Chemical Weapons:
Documents, News, and Analysis
Key Documents:
Russian
Chemical Demilitarization Plan
(Unofficial English Translation)
(PDF file, requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
Summary of the Senate Resolution
of Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention
April, 1997
Relevant Arms Control Today
Articles:
ACT News Articles
2007
CWC Conference Boosts Treaty, Exposes Rifts
December 2007.
Details Bedevil Libyan Grand Bargain
October 2007.
Security Council Ends UNMOVIC
September 2007.
Chemical Weapons Deadlines Extended
January/February 2007.
2006
Libya Chemical Weapons Destruction Costly
May 2006.
U.S. Unable to Meet CWC 2012 Deadline
May 2006.
Senate Struggles With Riot Control Agent Policy
January/February 2006.
Report Confirms Iraq Used Sarin in 1991
January/February 2006.
2005
OPCW Director Seeks Middle East Inroads
November 2005.
Pentagon Backs off Chemical Weapons Destruction Study
June 2005.
New Reports Cite Looting at Iraqi Sites; UNMOVIC Future Discussed
April 2005.
U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Stalls
March 2003.
Russia Sppeds Chemical Weapons Disposal
January/February 2005.
2004
Albania to Receive Nunn-Lugar Assistance
December 2004.
Chemical Munition
Found in Iraq
June 2004.
GAO: U.S. May Miss Chemical
Destruction Deadline
May 2004.
2003
New
U.S., Russian Chemical Destruction Deadlines Approved
November 2003.
U.S. Chemical Weapons
Program to Miss Deadline
October 2003.
Albania
Has Chem-Weapons; CWC Review Conference Meets
June 2003.
Russia
Destroys 1 Percent of CW Stockpile
June 2003.
U.S.
Levels Accusations Against Iranian Weapons Programs
June 2003.
CWC
Members Meet to Review Progress, Goals
May 2003.
Military
Authorized to Use Riot Control Agents in Iraq
May 2003.
Top
U.S. Officials Voice Concern About Syria’s WMD Capability
May 2003.
U.S.
Begins Destroying Mustard Agent in Maryland
May 2003.
Neutralization
Approved for CW Destruction
April 2003.
Six-Year-Old
CWC Passes Some Tests and Fails Others
April 2003.
U.S.
Grapples with Use of Nonlethal Agents
April 2003.
Budget
Office Calls Chem-Demil 'Ineffective'
March 2003.
New
Agency for Chem-Demil Program Created
March 2003.
Rumsfeld
Wants to Use Riot Control Agents in Combat
March 2003.
Bush
Administration Releases Strategy on WMD Threats
January/February 2003.
Chemical
Weapons Destruction Begins at Gorny
January/February 2003.
OPCW
Annual Report Cites Progress, Problems
January/February 2003.
Study
Finds Chemical Weapons Incineration Is Safe
January/February 2003.
2002
Report
Calls for Development of Nonlethal Weapons
December 2002.
China
Issues Chem-Bio Export Control Laws
November 2002.
Deadlines
Extended for Russian Chemical Demilitarization
November 2002.
GAO
Says Multilateral Export Control Regimes Too Weak
November 2002.
Russia
Uses Opiate-Based Gas on Militants
November 2002.
U.S.
Funds Released for Shchuch’ye
November 2002.
U.S.
Releases Information on Cold War Chem-Bio Tests
November 2002.
OPCW
Fails to Agree on Budget, Russian Request for Extension
October 2002.
CNN
Tapes Generate Questions On al Qaeda
September 2002.
New
OPCW Head Appointed
September 2002.
Russia
Opens CW Destruction Plant
September 2002.
Australia
Group Concludes New Chem-Bio Control Measures
July/August 2002.
Washington
Levies Sanctions for WMD-Related Transfers to Iran
June 2002.
Chemical
Weapons Convention Chief Removed at U.S. Initiative
May 2002.
Bush
Refuses to Certify Russian Chem-Bio Compliance
May 2002.
U.S.
May Request Chemical Weapons Convention Inspections
March 2002.
China
Sanctioned for Chem, Bio Transfers to Iran
Seth Brugger
U.S.
Reinstates Funds for Russian Chemical Demilitarization
January/February 2002.
2001
U.S.
to Miss Chemical Weapons Convention Deadline
November 2001.
Russia Approves
New Chemical Weapons Destruction Plan
September 2001.
Russia Begins
‘Category 2’ CW Destruction
May 2001.
2000
CWC Conference Meets, Extends
Deadline for Russia
June 2000.
Russia to Miss CWC Deadline
May 2000.
U.S. Issues Chemical Industry
Regulations
January/February 2000.
1999
Clinton Signs Order for CWC
Implementation
June 1999.
1998
Clinton Vetoes Bill With
CWC Provision
June/July 1998.
At One Year, CWC Progress
Tempered by Limited Transparency
April 1998.
1997
CWC Parties Hold 2nd Conference;
Membership Reaches 106 States
November/December 1997.
Russia Iran Join CWC; Membership
Total Reaches 104
October 1997.
OPCW Awaiting Data, Making
Inspections
August 1997.
CWC Parties Hold First Conference,
OPCW Declared Fully Operational
May 1997.
U.S. Applies Sanctions
for Chemical Sales
May 1997.
Senate Gives Advice and Consent;
U.S. Becomes Original CWC Party
April 1997.
Majority Leader Emerges as Key
to Fate of CWC in Senate
March 1997.
Administration, Senate Opposition
Draw Battles Lines Over CWC
January/February 1997.
ACT Feature
Articles
Keeping WMD From Terrorists: An Interview With 1540 Committee Chairman Ambassador Peter Burian
September 2007.
Kyle M. Ballard
Convention in Peril? Riot Control Agents and the Chemical Weapons Ban
September 2007.
Jonathan B. Tucker
Verifying the Chemical Weapons Ban: Missing Elements
January/February 2007.
Michael Moodie
Book Review: War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda by Jonathan B. Tucker
March 2006.
Amy Smithson
Recharging the Chemical Weapons
Convention
March 2004.
Jonathan B. Tucker
Russia’s
New Plan For Chemical Weapons Destruction
July/August 2001.
Jonathan B. Tucker
The Chemical Weapons Convention:
Has It Enhanced U.S. Security?
April 2001.
An Interview with Dr. John Gee
The CWC at the Two-Year Mark
April/May 1999.
Harold P. Smith, Jr.
Funding CW Demilitarization
in Russia: Time to Share the Burden
November/December 1998.
Milton E. Blackwood, Jr.
Beyond the Chemical Weapons
Stockpile: The Challenge of Non-Stockpile Materiel
June/July 1998.
An Interview with John D. Holum
The Future of the Chemical
Weapons Convention
January/February 1997.
ACT Editorial Focus
Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr.
“In Memoriam: ACDA (1961-1997),”
ACT, April 1997.
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