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Chemical Weapons Convention News

1998

• FACTSHEET: ACDA ON ORGANIZATION PROHIBITING CHEMICAL WEAPONS USIA 17 September 1998 -- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, the Netherlands, is responsible for implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
• FACTSHEET: ACDA ON CHEMICAL TREATY OBLIGATIONS, MEMBERS NEEDS 17 September 1998 --
• FACTSHEET: ACDA ON THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION 17 September 1998
• DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES INTERNATIONAL DETERMINATION TO BANISH CHEMICAL WEAPONS FROM ARSENALS OF ALL NATIONS 20 May 1998 Press Release DSG/SM/5 DC/2608
• Certification in connection with Condition (7)(C)(i), Effectiveness of Australia Group THE WHITE HOUSE April 30, 1998 - President Clinton informed Congress that the 30-member "Australia Group" of nations, which includes the United States and its major allies, is effectively controlling the export of chemicals, agents and equipment which can be used to produce chemical and biological weapons.
• CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION SIGNATORIES/RATIFIERS As of February 9, 1998

  1997

  December

• TEXT: CLINTON LETTER TO CONGRESS ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION US Information Agency 31 December 1997 (Certifies that pact not harming U.S. drug firm business)
• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 38 (December 1997) Includes: Guest Article by Amy Gordon -- Implications of the US Resolution of Ratification Text of Russian CWC ratification law Progress in the Hague: 20th Quarterly Review Progress in Geneva: 1st Quarterly Review News Chronology: August-November 1997

  November

  October

• NEW CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGENCY COMPLETES 80 INITIAL INSPECTIONS USIA 17 October 1997

  September

• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 37 (September 1997) Includes: Guest Article by Tibor Toth -- A Window of Opportunity for the BWC Ad Hoc Group Guest Article by Sergei Kisselev -- Russia and the Chemical Weapons Convention: What Next? Progress of the BWC Rolling Text (Table) Progress in the Hague: 19th Quarterly Review News Chronology: May-August 1997

  August

  July

  June

• THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION ACDA Factsheet - June 27, 1997
• ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ACDA Factsheet - June 27, 1997
• Report on the June 1997 Workshop Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions
• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 36 (June 1997) Includes: Guest Article by Heiner Staub -- Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention: First Experiences of a National Authority Progress in the Hague: 18th Quarterly Review News Chronology: February-May 1997

