Chemical Weapons Convention Archive

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January

• Administration, Senate Opposition Draw Battle Lines Over CWC - Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today - January/February 1997.
• A Needless Risk for US Troops - E.R. Zumwalt Jr. - Washington Post – Jan, 6 1997.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Strategic Implications for the United States - Frederick J. Vogel, Strategic Studies Institute – Army War College - Jan 8, 1997.
• The Chemical Arms Pact - The Journal of Commerce – Jan 9, 1997.
• Bipartisanship is key to further U.S. Arms control successes - Jacqueline S. Porth - US Information Agency – Jan 10, 1997.
• A Chance to Ban Chemical Weapons - The New York Times - January 12, 1997.
• Clinton’s chemical weapons power play - Frank Gaffney Jr. - Washington Times – Jan 14, 1997.
• New Push for a U.S. Chemical-Arms-Pact Vote - Alison Mitchell - The New York Times - January 14, 1997.
• The US an Outlaw nation? - Deseret news – Jan 16, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: US Senate should ratify treaty - The Decatur Daily – Jan 16, 1997.
• Ratify the treaty - The Times Daily - Florence, AL – Jan 17, 1997.
• Poison-gas Ban - The Keene Sentinel – Jan 18, 1997.
• Ratify Chemical Weapons treaty - The Atlanta Journal – Jan 19, 1997.
• Ratify the CWC - The Salt Lake Tribune – Jan 19, 1997.
• US needs to lead: Senate’s delay of chemical arms pact vote is inexcusable - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jan 24, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Pact Still Raises Concerns - Jon Kyl - The New York Times - January 25, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Politics should not be allowed to block treaty - Detroit Free Press – Jan 26, 1997.
• Good for business - George B. Pyle, The Salina Journal - Salina, KS – Jan 29, 1997.

February

• CWC Quotations Fact Sheet - Arms Control Association - Feb, 1997.
• Sen. Helms to Delay Vote on Chemical Arms Pact - Thomas W. Lippman - Washington Post – Feb 4, 1997.
• “Senate/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - David Swan – Feb 4, 1997.
• A new test of leadership on the treaty - White House Working group on CWC – Feb 5, 1997.
• Helms barrier to chemical arms pact - The Sun - Baltimore, MD – Feb 5, 1997.
• “CIA/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - David Swan – Feb 5, 1997.
• Clinton Asks G.O.P. to Help in Fight for Chemical Weapons Ban - Clifford Krauss - The New York Times - February 5, 1997.
• U.S. Urges Russia to End Production of Nerve Gas - Clifford Krauss - The New York Times - February 6, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons - Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Feb 7, 1997.
• Chemical Neutralization Is Gaining in War on Poison Gas - James Brooke - The New York Times - February 7, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Treaty Serves U.S. Interests - John D. Holum - The New York Times - February 7, 1997.
• Albright and Bush Urge Senate to Ratify Chemical Weapons Ban – AP – Feb 8, 1997.
• Dislodging Sen. Helms - The Courier-Journal - Louisville, KY – Feb 9, 1997.
• Poison gas ban - The Journal Gazette - Ft. Wayne, IN – Feb 9, 1997.
• Don’t let 1 senator hold pact hostage - The Journal Gazette - Ft. Wayne, IN – Feb 9, 1997.
• Chemical-Arms Pact Has No Reagan Imprimatur - Douglas J. Feith, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Caspar W. Weinberger - The New York Times - February 9, 1997.
• Bush, Baker restate CWC support - White House Working group on CWC – Feb 10, 1997.
• Statements Supporting the CWC - The Henry L. Stimson Center – Feb 10, 1997.
• Weighing treaty - Hickory, NC Daily Record – Feb 10, 1997.
• Jesse Helms Mocks the Senate - The New York Times - February 10, 1997.
• Helms’ bad chemistry - Birmingham News – Feb 11, 1997.
• End the Chemical Weapons Business - Brent Scowcroft and John M Deutch - Washington Post – Feb 11, 1997.
• The Chemical Weapons Ban - The Record – Feb 12, 1997.
• U.S. Opinion Roundup “The Chemical Weapons Treaty Holdup” - Voice of America - Andrew N. Guthrie – Feb 12, 1997.
• Religious groups support treaty - White House Working group on CWC – Feb 13, 1997.
• Move on weapons ban - Bangor Daily News - Bangor, ME – Feb 13, 1997.
• Clinton Presses Chemical Pact - Thomas W. Lippman - Washington Post – Feb 15, 1997.
• White House Said to Be Trying To Sway Republicans on Treaty - David Stout - The New York Times - February 15, 1997.
• Ratify chemical treaty - The Miami Herald – Feb 16, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: ratify treaty before April 29 - The Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN – Feb 16, 1997.
• Follow Reagan’s lead to end chemical arsenal - The Seattle Times – Feb 16, 1997.
• Ban Chemical Weapons? - Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond, VA – Feb 16, 1997.
• Our Best Defense - James A. Baker 3d - The New York Times - February 16, 1997.
• Bipartisan support for CWC continues - White House Working group on CWC – Feb 18, 1997.
• Senate Should Ratify Weapons treaty - Dayton Daily News – Feb 19, 1997.
• Poisonous delay - Akron Beacon Journal – Feb 19, 1997.
• This treaty ought to be ratified - Chicago Tribune – Feb 19, 1997.
• Veterans, military groups endorse CWC - White House Working group on CWC – Feb 20, 1997.
• Business Backs the CWC - White House Working group on CWC – Feb 25, 1997.
• Industry strongly supports CWC, says treaty reasonable and effective - White House Working group on CWC – Feb 26, 1997.
• “Reno/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - Jim Malone – Feb 27, 1997.
• “Chemical Weapons Convention” - Voice of America - Deborah Cooper – Feb 27, 1997.

