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Chemical Weapons

  • CWC Parties Wrestle With 2012 Deadline
    Arms Control Today
    September 30, 2011

    With a treaty-imposed deadline for destruction of all chemical weapons stockpiles less than seven months away, diplomats are scrambling to avoid a crisis over the officially acknowledged fact that Russia and the United States, the holders of the world’s largest stockpiles of those weapons, will not eliminate them by that date.
  • In Memoriam: Jonathan B. Tucker (1954–2011)
    Arms Control Today
    August 30, 2011

    Jonathan B. Tucker, a member of the Arms Control Association Board of Directors and leading biological and chemical weapons expert, died recently at his home in Washington, D.C. He will be deeply missed. His departure leaves a tremendous vacuum in the field of biological and chemical weapons arms control.
  • Unrest Complicates 2012 Middle East Meeting
    Arms Control Today
    March 3, 2011

    The recent uprisings in the Middle East have clouded the picture for a planned 2012 conference on establishing a zone free of weapons of mass destruction, officials from key countries said.

  • CWC Members Debate Inspection Distribution
    Arms Control Today
    January 10, 2011

    A debate over the 2011 budget for implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention was a key part of the annual members’ conference, but the distribution of inspections, rather than the amount of money, was the key issue.
  • Abolishing Chemical Weapons: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
    Arms Control Today
    November 4, 2010

    From November 29 to December 3, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will host its 15th annual conference of states-parties in The Hague to review recent progress in the global elimination of chemical weapons. As the international implementing agency for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the OPCW has overseen the safe and verified demilitarization of more than 43,000 metric tons of deadly chemical agents in almost four million weapons and containers since the convention’s entry into force in April 1997.
  • The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) at a Glance
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    October 8, 2010

    October 2010
  • OPCW Chief Looks to Middle East
    Arms Control Today
    October 6, 2010
  • U.S. Hikes Aid for Russian Chemical Destruction
    Arms Control Today
    September 3, 2010

    The U.S. government has agreed to continue “technical assistance support” for work at Russia’s Shchuch’ye chemical weapons destruction plant until the munitions stockpile there “is completely destroyed,” a Department of State spokesman said in a June 30 e-mail to Arms Control Today.
  • Chemical and Biological Weapons Status at a Glance
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    September 1, 2010

    August 2012
  • Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories and States-Parties
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    August 1, 2010

    August 2012