Ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention

Author(s)

• Roberts, Brad

Bibliographic Information

Ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention

edited by Brad Roberts ; foreword by H. Martin Lancaster

（Significant issues series, v. 16, no. 4）

Center for Strategic & International Studies, c1994

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A new global treaty banning chemical weapons has been signed by over 150 countries and is due to enter into force sometime in 1995. This volume reviews the ongoing work of a preparatory commission meeting in The Hague to create the new "Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons", with special focus on verification issues and problems that may delay its entry into force. The text assesses challenges for the United States in implementing its treaty commitments, looking specifically at strategies for the destruction of the US stockpile of chemical weapons. It reviews key issues in the ratification debates within the US Senate and in parliaments overseas, such as the costs, verifiability of the required actions, and the general value of the convention.

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Details

• NCID: BA25143748
• ISBN:
  • 0892062649
• LCCN: 94017403
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 126 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JX5133.C5
  • DC20 : 341.7/35
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (l993)
  • LCSH : Chemical warfare (International law)
  • LCSH : Chemical arms control
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign relations -- Treaties
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00357468