March

• Issue no 35 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 1997)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Ian Kenyon: Entry into Force: The Test of Our Preparations
  Progress in The Hague: 17th Quarterly Review
  Riot Control Agent Guidelines
  News Chronology: November 1996-February 1997
• Majority Leader Emerges As Key To Fate of CWC in Senate. - Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today - March 1997.
• Public strongly favors CWC - White House Working group on CWC – March 4, 1997.
• No to the Chemical Arms Treaty - James Schlesinger, Caspar Weinberger, Donald Rumsfeld - Washington Post – March 5, 1997.
• Editorial support spans cross-country - White House Working group on CWC – March 6, 1997.
• Chemical Arms Treaty: Act now or pay later - St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul, MN –March 6, 1997.
• U.S. Chemical Executive Backs Chemical Weapons Convention - Douglas Remillard - US Information Agency – March 7, 1997.
• Here come the spies - The Wall Street Journal – March 7, 1997.
• Unmodified, Chemical Weapons Pact is Doomed, Sen. Helms Warns - Thomas W. Lippman - Washington Post – March 9, 1997.
• “The Chemical Weapons Debate” - Voice of America - Maxim Kniazkov – March 9, 1997.
• Chemical hostage: Tyrant at the Helms - The Anniston Star - Anniston, AL – March 10, 1997.
• Scientists, engineers urge CWC support - White House Working group on CWC – March 11, 1997.
• The Three Defense Chiefs - Washington Post – March 11, 1997.
• Transcript and Audio of the Background Report on the Chemical Weapons Convention - Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour – Burning Issue - March 13, 1997.
• Transcript of Former U.N. Amb. Jeanne Kirkpatrick and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft debating the Chemical Weapons Conventions Treaty - Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour – Burning Issue - March 13, 1997.
• Separating Fact from Fiction: The Australia Group and the Chemical Weapons Convention - Amy E. Smithson, The Henry L. Stimson Center – Occasional Paper #34 - March 14, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Time is running out for US to ratify treaty - The Dallas Morning News – March 16, 1997.
• Hostage to Helms - Emporia, KS, Gazette – March 17, 1997.
• Real deadline, real consequences - White House Working group on CWC – March 18, 1997.
• Ratify: It shouldn’t be so difficult for Congress to outlaw poison gas - The Wichita Eagle - Wichita, KS – March 19, 1997.
• Ratify chemical weapons ban - The Patriot News - Harrisburg, PA – March 19, 1997.
• “Senate/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - David Swan – March 19, 1997.
• “US/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - Ron Pemstein – March 19, 1997.
• CWC will help in fight against terrorism - White House Working group on CWC – March 20, 1997.
• Holum: 84% of Americans Support Chemical Weapons Treaty - Robert D. Tadlock - US Information Agency – March 20, 1997.
• Approve chemical weapons treaty - Jim Hitch, Editor, The Hays Daily News - Hays, KS – March 20, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Convention Statements by President Clinton – March 21, 1997.
• Presidents Clinton, Yeltsin reaffirm commitment to CWC ratification - White House Working group on CWC – March 21, 1997.
• US-Russian Joint Statement on Chemical Weapons - White House Office of the Press Secretary – March 21, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Senate should move quickly to ratify world treaty - Houston Chronicle – March 23, 1997.
• Ratify Chemical Weapons treaty - Statesman Journal - Salem, OR – March 23, 1997.
• Chemical Reaction - Douglas J. Feith - The New Republic – March 24, 1997.
• Senate may vote soon on chemical weapons treaty - San Antonio Express-News – March 25, 1997.
• Helms Holds Lock on Treaty - Peter Fairly - Chemical Week – March 26, 1997.
• Legal Community supports treaty protections - White House Working group on CWC – March 26, 1997.
• Helms Softens his stance on the Chemical Weapons Convention - Jane A. Morse - US Information Agency – March 26, 1997.
• “Albright/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - Nick Simeone – March 26, 1997.
• Excerpts from Albright-Helms Press Conference - State Department - Madeleine Albright, Jesse Helms – March 27, 1997.
• The Big Deal of The Day - Thomas L. Friedman - The New York Times - March 27, 1997.
• Curb chemical weapons - The Denver Post – March 28, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Treaty - The Post-Standard - Syracuse, NY – March 28, 1997.
• Chemical reaction: With Helms aside, the Senate must ratify a key arms ban - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – March 30, 1997.
• Poison gas treaty deserves quick approval - San Jose Mercury News – March 31, 1997.

