chemical weapons convention
1Chemical Weapons Convention — Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction Drafted September 3, 1992[1] Signed January 13, 1993[1] Location Paris and New York[ …
2Chemical Weapons Convention — n. An international agreement effective in 1997 that prohibits its signatories from creating and stockpiling chemical weapons such as nerve gases. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …
3Chemical Weapons Convention — ▪ 1993, UN Introduction formally Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction international treaty that bans the use of chemical weapons (chemical weapon)… …
4Chemical Weapons Convention — noun a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons • Instance Hypernyms: ↑convention …
5List of parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention — Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention   Signed and ratified …
6Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention — The Finnish Instititute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (VERIFIN) is a Finnish institute carrying out several roles in support of chemical weapons disarmament.Established in 1994 as a continuation of a research project started …
7Chemical weapons in World War I — A poison gas attack using gas cylinders in World War I. The use of chemical weapons in World War I ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas and the severe mustard gas, to lethal agents like phosgene and chlorine. This chemical warfare… …
8Biological Weapons Convention — For other uses, see BWC (disambiguation). Biological Weapons Convention Signed April 10, 1972 Location London, Moscow, and Washington, D.C. Effective March 26, 1975 Condition Ratification by 22 states Parties 165 as of October 2011 (Complete… …
9Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons — OPCW logo Member states of the OPCW (green) …
10List of U.S. chemical weapons topics — The U.S. chemical weapons program began during World War I. Chemical weapons were only used during that war. Chemical weapons production ended in 1969. The United States renounced chemical weapons in 1997 and destruction of stockpiled weapons is… …