  May

• BANNING CHEMICAL WEAPONS VOA - 01 May 1997

  April

• U.S. RATIFICATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION April 30, 1997 USIA FOREIGN MEDIA REACTION DAILY DIGEST
• CHEMICAL WEAPONS VOTE THE U-S SENATE HAS VOTED TO RATIFY THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, GIVING PRESIDENT CLINTON A VICTORY AND PRESERVING AMERICA'S ROLE IN ENFORCING THE PACT. BUT TO WIN APPROVAL, MR. CLINTON PLEDGED TO BACK OUT OF THE AGREEMENT IF NECESSARY. Voice of America 4/24/97
• LOTT ANNOUNCES HIS SUPPORT OF CWC USIA CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1997 Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (Republican-Mississippi) announced on the Senate floor the afternoon of April 24 that he would support the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) when the Senate votes on it late in the day.
• CLINTON LETTER TO TRENT LOTT ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS Washington -- President Clinton has pledged in an April 24 letter to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (Republican-Mississippi) that the United States would be prepared to withdraw from the Chemical Weapons Convention if any of its signatories tried to use certain of its provisions to promote the spread of those weapons or otherwise jeopardize U.S. national security.
• [EXCERPTS] WHITE HOUSE DAILY BRIEFING April 24, 1997 PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY Chemical Weapons Convention -- Our reports from our team on the Hill are that they've had good sessions both on the Senate floor and in closed session today, but there are a number of senators still struggling with some of the issues related to the Convention.
• Dole, Powell endorse treaty at White House CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 23, 1997
• 'Killer' conditions threaten treaty CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 22, 1997
• Top Russian scientist urges support; treaty best way to get at covert programs CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 21, 1997
• President urges support for CWC CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 18, 1997
• STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE HAROLD BROWN, ELLIOTT RICHARDSON, AND WILLIAM PERRY, FORMER SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE, ON THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION U.S. Department of Defense - April 18, 1997 Washington -- Three former defense secretaries say U.S. ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention "will serve the best interests of the United States and the world community."
• [EXCERPT] REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN PRESS AVAILABILITY THE WHITE HOUSE April 18, 1997 Clinton strongly urged the Senate to vote to ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) when it takes it up next week. Clinton said "there was no linkage between these two issues," and that he does not expect Helms to vote for the CWC.
• Subject: Agreement for consideration of the Chemical Weapons Convention Today, on April 17, 1997 - Majority Leader Trent Lott and Minority Leader Tom Daschle announced a unanimous consent agreement for consideration and a vote on the Chemical Weapons Convention.
• [EXCERPTS] 17 April 1997 DoD News Briefing Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Subject: Statement on the Chemical Weapons Convention. General Shalikashvili: "From the beginning of our CWC debate in 1991, the Joint Chiefs then and we, their successors have supported this important convention. We have consistently done so because no matter how much we analyze the provisions of this convention, we always came to the same conclusion, that our troops will be safer with the convention than without it."
• CWC vote scheduled: President praises Senate decision CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC] April 17, 1997
• The Case Against The Chemical Weapons Convention ``Truth or Consequences'' [Prepared by The Center for Security Policy]
• Remarks by President Bill Clinton and Others at the White House, April 4, 1997
• False Promises, Fatal Flaws: The Chemical Weapons Convention [Prepared by Empower America]
• Letters and Other Material Submitted in Support of Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention:
• Letters Submitted in Opposition to Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention
• Statement by Ronald F. Lehman Before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 9, 1994
• April 17, 1997 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING
  • Porter J. Goss, U.S. Representative in Congress From Florida
  • Ronald F. Lehman, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • General William Odom, former Director, National Security Agency
  • Edward J. O'Malley, former Assistant Director (Counterintelligence), Federal Bureau of Investigation
• CLINTON / CHEMICAL WEAPONS (L-O) ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND SENATE SUPPORTERS OF THE TREATY BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOW TAKEN AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD ALLAYING THE CONCERNS OF OPPONENTS. Voice of America 4/16/97
• [EXCERPTS ] "A PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUTE TO GERALD FORD" SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT, KEYNOTE ADDRESS, FORD MUSEUM AUDITORIUM GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN APRIL 16, 1997, "The Chemical Weapons Convention sets the standard that it is wrong and illegal for any nation to build or possess chemical weapons and it, gives us effective tools for enforcing that standard. It will not eliminate all danger. But it will make chemical weapons harder for terrorists or outlaw states to buy, build or conceal."
• PRESS BRIEFING BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SAMUEL BERGER AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR DEFENSE AND ARMS CONTROL POLICY ROBERT BELL THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary, April 16, 1997 "Yesterday was a milestone in the Senate's ratification proceedings on the Chemical Weapons Convention. Final agreement was reached on 23 conditions to the resolution of ratification that will accompany this treaty. Agreement was reached with Senator Helms."
