Chemical Weapons Convention Archive

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1998

• Issue no 39 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 1998)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Douglas J MacEachin: Routine and Challenge: Two Pillars of Verification
  Guest article by Ahmad Kamal: The Chemical Weapons Convention Today
  Guest Article by Graham Pearson: A Lean Organization to Strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention
  Progress in The Hague: 21st Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 2nd Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: November 1997-February 1998
• At One Year, CWC Progress Tempered by Limited Transparency – Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today – April 1998.
• Senate Backs Bill Limiting Chemical Arms Ban – Steven Lee Myers – The New York Times – May 23, 1998.
• Issue no 40 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 1998)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Kathleen Lawand: The Scientific Advisory Board of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: The Role of Science in Treaty Implementation
  Progress in The Hague: 22nd Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 3rd Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: February-May 1998
• The Chemical Weapons Convention redefines “analytical challenge” – Britt Erickson, Analytical Chemistry News and Features – June 1, 1998.
• Issue no 41 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 1998)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Huang Yu: The CWC: Verification in Action
  Invited Article by Lynn Klotz and Mark Sims: The BWC: Challenge Investigation Voting Procedures
  Statement of the Trieste Conference on the BWC
  Progress in The Hague: 23rd Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 4th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May-August 1998
• Issue no 42 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 1998)
  Includes:
  Editorial: A Draft Convention to Prohibit Biological and Chemical Weapons Under International Criminal Law
  Text of the HSP Draft Convention
  Progress in The Hague: 24th Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 5th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August – November 1998

1999

• Issue no 43 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 1999)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Ian Kenyon: Celebration of a Centenary and Some Birthdays
  Progress in The Hague: 25th Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 6th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: November 1998-February 1999
  Historical Note by Benjamin Garrett: Walter Schrieber and the US Air Force
• Issue no 44 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 1999)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Paul F Walker: Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention: Technical and Political Challenges in the US and Russia
  Invited article by Daniel Feakes: The European Union’s Role in CBW Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
  Progress in The Hague: 26th Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 7th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: February-May 1999
• Issue no 45 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 1999)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Will Carpenter: The First Year of the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board
  Obituary: A J J Ooms
  Progress in The Hague: 27th Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 8th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May-July 1999
• Defeat Of A Treaty: The G.O.P.; Why Clinton Plea on Pact Left Lott Unmoved – Eric Schmitt – The New York Times – October 15, 1999.
• Issue no 46 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 1999)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Tibor Tóth: Time to Wrap Up
  New US legislation on the BWC
  Progress in Geneva: 9th Quarterly Review
  Progress in The Hague: 28th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August-October 1999

2000

• U.S. Issues Chemical Industry Regulation – Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – January/Febuary 2000.
• Issue no 47 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 2000)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Robert J Mathews: Approaching an “End-Game” in the Negotation of the BWC Protocol: Lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention
  Progress in The Hague: 29th Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 10th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: November 1999-January 2000
• Russia to Miss CWC Deadline – Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – May 2000.
• CWC Conference Meets, Extends Deadline for Russia – Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – June 2000.
• Issue no 48 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 2000)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Ian Kenyon: Chemical Weapons in the Twentieth Century: Their Use and Their Control
  Invited article by Matthew Meselson: Averting the Hostile Exploitation of Biotechnology
  Invited article by Lawrence Scheinman: Regimes, Defence and Deterrence
  Progress in The Hague: 30th Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 11th Quarterly Review
  Proceedings in South Africa: 1st Quarterly Review
• Issue no 49 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 2000)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Graham Pearson: The CWC General Purpose Criterion: How to Implement?
  Progress in The Hague: 31st Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 12th Quarterly Review
  Proceedings in South Africa: 2nd Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May-July 2000
• Mideast States Urged to Use An Arms Pact To Build Trust – Judith Miller – The New York Times – October 21, 2000.
• Issue no 50 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 2000)
  Includes:
  Editorial: The CWC and the BWC: yesterday, today, tomorrow
  Invited article by Tom Inch: The Chemical Weapons Convention: a viewpoint from the Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the UK National Authority
  Invited article by Walter Krutzsch: Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention: past, present and future.
  Progress in The Hague: 32nd Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 13th Quarterly Review
  Proceedings in South Africa: 3rd Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August – October 2000

2001

• Issues of Arms Control Law and the Chemical Weapons Convention – Edited by Eric P. J. Myjer, Published Martinus Nijhoff Publishers – 2001.
• Russia Vows to Start Destroying Chemical Arms – Patrick E. Tyler – The New York Times – February 9, 2001.
• Issue no 51 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 2001)
  Includes:
  Editorial: Washington and the BWC Protocol negotiations
  Invited article by Graham Pearson: Further chemical control regimes: narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
  Progress in The Hague: 33rd Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 15th Quarterly Review
  Proceedings in South Africa: 4th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: November 2000 – January 2001
• Report – The Chemical Weapons Convention: Implementation Challenges and Solutions – Jonathan B. Tucker, Ed., The Monterey Institute of International Studies’ Center for Nonproliferation Studies,. Contributors include: Richard Burgess, Daniel Feakes, Alexander Kelle, Michael Moodie, George Parshall, Alexander Pikayev, Amy Sands and Amy Smithson – April 24, 2001.
• Chemical Weapons Ban May Suffer for Lack of Dues From Treaty’s Parties – Judith Miller – The New York Times – April 27, 2001.
• Issue no 52 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 2001)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Barbara Rosenberg: US policy and the BWC Protocol
  Progress in The Hague: 34th Quarterly Review
  Progress in Geneva: 15th Quarterly Review
  Proceedings in South Africa: 5th Quartlery Review
  News Chronology: February – April 2001
• Russia’s New Plan For Chemical Weapons Destruction – Jonathan Tucker, Arms Control Today – July/August 2001.
• Russia Approves New Chemical Weapons Destruction Plan – Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – September 2001.
• Issue no 53 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 2001)
  Includes:
  Editorial: Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention
  Invited article by Nicholas Sims: Nurturing the BWC: agenda for the Fifth Review Conference and beyond
  Invited article by Graham Pearson: The US rejection of the Protocol at the eleventh hour damages international security against biological weapons
  Progress in The Hague: 35th Quarterly Review
  Report from Geneva: 16th Quarterly Review
  Proceedings in Sourth Africa: 6th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May – July 2001
• Chemical Industry Inspections Under the CWC – John Hart, Verification Matters – October 2001.
• Money Short For Battle On Chemicals Used in War – Marlise Simons – The New York Times – October 5, 2001.
• U.S. to Miss Chemical Weapons Convention Deadline - Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – November 2001.
• Issue no 54 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 2001)
  Includes:
  Editorial: International criminal law and sanctions to reinforce the BWC
  Progress in The Hague: 36th Quarterly Review
  Report rom Geneva: 17th Quarterly Review
  Proceedings in South African: 7th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August – October 2001
• A Nation Challenged: Libya; In Changed World, Qadaffi Is Changing, Too – Patrick E. Tyler – The New York Times – December 20, 2001.

2002

• U.S. Reinstates Funds for Russian Chemical Demilitarization – Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – January/February 2002.
• Issue no 55 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 2002)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Julian Perry Robinson: What should be the scope of the CWC? A workshop report
  Progress in The Hague: 37th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: November 2001 – January 2002
• The Failing Inspector – Amy E. Smithson – The New York Times – April 8, 2002.
• Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress – Steven R. Bowman, Congressional Research Service – updated April 30, 2002.
• Chemical Weapons Convention Chief Removed at U.S. Initiative – Seth Brugger, Arms Control Today – May 2002.
• Issue no 56 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 2002)
  Includes:
  Invited article by Ian Kenyon: The Chemical Weapons Convention and the OPCW: The challenges of the 21st century
  Invited article by Nicholas Sims: Route-maps to the OPBW: using the resumed BWC Fifth Review Conference
  Progress in The Hague: 38th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: February – April 2002
• $10 Billion Pledged to Ex-Soviets to Dispose of Unconventional Arms – David E. Sanger – The New York Times – June 28, 2002.
• Strengthening the Chemical Weapons Convention: First CWC Review Conference Background Paper – Graham S. Pearson and Malcolm R. Dando – August 2002.
• First CWC Review Conference Paper No 1: Relevant Scientific and Technological Developments for the First CWC Review Conference: The BTWC Review Conference Experience. – Graham S. Pearson – August 2002.
• New OPCW Head Appointed – Rose Gordon, Arms Control Today – September 2002.
• Issue no 57 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 2002)
  Includes:
  Editorial: Preventing the hostile use of biotechnology: the way forward now
  Invited article by Graham S Pearson: Further chemical control regimes: anti-doping
  Progress in The Hague: 39th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: May – July 2002
• OPCW Fails to Agree on Budget, Russian Request for Extension – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – October 2002.
• On-Site Inspections in Arms control and Disarmament Verification. – John Hart, Verification Matters – October 2002.
• Russia’s Poison Gases – Christopher Chyba – The New York Times – October 30, 2002.
• Deadlines Extended for Russian Chemical Demilitarization – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – November 2002.
• Getting Verification Right: Proposals for Enhancing Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention – Joan Link, VERTIC Report – November 2002.
• Impact of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention (IUPAC Technical Report) – G. W. Parshall, G. S. Pearson, T. D. Inch and E. D. Becker, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2323–2352, 2002.
• Terrorism. Industry prevention and the Chemical Weapons Convention – Marybeth Kelliher, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2277–2280, 2002.
• Verification under the Chemical Weapons Convention. A reflective review – Ron G. Manley, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2235–2240, 2002.
• Advances in science and technology. Maintaining the effectiveness of the Chemical Weapons Convention – John Gee, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2229–2234, 2002.
• Trends in processing and manufacturing that will affect implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention – George W. Parshall, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2259–2263, 2002.
• First CWC Review Conference Paper No 2: Maximizing the Security Benefits from the First Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention. – Graham S. Pearson – December 2002.
• Issue no 58 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 2002)
  Includes:
  Editorial: “Law Enforcement” and the CWC
  Invited article by Mark Wheelis and Malcolm Dando: On The Brink: Biodefence, Biotechnology and the Future of Weapons Control
  Progress in The Hague: 40th Quarterly Review
  Report from Geneva: 18th Review
  News Chronology: August – October 2002