Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes CWC ratification resolution

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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution of ratification to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) treaty on April 25, 1996. The full Senate will vote on the issue when Majority Leader Bob Dole places it on agenda. Signed in Jan 1993, the CWC prohibits poisonous gas production and use. The resolution has 7 conditions binding on the President as well as 11 non-binding declarations including ones addressing the US role in the implementation of CWC, monitoring of Russian chemical weapons, and the US response to chemical assault on its interests.

Prevention, Military policy, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Chemical warfare

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John D. Holum: the future of the Chemical Weapons Convention

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Arms Control and Disarmament Agency director John D. Holum believes that the growing possibility of the use of chemical weapons, especially by rouge countries such as Iran, Iraq, Libya and North Korea, highlights the importance of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The convention aims to stop the development, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons through declarations and routine inspections. Holum expressed optimism that the US Senate will ratify the treaty after a long delay that resulted from efforts to link arms control with unrelated issues.

Officials and employees, Interview, Arms control, United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Holum, John D.

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The chemical weapons convention

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Some 131 nations have signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, with 40 members yet to ratify the convention. An alphabetical index of signatories is included.

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