Opcw: The Legal Texts (organisation For The Prohibition Of Chemical Weapons)

The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997, bans an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. The CWC has now been in force for almost twenty years and having 190 States Parties as at July 2014, has almost achieved universal adherence. To achieve its objectives, the CWC established the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This third edition of 'OPCW: The Legal Texts' brings together the text of the Convention, the interpretative decisions and understandings reached by the organs of the OPCW, policies, rules of procedure, regulations, the conclusions of the three reviews undertaken by the States Parties of the operation of the Convention and key background texts. The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the Convention regime, as it has developed over the past seventeen years. Useful for national authorities responsible for the operation of the Convention in their countries, governmental and non-governmental entities engaged in disarmament issues, legal advisers, practitioners and academics engaged either in disarmament matters, general public international law and treaty law. Front Matter....Pages I-XXII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 TEXT OF THE CONVENTION....Pages 3-99 DECLARATIONS AND STATEMENTS MADE UPON SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION, OR ACCESSION....Pages 100-105 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 CHEMICAL WEAPON (CW) ISSUES....Pages 109-135 CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITY (CWSF) ISSUES....Pages 136-140 CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION FACILITY (CWDF) ISSUES....Pages 141-155 CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY (CWPF) ISSUES....Pages 156-162 ARTICLE VI ISSUES (ACTIVITIES NOT PROHIBITED)....Pages 163-209 CHALLENGE INSPECTION ISSUES....Pages 210-213 INVESTIGATIONS OF ALLEGED USE....Pages 214-218 GENERAL RULES OF VERIFICATION....Pages 219-231 DESIGNATED LABORATORIES....Pages 232-242 OPCW CENTRAL ANALYTICAL DATABASE....Pages 243-245 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 POLICY....Pages 249-312 FACILITY AGREEMENTS (ARTICLES IV, V, aND VI(3))....Pages 313-385 NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES (ARTICLE VII)....Pages 386-404 PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES (Article VIII, Section E)....Pages 405-428 PROTECTION (Article X)....Pages 429-435 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION aND ASSISTANCE....Pages 436-466 UNIVERSALITY....Pages 467-477 TRAINING....Pages 478-481 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 REVIEW OF OPERATION OF THE CONVENTION....Pages 482-567 Front Matter....Pages 569-569 CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES (ARTICLE VIII(B))....Pages 571-587 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (ARTICLE VIII(C))....Pages 588-596 TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT (ARTICLE VIII(D))....Pages 597-689 SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (ARTICLE VIII, SUBPARAGRAPHS 21(H) AND 45)....Pages 690-700 CONFIDENTIALITY COMMISION (CONFIDENTIALITY ANNEX, PARAGRAPH 23)....Pages 701-714 ADVISORY BODY ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS....Pages 715-717 COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH THE HOST COUNTRY....Pages 718-718 Front Matter....Pages 719-719 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS....Pages 721-733 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS....Pages 734-734 Front Matter....Pages 735-735 PROTOCOL FOR THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE IN WAR OF ASPHYXIATING, POISONOUS OR OTHER GASES, AND OF BACTERIOLOGICAL METHODS OF WARFARE, 1925 (GENEVA PROTOCOL OF 1925)....Pages 737-737 UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS....Pages 738-743 PARIS RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE OPCW AND RELATED UNDERSTANDINGS....Pages 744-755 PROTOCOL REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES, RECORDS AND FUNCTIONS FROM THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION TO THE OPCW....Pages 756-760 EMBLEM OF THE OPCW....Pages 761-761 Back Matter....Pages 763-783 The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997, bans an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. The CWC has now been in force for almost twenty years and having 190 States Parties as at July 2014, has almost achieved universal adherence. To achieve its objectives, the CWC established the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This third edition of 'OPCW: The Legal Texts' brings together the text of the Convention, the interpretative decisions and understandings reached by the organs of the OPCW, policies, rules of procedure, regulations, the conclusions of the three reviews undertaken by the States Parties of the operation of the Convention and key background texts. The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the Convention regime, as it has developed over the past seventeen years. 0Useful for national authorities responsible for the operation of the Convention in their countries, governmental and non-governmental entities engaged in disarmament issues, legal advisers, practitioners and academics engaged either in disarmament matters, general public international law and treaty law