Strengthening the BWC: moving toward a compliance protocol
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Member nations of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) have formed the negotiating forum called the Ad Hoc Group to establish enforceable protocol to the BWC. The protocol being developed by the Ad Hoc Group outlines how inspection will be implemented in the future. Several possibilities include mandating countries to account for all treaty-related facilities, unscheduled inspections on suspected violators, visitations to verify the veracity of the declarations and conducting investigations to check causes of disease outbreaks which may be linked to a biological weapons programs.
Publication Name: Arms Control Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0196-125X
Year: 1998
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The Chemical Weapons Convention: has it enhanced U.S. security?
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The US is behind in paying its assessment under the Chemical Weapons Convention, putting the treaty's implementation Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons into a financial crisis. The lack of US leadership in stopping unilateral exemptions and funding Russian decommissioning are also slowing progress.
Publication Name: Arms Control Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0196-125X
Year: 2001
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The Chemical Weapons Convention: has it enhanced US security?
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Issues are presented concerning the positive and negative results of the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in April 1997. The impact of a lack of full compliance with the convention's obligations by the US is discussed.
Publication Name: Arms Control Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0196-125X
Year: 2001
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