Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC)
Convention sur l'interdiction de la mise au point, de la fabrication, du stockage et de l'emploi des armes chimiques et sur leur destruction
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URL: https://www.opcw.org/
URL: https://www.cwccoalition.org/what-is-the-cwc/
Founded
1992-09-03 Geneva Switzerland
History
Established on adoption of the CWC text at F-XE6548 - Conference on Disarmament (CD). Opened for signature 13 Jan 1993, Paris (France). U-XE1848 - Preparatory Commission for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, set up Feb 1993, The Hague (Netherlands), to prepare detailed operational procedures and put into place the necessary infrastructure for B-XB0057 - Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which would implement the CWC.
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UIA Org ID
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