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Fact sheets on the Chemical Weapons Convention and the OPCW

Fact Sheets is a complilation of eleven documents explaining various aspects of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

• The Chemical Weapons Convention and the OPCW- How They Came About
• The Chemical Weapons Convention - A Synopsis of the Text
• The Structure of the OPCW
• What is a Chemical Weapon?
• Three Types of Inspection
• Eliminating Chemical Weapons and Chemical Weapons Production Facilities
• Monitoring Chemicals with Possible Chemical Weapons Applications
• OPCW Assistance and Protection Against Attack with Chemical Weapons
• Promotion of Economic and Technological Development Through Chemistry
• Legal Matters: National Implementation and State Party-OPCW Agreements
• The Benefits of Becoming a State Party to the CWC

The OPCW Fact Sheets were produced in collaboration with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the Harvard Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation.