This collection of documents focuses on the First Review Conference on the CWC held in The Hague April 28 - May 9, 2003. There are official papers, proceedings and reports prepared for the meeting, as well as news articles and editorials.
- Report - The Chemical Weapons Convention: Implementation Challenges and Solutions - Jonathan B. Tucker, Ed., The Monterey Institute of International Studies’ Center for Nonproliferation Studies - April 24, 2001.
Issues for the First CWC Review Conference – Michael L. Moodie – Page 59. - 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.
- 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.
- Reviewing the Chemical Weapons Convention: Gently Does It - Robert J. Matthews, Verification Yearbook 2003.
- OPCW Annual Report Cites Progress, Problems - Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today - January/February 2003.
- First CWC Review Conference Paper No 3: Implementation of the General Purpose Criterion of the Chemical Weapons Convention - Graham S. Pearson - January 2003.
- First CWC Review Conference Paper No 4: The Danger to the Chemical Weapons Convention from Incapacitating Chemicals - Malcolm Dando - March 2003.
- Six-Year-Old CWC Passes Some Tests and Fails Others - Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today - April 2003.
- First CWC Review Conference Paper No 5: The Importance of National Implementing Legislation for the Chemical Weapons Convention - Nicholas A. Sims - April 2003.
- Report of the Scientific Advisory Board on Developments in Science and Technology – First Review Conference of the CWC - April 23, 2003.
- OPCW Official Documents from the First Review Conference - Includes the Conference of the States Parties, Decisions, National Papers and National Statements - April 28-May 9, 2003.
- CWC Members Meet to Review Progress, Goals - Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today - May 2003.
- Albania Has Chemical Arms; CWC Review Conference Meets - Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today - June 2003.
- The CWC After Its First Review Conference: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? – Alexander Kelle, Disarmament Diplomacy – June/July 2003.