• SENATOR BIDEN LETTER AND SUMMARY OF 23 CWC CONDITIONS Washington -- Senator Joseph R. Biden, the ranking minority member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee addressed a letter to his colleagues in the Senate April 15 in which he enclosed for their review "a package of 23 conditions relating to the Chemical Weapons Convention."
• MCCURRY ON 23 AGREED CONDITIONS ON CWC AS OF APRIL 16 Washington -- White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry said April 16, 1997 that in late January, President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott agreed "to establish a process to address concerns raised by members of the Republican Caucus" regarding the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
• Time for Senate action: Over 20 concerns addressed in agreed CWC conditions CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 16, 1997
• Industry, business support CWC CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 15, 1997
• FORBES / CHEMICAL WEAPONS THE TREATY'S IMPACT ON BUSINESS IS ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ISSUES IN THE CURRENT DEBATE. WHILE SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S BIG CHEMICAL FIRMS ARE SUPPORTING THE TREATY, SMALL AND MID-SIZED ONES ARE LINED UP AGAINST IT, ON THE GROUNDS IT WOULD MEAN COSTLY NEW RECORD-KEEPING AND REGULATIONS. Voice of America 4/15/97
• April 15, 1997 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING
  • Kathleen C. Bailey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Malcolm S. Forbes,Jr., President and CEO, Forbes, Inc
  • Ralph V. Johnson, Dixie Chemical Company, Inc.
  • Kevin L. Kearns, United States Business and Industrial Council
  • Bruce Merrifield, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce
  • William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration
  • Wayne Spears, Spears Manufacturing, Inc.
  • Frederick Webber, Chemical Manufacturers Association
• Luntz Poll on CWC fatally flawed CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 14, 1997
• [EXCERPTS] REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE ANNUAL MEETING THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS Washington -- President Clinton urged Congress to approve the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and to give him fast-track trade negotiating authority in an April 11 speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors. THE WHITE HOUSE April 11, 1997 Washington, D.C.
• CWC Fact #4: Our hand is strengthened CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 11, 1997
• BIDEN: MORE THAN ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS CHEMICAL WEAPONS PACT (Says treaty can go to full Senate without Helms' backing) By David Pitts USIA Staff Writer 10 April 1997 Washington -- There are "more than enough votes" in the U.S. Senate to ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) if Republican leaders will allow it to go to the floor for debate, Senator Joseph Biden (Democrat-Delaware) said April 10.
• [EXCERPTS] REMARKS BY SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS Washington -- Secretary of State Albright has told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that those who argue the Senate should not approve the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) because outlaw states will ignore it are in effect "saying that because some people smuggle drugs, we should enact no law against drug smuggling." Washington, D.C. April 10, 1997
• CWC Fact #3: Rogue states will suffer CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 10, 1997
• SENATE/ CHEMICAL WEAPONS OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO DRAFTING AMENDMENTS THAT COULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE ACCORD. ONE PROPOSAL SAYS THE UNITED STATES SHALL NOT OFFICIALLY RATIFY THE PACT UNTIL CHINA, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, SYRIA, IRAN AND IRAQ HAVE DONE SO. SENATE MINORITY LEADER TOM DASCHLE CALLS THIS AMENDMENT A "KILLER." Voice of America 4/9/97
• [EXCERPTS] CLINTON-CHRETIEN OVAL OFFICE Q&A WITH REPORTERS Washington -- President Clinton says that if the United States does not ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) now pending before the Senate, "then the rest of the world will be compelled to treat us like they treat the rogue states, and it will --- just basically to ostracize us and impose trade sanctions on our chemical companies." April 9, 1997
• CWC Fact #2: The costs are reasonable CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 9, 1997
• April 9, 1997 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING
  • Douglas J. Feith, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiation Policy
  • Fred C. Ikle, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • Richard N. Perle,former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
  • Edward L. Rowny, International Negotiation Consultant
  • Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Policy Advisor
  • Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Member, President's Foreign Intelligence Avisory Board
• April 8, 1997 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING
  • Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense
  • James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense
  • Caspar Weinberger,former Secretary of Defense
  • Madeleine Korbel Albright,Secretary of State
• REMARKS BY SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) Washington TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1997 -- Secretary of State Albright has urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) to take the lead internationally by ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention before April 29.
• FORMER DEFENSE CHIEFS TESTIFY AGAINST CHEMICAL WEAPONS PACT (Schlesinger, Weinberger, Rumsfeld urge a "no" vote) Washington -- Three former defense secretaries have spoken out against Senate ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee April 8, James Schlesinger, Donald Rumsfeld, and Caspar Weinberger said the treaty is not in the national security interest of the United States. By David Pitts USIA Staff Writer 08 April 1997
