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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development Production, Stockpiling, and
use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction
Emmy Bonagofski
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General Information
• The Chemical Weapons Convention was drafted on September 3rd, 1992 in Paris and New York.
• The United States signed it on January 13, 1993• Enforced on April 29th, 1997• 189 countries signed the CWC
– Excluding Angola, Burma, Egypt, Israel, North Korea, and South Sudan.
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Purpose
• Aims to eliminate weapons of mass destruction by prohibiting :– Development– Production– Acquisition
• By signing this, countries agree to:– Destroy any stockpiles (held in and out of their country)– Create a verification regime for certain toxic chemicals and their
precursors • If a country feels as though another country is not adhering
to this treaty, they can contact CWC and request a challenge inspection that cannot be refused.
-Stockpiling-Retention-Transfer/use
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Was it Effective?
Yes• Potentially saved millions of lives• Made the world a safer place• Most countries have destroyed
over 3/5 of their chemical weapons
• Groups such as Al Quaeda have been prohibited to create chemical weapons.
• In 2014, 5 men from Al Quaeda were arrested after attempting to create such weapons.
No• There are loopholes that made
the attacks on August 21st, 2013 from Syria possible.
• That loophole made more dangerous phosphate-based chemical weapons possible to use.
• Allowed more dangerous weapons to be made and used.
• Unenforceable
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Ideas
• Treaty is constantly being edited and changed– Edit the loophole out– Add another section to cover more dangerous weapons
• Include all nonlethal chemical weapons– Nonlethal weapons can have a 20% or less mortality rate
• Some people believe that actually destroying facilities that are suspected of producing chemical weapons would be more effective than the CWC.– What about the surrounding population?
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References• Adams, A. (2013). The Russian Loophole: Syria enters the UN Convention that enabled
its chemical weapons program, OpEd News. Retrieved from http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Russian-Loophole--Syr-by-Abigail-W-Adams-Assad_Chemical-Weapons_Opcw_Syria-131114-905.html
• Gaffney, F. (2001). The Chemical Weapons Convention Is Unenforceable, Biological and Chemical Weapons. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com.ezproxy.kcls.org
• N.A. (2014). Chemical Weapons Convention, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Retrieved from http://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention/
• Üzümcü, A. (2014). Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC), NTI. Retrieved from http://www.nti.org/treaties-and-regimes/convention-prohibition-development-production-stockpiling-and-use-chemical-weapons-and-their-destruction-cwc/
• Wheelis, M. (2006). The Use of Nonlethal Chemical Weapons Should Be Prohibited, Biological and Chemical Weapons. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com.ezproxy.kcls.org