Chemical Weapons Convention Archive

1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996

1993

• Signing of Chemical-Arms Pact Begins - Alan Riding- The New York Times - January 14, 1993.
• Issue no 19 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 1993)
  Includes:
  Peter Herby and Julian Perry Robinson: International Organization for Chemical Disarmament Begins
  Guest Article by Counsellor Shahbaz of Pakistan: A Perspective on the OPCW Preparatory Commission
  News Chronology: November 1992 - February 1993.
• Administering the Chemical Weapons Convention: Lessons from the IAEA - Amy E. Smithson, The Henry L. Stimson Center – Occasional Paper #14 - March 14, 1993
• Issue no 20 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 1993)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Graham Pearson: Chemical Weapons Convention: Validation of Accredited Laboratories and Analytical Measurements
  Progress in The Hague: 2nd Quarterly Review
  Editorial: Chemical Analysis, Assured Access and Open Publication
  News Chronology: February-May 1993
• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Effects on the U.S. Chemical Industry, OTA-BP-ISC-1O6 - U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment - August 1993.
• Issue no 21 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 1993)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Robert Mathews: A Comparison of the Australia Group List of Chemical Weapon Precursors and the CWC Schedules of Chemicals
  Progress in The Hague: 3rd Quarterly Review
  Editorial: The AG and the CWC
  News Chronology: May-August 1993
  Obituary: Charles Flowerree
• The U.N. Assembly; In Clinton’s Words: U.N. Become Engaged in Every World Conflict - President Clinton - The New York Times - September 28, 1993.
• Issue no 22 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 1993)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Abdullah Toukan: The CWC, the NPT, and the Middle East Peace Negotiations
  Guest article by Charles Baronian: Destruction of the US Chemical Stockpile
  Progress in The Hague: 4th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August-November 1993
• The SIPRI-Saskatchewan-Frankfurt Research Group produced a number of papers and factsheets on certain aspects of the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention between 1993 and 1996.
  • Paper 1: The Tasks of the National Authority under the Chemical Weapons Convention R. G. Sutherland.
  • Paper 2: The chemical industry and compliance with the CWC R. G. Sutherland.
  • Paper 3: The provisions of Article X: Some comments regarding assistance and protection T. Stock.
  • Paper 4: Chemical trade control and Article XI of the CWC T. Stock and A. De Geer.
  • Paper 5: The role and function of a national inspector in the National Authority under the CWC R. G. Sutherland, T. Kurzidem and T. Stock.
  • Paper 6: Perspectives for Entry into Force of the CWC: Benefits of early ratification T. Kurzidem, T. Stock, and R. G. Sutherland.
  • Paper 7: Old and abandoned chemical weapons under the CWC T. Stock.
  • Paper 8: Facility agreements under the CWC: Do we need implementing legislation? T. Kurzidem, P. Radler, T. Stock, and R. G. Sutherland.
  • Paper 9: CWC implementation: Targeting the important groups and the role of NGOs-an overview T. Stock, T. Kurzidem, P. Radler and R. G. Sutherland.
  • Paper 10: The National Authority: Some important issues to be addressed T. Kurzidem, P. Radler, T. Stock, and R. G. Sutherland.
  • Paper 11: Declarable activities under Schedules 2 and 3 from the point of view of a facility operator T. Stock, R. G. Sutherland, T. Kurzidem and P. Radler.
  • Paper 12: Implementation of the CWC: Declarations, discrete organic chemicals and toxins R. G. Sutherland, T. Kurzidem, T. Stock and P. Radler.
  • Paper 13: History of the negotiations on the CWC - short overview T. Stock.
  • Paper 14: Routine inspections and inspection hours Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner.
  • Paper 15: Declarations, low concentrations and mixtures Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner.
  • Paper 16: Declaration thresholds and aggregate national data Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner.
  • Paper 17: Industrial declarations and the CWC Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner.
  • Paper 18: The CWC and discrete organic chemicals Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner.
  • Paper 19: Facility agreement and model facility agreements under the CWC York von Lersner, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler, Thomas Stock and Ronald G. Sutherland
  • Paper 20: Liability of the future OPCW York von Lersner, Patricia Radler, Thomas Kurzidem, Thomas Stock and Ronald, G. Sutherland.
  • Paper 21: Effective regime governing sanctions against staff members of the Technical Secretariat for breaches of confidentiality York von Lersner, Patricia Radler, Thomas Kurzidem, Ronald G. Sutherland and Thomas Stock.
  • Fact Sheet 1: The main tasks of a National Authority under the CWC.
  • Fact Sheet 2: Transfer of Chemicals under the CWC.
  • Fact Sheet 3: Riot Control Agents under the CWC.
  • Fact Sheet 4: Old and Abandoned Chemical Weapons under the CWC.

1994

• Issue no 23 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 1994)
  Includes:
  Editorial: New Technologies and the Loophole in the Convention
  Progress in The Hague: 5th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: November 1993-February 1994
• Issue no 24 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 1994)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Pierre Canonne: The Role of the Scientific Community Within the Context of the Convention
  Guest article by Karen Jansen: Disarming Iraq: Lessons for the Chemical Weapons Convention
  Progress in The Hague: 6th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: February - May 1994
  Guidelines on Riot control Agents
• C.I.A. Backs Arms Treaty On Chemicals - Michael R. Gordon - The New York Times - June 24, 1994.
• Issue no 25 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 1994)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Michael Moodie: Bolstering Compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention: Prospects for the Special Conference
  Guest article by Robert Mathews and Timothy McCormack: Entry into Force of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Activities and Prospective Timetable
  Historical Note: The former test and evaluation site on Pulao Tenggol
  Progress in The Hague: 7th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May-August 1994
• Issue no 26 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 1994)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Jack Ooms: Asia Pacific Seminar on the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
  Guest article by Graham Pearson: Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: The Outcome of the Special Conference
  Progress in The Hague: 8th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August-November 1994