• CWC Fact #1: The April 29 deadline is real CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 8, 1997
• SENATE / CHEM WEAPONS THE U-S SENATE IS STARTING (TUESDAY) A NEW AND PROBABLY FINAL ROUND OF HEARINGS ON THE WORLDWIDE CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY. PRESIDENT CLINTON IS PUSHING FOR A QUICK VOTE ON RATIFICATION. BUT THE OPPOSITION REPUBLICANS ARE NOT YET PREPARED TO GO ALONG. Voice of America 4/7/97
• U-S / CHEMICAL WEAPONS "DURING A SUNDAY APPEARANCE ON N-B-C-T-V'S "MEET THE PRESS", SENATOR LOTT WAS ASKED IF THE NECESSARY 67 VOTES ARE THERE TO APPROVE IT: "I DON'T THINK IT'S CLEAR AT THIS POINT. IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS. IT MAY PASS. I SUSPECT IT WILL PROBABLY BE CLOSE, BUT, IF SOME OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED, SOME OF THE VERIFICATION CONCERNS." Voice of America 4/7/97
• CWC supporters rally at White House CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 7, 1997
• CLINTON REMARKS ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION "Washington -- President Clinton has urged the U.S. Senate to enable the United States to join 70 other nations around the world by ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention "before it takes effect on April 29th." 6 April 1997
• TRANSCRIPT: NSC STAFF, COMMERCE DEPT. BRIEFING ON CWC (Robert Bell, William Reinsch briefing on CWC) (6150) White House Deputy Press Secretary David Johnson introduced Robert Bell of the NSC Staff and Undersecretary of Commerce William Reinsch who briefed on the Chemical Weapons Convention. 6 April 1997
• CLINTON LAUNCHES MAJOR DRIVE FOR SENATE RATIFICATION OF CWC (Senate action "monumentally important" to U.S. and world) By Wendy S. Ross USIA White House Correspondent - 04 April 1997 Washington -- President Clinton says it is "monumentally important" for the United States and the world that the U.S. Senate consent to U.S. ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) before the treaty goes into force April 29."
• FACT SHEET: THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (The following fact sheet, entitled "The Chemical Weapons Convention," was issued by the White House on April 4.) "The Chemical Weapons Convention is a global treaty that bans an entire class of weapons of mass destruction, chemical weapons. The CWC will ban the production, acquisition, stockpiling, transfer and use of chemical weapons. It will enter into force April 29, with or without U.S. participation."
• FACT SHEET: CWC FACTS AND FICTION (The following fact sheet on the Chemical Weapons Convention, entitled "CWC Facts and Fiction," was issued by the White House on April 4.) "The Senate has held 13 hearings on the treaty..... Despite this thorough scrutiny and debate, opponents continue to raise concerns about the treaty. For the record here are the facts, not the fiction, about the CWC"
• FACT SHEET: CWC PROVIDES COMMON SENSE SECURITY (The following fact sheet, entitled "The Chemical Weapons Convention: Common Sense Security," was issued by the White House on April 4.) "The Chemical Weapons Convention will help us combat two of the gravest security challenges we face in the post Cold War era -- the spread of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism. The CWC will outlaw the production, acquisition, stockpiling, transfer and use of chemical weapons."
• FACT SHEET: CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO RATIFY CWC (The following fact sheet, entitled "The Chemical Weapons Convention: Consequences of Failure," was issued by the White House on April 4.) "The Chemical Weapons Convention will enter into force April 29, 1997, with or without U.S. participation. Without positive Senate action on the treaty before that date, there will be significant political, economic and diplomatic costs."
• FACT SHEET: SIGNATORIES AND RATIFIERS OF CWC (The following fact sheet on countries that have signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention was issued by the White House on April 4.)
• CLINTON / CHEMICAL WEAPONS (L) "PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS LAUNCHED A HIGH-PROFILE, BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN FOR SENATE RATIFICATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, WHICH GOES INTO EFFECT LATER THIS MONTH." Voice of America 4/4/97
• CWC support continues to grow CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 4, 1997
• [EXCERPTS] WHITE HOUSE DAILY BRIEFING, APRIL 3, 1997 THE WHITE HOUSE The Briefing Room April 3, 1997 PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY. MCCURRY: We are really going to demonstrate the wide-ranging and bipartisan support that exists for the Chemical Weapons Convention and has existed through a number of administrations, showcasing some former administration officials who had a role in both negotiating and promulgating the Chemical Weapons Convention who now strongly support its ratification by the Senate.
• Kyl bill no alternative to CWC CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] April 2, 1997
• HOLUM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT VOTE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (Says no linkage between CWC and consolidation) By David Pitts USIA Staff Writer 01 April 1997 Washington -- The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) "will pass (the Senate) if it comes to a vote," Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) Director John Holum predicted April 1.
• REPUBLICAN SENATORS INTRODUCE ANTI-CHEMICAL WEAPONS BILL USIA CONGRESSIONAL REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1997 Six Republican senators have introduced "The Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction Act," which, they say "sets out clear, stiff, and enforceable domestic penalties for prohibited chemical and biological weapons activities," and requires the President to impose sanctions against countries that use such weapons.