April

• The Chemical Weapons Convention Fact Sheet - SIPRI, April 1997.
• Holum optimistic about vote on Chemical Weapons Convention - David Pitts - US Information Agency – April 1, 1997.
• Republican Senators introduce anti-chemical weapons bill - US Information Agency Congressional Report – April 1, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Ratification of Treaty would promote a safer, saner world - East Oregonian - Pendleton, OR – April 1, 1997.
• The Bum’s Rush - The Wall Street Journal – April 1, 1997.
• The right chemistry - The Birmingham News - Birmingham, AL – April 2, 1997.
• Kyl bill no alternative to CWC - White House Working group on CWC – April 2, 1997.
• Excerpts from the White House Daily Briefing - Mike McCurry – April 3, 1997.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Making America Less Secure - Baker Spring, The Heritage Foundation – Executive Memorandum #473 - April 3, 1997.
• CWC Support continues to grow -White House Working group on CWC –April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: The Chemical Weapons Convention - The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: CWC Facts and Fiction - The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: CWC Provides Common Sense Security - The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: Consequences of Failure to Ratify Treaty - The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: Signatories and Ratifiers of the CWC - The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Clinton Launches Major Drive for US Senate Ratification of CWC - Wendy S. Ross - US Information Agency – April 4, 1997.
• Ratify chemical weapons ban - The Times-Picayune - New Orleans, LA – April 4, 1997.
• Deadline for a chemical arms ban - The Boston Globe – April 4, 1997.
• Transcript of NSC Staff, Commerce Dept. Briefing on CWC - Robert Bell and William Reinsch – April 4, 1997.
• Clinton remarks on Chemical Weapons Convention – April 4, 1997.
• “Clinton/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - Deborah Tate – April 4, 1997.
• White House has rally for weapons ban - Thomas W. Lippman - Washington Post – April 5, 1997.
• Clinton Mobilizes Bipartisan Effort On Chemical Arms - Steven Lee Myers - The New York Times - April 5, 1997.
• Ratify the Chemical Weapons Treaty – William S. Cohen - Washington Post – April 6, 1997.
• CWC supporters rally at White House -White House Working group on CWC – April 7, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: The US should lead, not drag its feet - Detroit Free Press – April 7, 1997.
• Senate Should Ratify Chemical treaty - The Manhattan, KS Mercury – April 7, 1997.
• “Senate/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - David Swan – April 7, 1997.
• “US/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - Victor Beattie – April 7, 1997.
• CWC Fact #1: The April 29 deadline is real - White House Working group on CWC – April 8, 1997.
• Former Defense Chiefs Testify Against Chemical Weapons Pact - David Pitts - US Information Agency – April 8, 1997.
• Excerpts from Clinton-Chretien Oval Office Q&A with reporters - President Clinton –April 8, 1997.
• Remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on CWC - Madeleine K. Albright – April 8, 1997.*
• CWC Fact #2: The costs are reasonable -White House Working group on CWC – April 9, 1997.
• Weapons Treaty Deserves Ratification - News and Record - Greensboro, NC – April 9, 1997.
• The US needs to lead; Albright’s fight for women’s rights, chemical-arms ban - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – April 9, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Treaty: No threat to US Security - The Herald-Sun - Durham, NC – April 9, 1997.
• Lott seeks vote on chemical arms treaty - Thomas W. Lippman - Washington Post – April 9, 1997.
• “Senate/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - David Swan – April 9, 1997.
• Ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) - Steven J. Nider, Progressive Policy Institute Backgrounder - April 9, 1997.
• Senate Vote Is Now Likely On Chemical Arms Treaty - Steven Lee Myers - The New York Times - April 9, 1997.
• CWC Fact #3: Rogue States will suffer - White House Working group on CWC – April 10, 1997.
• Biden: More than enough votes to pass chemical weapons pact - David Pitts - US Information Agency – April 10, 1997.
• Trent Lott’s Chemical test - Robert D. Novak - Washington Post – April 10, 1997.
• Excerpts from the Remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright to the American Society of Newspaper Editors - Madeleine K. Albright – April 10, 1997.
• CWC Fact #4: Our hand is strengthened - White House Working group on CWC – April 11, 1997.
• A False Sense of Security - Charles Krauthammer - Washington Post – April 11, 1997.
• Excerpts from the Remarks of the President to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors - President Clinton – April 11, 1997.
• Press Release: Ad hoc coalition of conservative leaders urges Senator Lott to defeat the CWC - Free Congress Foundation – April 11, 1997.
