CWC 2013

The Third CWC Review Conference Resource Guide

2013 CWC Resource Guide contents by document

Contents

Introduction

1. CWC Documents

Section introduction

CWC Review Conference Documents

• Political Declaration of the First CWC Review Conference, OPCW document RC-1/3 (2003) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
• Report of the First CWC Review Conference, OPCW document RC-1/5 (2003) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
• Report of the Second Review Conference, OPCW document RC-2/4 (2008) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]

Action Plans

• Action Plan on National Implementation, OPCW document C-8/DEC.16 (2003) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
• Action Plan on Universality, OPCW document EC-M-23/DEC.3 (2003)
• Decision: Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Further Implementation of the Universality Action Plan, OPCW document C-14/DEC.7 (2009)
• Decision on National Implementation Measures of Article VII Obligations, OPCW document C-14/DEC.12 (2009)
• Overview of the Status of Implementation of Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 27 July 2012 [extract], OPCW document EC-70/DG.5 & C-17/DG.8 (2012)
• Annual Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 16 September 2011 To 15 August 2012, OPCW document EC-70/DG.14 (2012)

Scientific Advisory Board

• Decision: Terms of Office of Members of the Scientific Advisory Board, OPCW document C-14/DEC.9 (2009)
• Report of the Scientific Advisory Board on Developments in Science and Technology for the Third Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, OPCW document RC-3/DG.1 (2012)

Advisory Panel on Future OPCW Priorities

• Report of the Advisory Panel on Future Priorities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW document S/951/2011 (2011) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]

Other CWC Documents

• Decision on the Full Implementation of Article XI, OPCW document C-14/DEC.11 (2009)
• Agreed Detailed Plan for Verification of the Destruction at the Abandoned Chemical Weapons Mobile Destruction Facility of the Chemical Weapons Abandoned by Japan on the Territory of the People’s Republic of China, OPCW document EC-61/DEC.1 (2010)
• Final Extended Deadline of 29 April 2012, OPCW document C-16/DEC.11 (2011)
• Medium-Term Plan for the Period from 2013 to 2015, OPCW document EC-70/S/1 C-17/S/1 (2012)
• Progress Report on and the Status of Implementation of Article XI of the Chemical Weapons Convention During the Period from 1 January to 15 August 2012, OPCW document C-17/DG.11/Rev.1 (2012)
• Report of the Seventieth Session of the Executive Council EC-70/5, 28 September 2012, OPCW document EC-70/DG.14 (2012)

2. Related CBW Treaties

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1925 Geneva Protocol

• Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
• High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Protocol
• Reservations to the Geneva Protocol

1972 Biological Weapons Convention

• Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
• States Parties and Signatory States to the BWC
• Final Document of the Seventh BWC Review Conference

1977 Environmental Modification Convention

• Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
• States Parties and Signatory States to the ENMOD Convention

3. UN Documents

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UN-OPCW Cooperation

• Agreement concerning the Relationship between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, UN document A/55/988, 18 June 2001 -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]

UN General Assembly resolutions on the CWC

• Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, General Assembly resolution 67/8, UN document A/RES/67/8 (2012) [Note: Owing to production delays at the UN, an official copy of A/RES/67/8 is not yet available; therefore a copy of the draft resolution (A/67/L.7), which the authors understand was unamended before adoption by consensus on 19 November 2012, has been reproduced in its place here.] -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
• Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, General Assembly resolution 67/54, UN document A/RES/67/54 (2012) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]

UN Security Council

• Note by the President of the Security Council [on proliferation as a threat to international peace and security], UN document S/23500 (1992) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
• Security Council resolution 1540 [on national obligations to control WMD], UN document S/RES/1540 (2004) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
• Security Council resolution 1977 [on extending the duration of resolution 1540], UN document S/RES/1977 (2011) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU]
• 1540 Committee matrix [extracts]

Other UN activities, including Secretary-General's Investigation Mechanism

• General Assembly resolution 37/98 D -- Provisional Procedures to Uphold the Authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol (1982)
• Security Council resolution 620 [on the Iran-Iraq War] (1988)
• General Assembly resolution 45/57 C -- Measures to Uphold the Authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol (1990)
• Uniting Against Terrorism: Recommendations for a Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, UN document A/60/825 (2006) [extracts] -- [Full Text] [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU] [DE]
• General Assembly resolution 60/288 -- The UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, UN document A/RES/60/288 (2006) -- [AR] [CN] [ES] [FR] [RU] [DE]

4. Documents from Other International Organizations

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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

• Toxic Chemicals as Weapons for Law Enforcement, Synthesis (2012)

United Nations Environment Programme

• Strategic Approaches to International Chemicals Management, March 2007, [extract] (2007)

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Global Public Health Response to Natural Occurrence, Accidental Release or Deliberate Use of Biological and Chemical Agents or Radionuclear Material that Affect Health, World Health Assembly resolution 55.16 (2002)
• International Health Regulations, World Health Assembly resolution 58.3 (2005)

5. Documents from Regional and Other Organizations/Regions

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) / ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)

• Fourth ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Co-Chairs' Summary Report (Sydney, Australia, 8-9 March 2012)

European Union (EU)

• Council Common Position 2009/569/CFSP of 27 July 2009 on support for OPCW activities in the framework of the EU Strategy against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (2009)
• Council Decision 2012/166/CFSP of 23 March 2012 in support of activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the framework of the EU Strategy against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Council Decision 2012/712/CFSP of 19 November 2012 relating to the 2013 Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (CWC)

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

• 16th Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, (Tehran, 2012) [extract]

6. Documents from Other Arrangements

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Australia Group

• Export Control list - Chemical Weapons Precursors (2009)
• Control List of Dual-Use Chemical Manufacturing Facilities and Equipment and related technology and Software (2011)

G8 / Global Partnership

• Declaration on Nonproliferation and Disarmament for 2012 (2012)