Chemical Weapons Convention

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arms control treaty disarmament treaty international treaty

The Chemical Weapons Convention is an international treaty that outlaws the development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and establishes a verification regime to ensure their destruction.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction	5
Chemical Weapons Convention (non-nuclear WMD context)	1
Verification Annex of the Chemical Weapons Convention	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arms control treaty ⓘ disarmament treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
aimsTo	eliminate an entire category of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
allows	toxic chemicals for purposes not prohibited under the Convention ⓘ
annex	Annex on Chemicals ⓘ Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information ⓘ Verification Annex ⓘ
annexesCount	3 annexes ⓘ
articleCount	24 articles ⓘ
category	weapons of mass destruction regulation ⓘ
concludedIn	Geneva ⓘ
defines	chemical weapons ⓘ precursor ⓘ toxic chemical ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1997-04-29 ⓘ
establishes	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ challenge inspection mechanism ⓘ declaration obligations for States Parties ⓘ on-site inspections of declared facilities ⓘ verification regime for chemical weapons disarmament ⓘ
fullName	Chemical Weapons Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
hasVerificationBody	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Netherlands ⓘ
headquartersLocation	The Hague ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
negotiatedIn	Conference on Disarmament ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	1993-01-13 ⓘ
placeSigned	Paris ⓘ
prohibits	acquisition of chemical weapons ⓘ development of chemical weapons ⓘ production of chemical weapons ⓘ retention of chemical weapons ⓘ stockpiling of chemical weapons ⓘ transfer of chemical weapons ⓘ use of chemical weapons ⓘ
providesFor	assistance and protection against chemical weapons ⓘ international cooperation in the field of peaceful chemistry ⓘ
relatedTo	Geneva Protocol ⓘ
requires	destruction of chemical weapons production facilities ⓘ destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles ⓘ
scope	military use of toxic chemicals and their precursors ⓘ
shortName	CWC ⓘ
subject	chemical weapons disarmament ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information → adoptedWith → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention → adoptedWithTreaty → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Technical Secretariat of the OPCW → appliesTreaty → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

OPCW Headquarters → associatedWithTreaty → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 → basedOn → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

Pueblo Chemical Depot → complianceFramework → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives → compliesWith → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity → compliesWith → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Bond v. United States → concernsInternationalAgreement → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Verification Annex → enteredIntoForceWith → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Conference of the States Parties → establishedBy → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

CSP → establishedBy → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the States Parties

TS → establishedBy → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

TS → follows → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons → foundedBy → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

CWC → fullName → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Chemical Weapons Convention → fullName → Chemical Weapons Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

Conference of the States Parties → governsImplementationOf → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 → implements → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program → implements → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Geneva Protocol → inspired → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Verification Annex → isAnnexTo → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

Executive Council of the OPCW → jurisdiction → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

CSP → legalBasis → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the States Parties

Executive Council of the OPCW → legalBasis → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons → legalBasis → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Technical Secretariat of the OPCW → legalBasis → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom → legalFramework → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chemical Weapons Convention (non-nuclear WMD context)

Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention → locatedInInstrument → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

CSP → mainDecisionMakingBodyOf → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the States Parties

Conference on Disarmament → negotiatedInstrument → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

Conference on Disarmament → negotiatedInstrument → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

CSP → overseesImplementationOf → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the States Parties

CSP → parentTreaty → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the States Parties

Annex on Chemicals → partOf → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Annex on the Protection of Confidential Information → partOf → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention → partOf → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Verification Annex → partOf → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

VX gas → regulatedBy → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: VX

Annex on Chemicals → relatedTo → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Verification Annex of the Chemical Weapons Convention

Biological Weapons Convention → relatedTo → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 → relatedTo → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

Geneva Protocol → relatedTo → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

PCD → subjectTo → Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