LEADER 03408nam 22006254a 450 001 9910451525503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-91573-0 010 $a9786610915736 010 $a1-4294-4166-6 010 $a92-808-7074-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000334481 035 $a(EBL)282184 035 $a(OCoLC)173481710 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000120496 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134562 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000120496 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10081716 035 $a(PQKB)11782067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC282184 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL282184 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10156070 035 $a(OCoLC)133162403 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000334481 100 $a20060411d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Chemical Weapons Convention$b[electronic resource] $eimplementation, challenges and opportunities /$fedited by Ramesh Thakur and Ere Haru 210 $aTokyo ;$aNew York $cUnited Nations University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (203 p.) 300 $a"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"--P. [ii]. 311 $a92-808-1123-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Chemical Weapons Convention; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Chemical weapons and the challenge of weapons of mass destruction; 2 The Chemical Weapons Convention -- multilateral instrument with a future; 3 The First Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention: A drafter's perspective; 4 The challenge inspection system of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Problems and prospects; 5 Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention: A comparative case study of the legislation of Australia and France; 6 Chemical weapons destruction and public involvement 327 $a7 Standing the test of time -- efforts to achieve universality of the CWC8 Conclusion: Seize the moment; Index 330 $aThe 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 606 $aChemical arms control$vCongresses 606 $aChemical arms control$xVerification$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChemical arms control 615 0$aChemical arms control$xVerification 676 $a341.7/35 701 $aThakur$b Ramesh Chandra$f1948-$0884426 701 $aHaru$b Ere$0967518 712 02$aUnited Nations University. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451525503321 996 $aThe Chemical Weapons Convention$92196666 997 $aUNINA