  March

• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 35 (March 1997) Includes: Guest Article by Ian R Kenyon -- Entry Into Force: the Test of Our Preparations Riot Control Agent Guidelines Progress in the Hague: 17th Quarterly Review News Chronology: November 1996-February 1997
• HELMS SOFTENS HIS STANCE ON THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (Secretary of State visits North Carolina with Helms) By Jane A. Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent 26 March 1997 Washington -- Republican Senator Jesse Helms, who has up until now strongly opposed U.S. ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), announced March 25 that "there's a very good chance that there could be a treaty."
• TRANSCRIPT: ALBRIGHT-HELMS PRESS CONFERENCE Washington -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms says he thinks there "a very good chance" for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) to be approved by Senate, and he plans to open hearings on the convention shortly after Congress returns from its Easter holiday recess.
• Legal community supports treaty protections CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] March 26, 1997
• ALBRIGHT / CHEMICAL WEAPONS Voice of America 03/26/97
• FACT SHEET: JOINT STATEMENT ON THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION Stressed commitment to eliminate all chemical weapons. White House text of the fact sheet regarding the joint statement on the Chemical Weapons Convention released at Helsinki Summit March 21.
• U.S.-RUSSIAN JOINT STATEMENT ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS President Clinton and President Yeltsin discussed issues relating to the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction. They stressed the commitment of the United States and Russia to full and effective accomplishment of the tasks and objectives of the convention. 21 March. 1997
• JOINT STATEMENT Joint U.S.-Russian Statement on Chemical Weapons The White House Office of the Press Secretary March 21, 1997
• THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION STATEMENTS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON March 21, 1997
• Presidents Clinton, Yeltsin reaffirm commitment to CWC ratification CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] March 21, 1997
• CWC will help in fight against terrorism CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] March 20, 1997
• HOLUM: 84 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY By Robert D. Tadlock USIA Staff Writer - 20 March 1997 Washington -- Eighty-four percent of the American people believe the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) "is a good idea," according to Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Director John Holum.
• SENATE-CHEMICAL WEAPONS Voice of America 3/19/97
• U-S / CHEMICAL WEAPONS ACCORDING TO SURVEYS DONE FOR THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, 84 PERCENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUPPORT U-S RATIFICATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION. THE ADMINISTRATION FEELS THAT IF THE TREATY WERE VOTED ON BY THE U-S SENATE, IT WOULD BE RATIFIED BY THE NECESSARY TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY. Voice of America 3/19/97
• Real deadline, real consequences CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] March 18, 1997
• Scientists, engineers urge CWC support CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] March 11, 1997
• THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEBATE3/9/97 LESS THAN TWO-MONTHS BEFORE THE FORMAL ENACTMENT OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, THE BATTLE FOR ITS RATIFICATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS ENTERING THE FINAL STAGES. FACED WITH STRONG OPPOSITION FROM REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE, THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS PROMISING A FULL-COURT PRESS TO WIN APPROVAL FOR THAT INTERNATIONAL TREATY.
• U.S. CHEMICAL EXECUTIVE BACKS CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION New York -- A top executive of the American chemical industry March 6 reaffirmed the chemical industry's "unwavering support" for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) that will ban the development, production, use, stockpiling and transfer of chemical weapons. By Douglas Remillard USIA Special Correspondent - 07 March 1997
• Here Come the Spies The Wall Street Journal -- March 7, 1997
• Editorial support spans cross-country CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] March 6, 1997
• CWC featured in On-line magazine "Intellectual Capital" http://www.intellectualcapital.com/index.html Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997
• Public strongly favors CWC CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] March 4, 1997

