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Title: Environmental and safety obligations of the Chemical Weapons Convention

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10144554

Among its many unique and precedent-setting provisions, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) includes important requirements for States Parties to protect the public safety and the environment in the course of carrying out the treaty. These obligations will apply to the destruction of chemical weapons, of former chemical weapons production facilities, and to other activities under the Convention such as the verification scheme. This morning, I will briefly discuss the Convention`s safety and environmental obligations, concentrating on their effects in this country as the United States chemical weapons stockpile is destroyed.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
10144554
Report Number(s):
ANL/DIS/CP-82577; CONF-9404140-1; ON: DE94010457; CNN: Contract DNA-001-90-C-0177
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Society of International Law annual meeting,Washington, DC (United States),7 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 7 Apr 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English