrw/reports98/bosniacw/Bosni98o-01.htm (379 words)

	CWC - Other Documents
		In order to ensure the effective functioning of the Organization, the privileges and immunities to be laid down in the Headquarters Agreement shall be in conformity with the regime of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of21 November 1947 (United Nations General Assembly Resolution 179/II).
		Pursuant to Annex 2, the Netherlands is furthermore prepared to grant to the Heads of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the title of Permanent Representatives and the privileges and immunitiesto which Ambassadors to the Netherlands are entitled.
		Non-Dutch employees of international organizations in the Netherlands who do not carry diplomatic status, will be as a matter of routine granted work and residence permits for the duration of their employment in the Netherlands.
	www.defenselink.mil /acq/acic/treaties/cwc/other_docs.htm (3240 words)

	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
		It requires each State Party to destroy chemical weapons and chemical weapons production facilities it possesses, as well as any chemical weapons it may have abandoned on the territory of another State Party.
		The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was established in The Hague and is responsible for the implementation of the Convention.
		The OPCW is mandated to ensure the implementation of its provisions, including those for international verification of compliance with it, and to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among States Parties.
	www.un.org /Depts/dda/WMD/cwc (391 words)

	Chemical Weapons Destruction
		That he has presented a zero nominal growth budget that accommodates the growing obligations of the organization is evidence of the outstanding management that he has provided.
		This was always true; but in the twenty-first century, the threat of chemical weapons is not just on the battlefield.
		The United States remains solidly committed to the Convention and the OPCW, and we will continue to work with all delegations so that both are models of success that we can proudly offer to the rest of the international community.
	www.state.gov /t/isn/rls/rm/68643.htm (1988 words)

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