  February

• RENO/CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO SAYS THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY PENDING IN THE SENATE WOULD HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COMBAT THE THREAT OF TERRORISM HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. Voice of America 2/27/97
• CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IF THE SENATE DOESN'T RATIFY THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION BY THE APRIL 29TH DEADLINE, AS JOHN PARACHINI OF THE HENRY L. STIMSON CENTER POINTS OUT, AMERICAN CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS COULD BE SUBJECTED TO TRADE RESTRICTIONS. Voice of America 2/27/97
• Industry strongly supports CWC, says treaty reasonable and effective CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] February 26, 1997
• Business backs the CWC CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] February 25, 1997
• Veterans, military groups endorse CWC CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] February 20, 1997
• Bipartisan support for CWC continues CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] February 18, 1997
• Religious groups support treaty CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] February 13, 1997
• THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY HOLDUP Voice of America U-S OPINION ROUNDUP NUMBER=6-10019, WASHINGTON, ANDREW N. GUTHRIE, 02/12/97
• The Arms Control Association CWC Quotations Fact Sheet The following Fact Sheet is for publication, quotation, and background information. If you are interested in a revised or updated version, or for additional information on this subject, please contact Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr. or Erik J. Leklem at (202) 463-8270.
• End the Chemical Weapons Business By Brent Scowcroft and John M. Deutch, Page A21 The Washington Post , Tuesday, February 11 1997
• End the Chemical Weapons Business By Brent Scowcroft and John M. Deutch The Washington Post Tuesday, February 11 1997; Page A21
• Bush, Baker restate CWC support CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] February 10, 1997
• STATEMENTS SUPPORTING THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION February 10, 1997
• CIA / CHEMICAL WEAPONS Voice of America CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209712, SENATE, DAVID SWAN, 2/5/97
• A new test of leadership on the treaty CWC News Alert [White House Working Group on the CWC ] February 5, 1997
• SENATE / CHEMICAL WEAPONS Voice of America BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-35609, SENATE, DAVID SWAN, 2/4/97
• Helms to Delay Vote On Chemical Arms Pact Panel Chairman Puts GOP `Priorities' First By Thomas W. Lippman, Page A01, The Washington Post, Tuesday, February 4

  January

• Berger, CWC PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY, THE WHITE HOUSE, January 11, 1997
• BIPARTISANSHIP IS KEY TO FURTHER U.S. ARMS CONTROL SUCCESSES (Holum says CWC and CTBT must be ratified) By Jacquelyn S. Porth USIA Security Affairs Writer (10 Jan 1997)

  1996

• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 34 (December 1996) Includes: Guest Article by Frederick L Webber -- The US Chemical Industry Stake in the Chemical Weapons Convention Guest Article by Graham S Pearson -- Toxic Chemicals: A Multilateral Export-Import System Progress in the Hague: 16th Quarterly Review News Chronology: August-November 1996
• CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: A BALANCE BETWEEN OBLIGATIONS AND THE NEEDS OF STATES PARTIES ACDA Fachsheet - December 9, 1996
• U.S.-RUSSIAN WYOMING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS December 9, 1996
• STATEMENT FROM THE ARMS CONTROL DIRECTOR ON THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION COUNTDOWN ACDA November 4, 1996
• Chemical Weapons Convention to Come into Force CDISS News and Views - November 1996
• Report on the October 1996 Workshop Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions
• Report on the September 1996 Workshop Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions
• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 33 (September 1996) Includes: Editorial -- From Trigger Point to Entry Into Force Historical Note no 2 by Benjamin C Garrett -- The Colorado Potato Beetle Goes to War Guest Article by Barbara Hatch Rosenberg -- Incorporation of Dual-Use Export Controls in a Compliance Regime for the Biological Weapons Convention Progress in the Hague: 15th Quarterly Review News Chronology: May-August 1996
• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 32 (June 1996) Includes: Guest Article by Graham S Pearson -- Implementing Article X of the BTWC: Avoiding Duplication Guest Article by Stephen Black -- The UN Special Commission and CBW Verification US Senate Action Soon? Progress in the Hague: 14th Quarterly Review News Chronology: February-May 1996
• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 31 (March 1996) Includes: Editorial -- Criminalizing BW Guest Article by Alexander V Vorobiev -- Working on the Compliance Regime for the BWC CWC Non-Signatory States Progress in the Hague: 13th Quarterly Review News Chronology: November 1995-February 1996