1995

• “The Compliance Provisions in the Chemical Weapons Convention: A Summary and Analysis.” - A. Walter Dorn and Douglas Scott, Occasional Paper Number 2/1995, Programme for Strategic and International Security Studies (PSIS), Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva – 1995.
• Issue no 27 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 1995)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Serguei Batsanov: Chemical Weapons Convention En Route to Entry into Force
  Progress in The Hague: 9th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: November 1994-February 1995
• Issue no 28 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 1995)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Ernst Wyszomirski: The CWC and Barriers to Chemical Trade
  Progress in The Hague: 10th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: February-May 1995
• U.S. Politics Delays Treaty On Poison Gas - Barbara Crossette - The New York Times - August 20, 1995.
• Senator Helms’s Bargaining Chips - The New York Times - August 28, 1995.
• Issue no 29 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 1995)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Anne Harrington: Defining Chemical Weapons the Way the Treaty Does
  Progress in The Hague: 11th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May-August 1995
• Chemical Treaty Appears on Hold in the Senate - Barbara Crossette - The New York Times - September 10, 1995.
• Awaiting Call, Helms Puts Foreign Policy on Hold - Elaine Sciolino - The New York Times - September 24, 1995.
• In Deal With Clinton, Helms Agrees to Move Ahead on Envoys - Elaine Sciolino - The New York Times - September 30, 1995.
• A Russian Scientist Cautions Chemical Arms Safety Is Lax - Barbara Crossette - The New York Times - October 1, 1995.
• Issue no 30 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 1995)
  Includes:
  Editorial: Over the Impasse
  Guest article by Sergei Baranovsky: Green Cross Russia and the Destruction of Chemical Weapons
  Progress in The Hague: 12th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August-November 1995

1996

• Prepared Text for the President’s State of the Union Message – President Clinton - The New York Times - January 24, 1996.
• Ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention: Past Time for Action - Michael Moodie – Arms Control Today - Feb 1996.
• Issue no 31 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 1996)
  Includes:
  Editorial: Criminalizing BW
  Guest article by Alexander Vorobiev: Working on the Compliance Regime for the BWC
  Progress in The Hague: 13th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: November 1995-February 1996
• Senate Must Ratify Chemical Weapons Treaty - John D. Holum - The New York Times - March 7, 1996.
• The CWC: A Bad Deal for America - Baker Spring - Heritage Foundation - April 15, 1996.
• Issue no 32 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 1996)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Graham Pearson: Implementing Article X of the BTWC: Avoiding Duplication
  Guest article by Stephen Black: The UN Special Commission and CBW Verification
  Progress in The Hague: 14th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: February - May 1996
• Chemical Weapons in New York? - Matthew Carolan and Raymond Keating – July 29, 1996.
• US to discuss concerns on Chemical Arms past with Moscow - R. Jeffrey Smith - Washington Post - August 9, 1996.
• Chemical Weapons Pact - Stanley A. Weiss - The New York Times - August 28, 1996.
• Issue no 33 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 1996)
  Includes:
  Editorial: From Trigger Point to Entry Into Force
  Historical Note no 2, by Benjamin Garrett: The Colorado Potato Beetle Goes to War
  Guest article by Barbara Hatch Rosenberg: Incorporation of Dual-Use Export Controls in a Compliance Regime for the Biological Weapons Convention
  Progress in The Hague: 15th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May-August 1996
• A Ban on Chemical Weapons - The New York Times - September 3, 1996.
• Clinton Again Urges Senate to Back Chemical-Arms Ban - Todd S. Purdum - The New York Times - September 8, 1996.
• In His Own Words - Bill Clinton - The New York Times - September 8, 1996.
• Treaty would invite CW Disaster - Frank Gaffney - September 9, 1996.
• A treaty in the US Interest - William Perry and Janet Reno - Washington Post - September 11, 1996.
• Transcript of the Background Report “Chemical Solution” - Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour - Sept 11, 1996.
• Transcript of the discussion with Sens. Jon Kyl and Sam Nunn on “Chemical Solution” - Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour - Sept 11, 1996.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Unverifiable, Unenforceable, and A Burden To Business - Baker Spring, The Heritage Foundation – Executive Memorandum #460 - Sept 12, 1996.
• Senate Foes Derail Chemical Weapons Treaty - Thomas W. Lippman - Washington Post - September 13, 1996.
• A Treaty That Deserved to Die - Jon Kyl - The New York Times - September 13, 1996.
• Mr. Dole Bumps a Good Treaty - The New York Times - September 15, 1996.
• Treaty Turnabout - Washington Post – Sept 15, 1996.
• Chemical Weapons Treaty Blocked - Lois Ember - Chemical and Engineering News - Sept 16, 1996.
• Dole and the Treaty - Leonard A. Cole - The New York Times - September 17, 1996.
• Statement from the Arms Control Director on the Chemical Weapons Convention - John D. Holum - U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency – Nov 4, 1996.
• Issue no 34 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 1996)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Frederick L Webber: The US Chemical Industry Stake in the Chemical Weapons Convention
  Guest article by Graham Pearson: Toxic Chemicals: A Multilateral Export-Import System
  Progress in The Hague: 16th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August-November 1996
• Chemical Weapons Convention: A Balance Between Obligations and the Needs of States Parties - Arms Control and Disarmament Association Fact Sheet - Dec 9, 1996.
• US-Russian Wyoming Memorandum of Understanding on Chemical Weapons - Dec 9, 1996.