• First the Treaty, Then the Hard Work - David Kay, Ronald F. Lehman, R James Woolsey - Washington Post – April 13, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Grams should abandon Helms’ view - The Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN – April 13, 1997.
• Luntz Poll on CWC fatally flawed - White House Working group on CWC – April 14, 1997.
• Why the US should ratify the treaty to ban chemical weapons globally - Vil S. Mirzayanov - The Philadelphia Inquirer – April 14, 1997.
• Tyrants and Treaties - The Philadelphia Inquirer – April 14, 1997.
• Industry, business support CWC - White House Working group on CWC – April 15, 1997.
• Senate Should Ratify treaty - Daily Times-Call - Lonmont, CO – April 15, 1997.
• Statement: CWC Agreed Conditions - White House - Press Secretary McCurry – April 15, 1997.
• Letter from Sen. Biden to his colleagues in the Senate and Summary of 23 CWC conditions - Sen. Joseph Biden – April 15, 1997.
• “Forbes/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - David Swan – April 15, 1997.
• “Clinton/Chemical Weapons” - Voice of America - David Borgida – April 16, 1997.
• Time for Senate Action: Over 20 concerns addressed in agreed CWC conditions - White House Working group on CWC – April 16, 1997.
• Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Samuel Berger and NSC Senior Director for Defense and Arms Control Policy Robert Bell - White House Office of the Press Secretary – April 16, 1997.
• Excerpts from “A Presidential tribute to Gerald Ford” - Madeleine Albright - Keynote address at the Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI – April 16, 1997.
• CWC vote scheduled - White House Working group on CWC – April 17, 1997.
• The Real Chemical treaty Issue - Washington Post – April 17, 1997.
• Excerpts from DoD news briefing - Statement of John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff – April 17, 1997.
• Agreement for consideration of the CWC - John Isaacs - Council for a Livable World – April 17, 1997.
• Closer To Chemical Warfare - Edwin J. Fuelner, The Heritage Foundation – Commentary - April 17, 1997.
• Clinton Serves as Dinner Host to Woo Congress on Foreign Policy - James Bennet - The New York Times - April 17, 1997.
• President urges support for CWC - White House Working group on CWC – April 18, 1997.
• Remarks by the President in press availability - President Clinton – April 18, 1997.
• Statement by the Honorable Harold Brown, Elliot Richardson, and William Perry, former Secretaries of Defense, on the CWC - Harold Brown, Elliot Richardson and William Perry – April 18, 1997.
• President Presses For Budget Deal And Arms Treaty - James Bennet - The New York Times - April 19, 1997.
• In Clinton’s Words, a Stark Choice for the U.S. – President Clinton - The New York Times - April 19, 1997.
• Questions that need answering before chemical treaty’s approval - The Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN – April 20, 1997.
• Top Russian scientist urges support; treaty best way to get at covert programs - White House Working group on CWC – April 21, 1997.
• Don’t let Helms Shut US out of Chemical Pact - Long Island Newsday – April 21, 1997.
• Transcript: Albright discusses CWC on “Meet the Press” - “Meet the Press” on NBC – April 21, 1997 - Madeleine Albright, William Cohen, Tim Russert.
• Clinton Pushes Pact Covering Chemical Arms - Seven Erlanger - The New York Times - April 21, 1997.
• Killer conditions threaten treaty - White House Working group on CWC – April 22, 1997.
• Dole, Powell endorse treaty at White House - White House Working group on CWC – April 23, 1997.
• Six Faulty Reasons for Supporting the Chemical Weapons Convention - Thomas Moore, The Heritage Foundation – Backgrounder #1111 - April 23, 1997.
• Decision Time on Chemical Weapons - The New York Times - April 23, 1997.
• Clinton Makes Final Push On Chemical Arms Treaty - Alison Mitchell - The New York Times - April 23, 1997.
• Some In The G.O.P. Move To Back Ban On Chemical Arms - Adam Clymer - The New York Times - April 24, 1997.
• Hiding Behind the Moon - Thomas L. Friedman - The New York Times - April 24, 1997.
• Lott announces his support of CWC - US Information Agency Congressional Report – April 24, 1997.
• Excerpts from the White House daily briefing - Mike McCurry – April 24, 1997.
• Clinton letter to Trent Lott on Chemical Weapons - President Clinton – April 24, 1997.
• “Chemical Weapons Vote” - Voice of America - David Swan – April 24, 1997.
• How the Senators Voted on Treaty - The New York Times - April 25, 1997.
• How the Votes Were Won: Clinton’s New G.O.P. Tactics - Alison Mitchell - The New York Times - April 25, 1997.
• Senate Approves Pact On Chemical Weapons After Lott Opens Way - Adam Clymer - The New York Times - April 25, 1997.
• In Their Own Words: Three Senators, For and Against - Trent Lott, Joseph R. Biden Jr., Jesse Helms - The New York Times - April 25, 1997.
• From Clinton to Lott, a Last-Minute Letter – President Clinton - The New York Times - April 25, 1997.
• Chemical Treaty, at a Price… - Washington Post – April 27, 1997.
• Sign Here: Let’s Pledge to Postpone the Apocalypse - Adam Clymer - The New York Times - April 27, 1997.
• US Ratification of CWC - Survey of news reports from 14 countries - Bill Richey - US Information Agency – April 30, 1997.