  1995

• Report on the December 1995 Workshop Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions
• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 30 (December 1995) Includes: Editorial -- Over the Impasse Guest Article by Sergei Baranovsky -- Green Cross Russia and the Destruction of Chemical Weapons Progress in the Hague: 12th Quarterly Review News Chronology: August-November 1995
• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 29 (September 1995) Includes: Editorial -- Defining Chemical Weapons the Way the Treaty Does Guest Article by Anne M Harrington -- Redirecting Biological Weapons Expertise: Realities and Opportunities in the Former Soviet Union Progress in the Hague: 11th Quarterly Review News Chronology: May-August 1995 Sense of the US Senate
• SIPRI-Saskatchewan-Frankfurt Research Group conference on implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Hamburg, 8-10 September 1995.
  • Paper 1: The tasks of the National Authority under the CWC, by R. G. Sutherland
  • Paper 2: The chemical industry and compliance with the CWC, by R. G. Sutherland
  • Paper 3: The provisions of Article X: Some comments regarding assistance and protection, by T. Stock
  • Paper 4: Chemical trade control and Article XI of the CWC, by T. Stock and A. De Geer
  • Paper 5: The role and function of a national inspector in the National Authority under the CWC, by R. G. Sutherland, T. Kurzidem and T. Stock
  • Paper 6: Perspectives for Entry into Force of the CWC: Benefits of early ratification, by T. Kurzidem, T. Stock, and R. G. Sutherland
  • Paper 7: Old and abandoned chemical weapons under the CWC, by T. Stock
  • Paper 8: Facility agreements under the CWC: Do we need implementing legislation?, by T. Kurzidem, P. Radler, T. Stock, and R. G. Sutherland
  • Paper 9: CWC implementation: Targeting the important groups and the role of NGOs- an overview, by T. Stock, T. Kurzidem, P. Radler and R. G. Sutherland
  • Paper 10: The National Authority: Some important issues to be addressed, by T. Kurzidem, P. Radler, T. Stock, and R. G. Sutherland
  • Paper 11: Declarable activities under Schedules 2 and 3 from the point of view of a facility operator, by T. Stock, R. G. Sutherland, T. Kurzidem and P. Radler
  • Paper 12: Implementation of the CWC: Declarations, discrete organic chemicals and toxins, by R. G. Sutherland, T. Kurzidem, T. Stock and P. Radler
  • Paper 13: History of the negotiations on the CWC - short overview, by T. Stock Acrobat File of this paper (148 kb)
  • Paper 14: Routine inspections and inspection hours, by Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner Acrobat File of this paper (10 kb)
  • Paper 15: Declarations, low concentrations and mixtures, by Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner
  • Paper 16: Declaration thresholds and aggregate national data, by Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner
  • Paper 17: Industrial declarations and the CWC, by Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner
  • Paper 18: The CWC and discrete organic chemicals, by Ronald G. Sutherland, Thomas Stock, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler and York von Lersner
  • Paper 19: Facility agreement and model facility agreements under the CWC, by York von Lersner, Thomas Kurzidem, Patricia Radler, Thomas Stock and Ronald G. Sutherland
  • Paper 20: Liability of the future OPCW, by York von Lersner, Patricia Radler, Thomas Kurzidem, Thomas Stock and Ronald, G. Sutherland
  • Paper 21: Effective regime governing sanctions against staff members of the Technical Secretariat for breaches of confidentiality, by York von Lersner, Patricia Radler, Thomas Kurzidem, Ronald G. Sutherland and Thomas Stock
• CBW Conventions Bulletin Issue Number 28 (June 1995) Includes: Guest Article by Ernst Wyszomirski -- The CWC and Barriers to Chemical Trade Progress in the Hague: 10th Quarterly Review News Chronology: February-May 1995 News from the Harvard Sussex Program
• Report on the May 1995 Workshop Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions

  1994

• Report on the May 1994 Workshop Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions

  1993

• Report on the May 1993 Workshop Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions

  1992

• CHEMICAL WEAPONS NEGOTIATIONS AT THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ACDA Chronology -- August 13, 1992

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