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The Chemical Weapons Convention : implementation, challenges and opportunities /

The most complex and comprehensive disarmament treaty ever to be adopted, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is intended to provide robust assurance that chemical weapons will not be developed, produced, stockpiled, used or transferred. To implement and enforce the CWC and verify the ongoing elim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United Nations University
Otros Autores: Thakur, Ramesh, 1948-, Haru, Ere
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The most complex and comprehensive disarmament treaty ever to be adopted, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is intended to provide robust assurance that chemical weapons will not be developed, produced, stockpiled, used or transferred. To implement and enforce the CWC and verify the ongoing elimination of declared chemical weapons production capacity and stockpiles, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inspects military and industrial sites in dozens of countries. OPCW membership now embraces over 95 per cent of the world's population and 98 per cent of the relev.
Notas:"Inspired by the symposium 'Towards the elimination of chemical weapons-- the roles of the OPCW and Japan', sponsored jointly by the United Nations University and the Government of Japan and held on 1 October 2003 at the UNU in Tokyo"--Page ii
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 190 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9280811231
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