May

• CWC Parties Hold First Conference, OPCW Declared Fully Operational - Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today - May 1997.
• Arms Control Fetish - George F. Will - Washington Post – May 1, 1997.
• “Banning Chemical Weapons” - “New Horizons” on Voice of America - Brian Cislak – May 1, 1997.

June

• Issue no 36 of The CWB Conventions Bulletin (June 1997)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Heiner Staub: Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention: First Experiences of a National Authority
  Progress in The Hague: 18th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: February-May 1997

July

• The Battle to Obtain U.S. Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention - Michael Krepon, Amy E. Smithson, John Parachini, The Henry L. Stimson Center – Occasional Paper #35 - July 1997.

August

• Countries Admit Use Of Poisons In Weapons - Barbara Crossette - The New York Times - August 17, 1997.

September

• Issue no 37 of The CWB Conventions Bulletin (September 1997)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Tibor Tóth: A Window of Opportunity for the BWC Ad Hoc Group
  Guest Article by Sergei Kisselev: Russia and the Chemical Weapons Convention: What Next?
  Progress of the BWC Protocol Rolling Text
  Progress in The Hague: 19th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May-August 1997

October

• Russia and Iran Join CWC; Membership Total Reaches 104 - Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today - October 1997.
• Director of Ban on Chemical Arms Warns Russia to Ratify Pact - Barbara Crossette - The New York Times - October 16, 1997 .

November

• CWC Parties Hold 2nd Conference; Membership Reaches 106 States - Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today - November/December 1997.

December

• Issue no 38 of The CWB Conventions Bulletin (December 1997)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Amy Gordon: Implications of the US Resolution of Ratification
  Text of Russian CWC ratification law
  Progress in The Hague: 20th Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 1st Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August-November 1997