ID | 127993 |
Title Proper | OPCW in transition |
Other Title Information | from stockpile elimination to maintaining a world free of chemical weapons |
Language | ENG |
Author | Trapp, Ralf |
Publication | 2012. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | While the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) prepares for the Third Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 2013, and as the deadline for completion of the elimination of chemical weapons stockpiles by the States Parties of the CWC passed at the end of April 2012, questions about the future of the OPCW have come to the fore. During its initial decade, much of the OPCW's resources and expertise were devoted to the verification of declared chemical weapons (CW) stockpiles and former CW production facilities, and of their destruction or conversion for permitted purposes. Around three quarters of the OPCW's verification resources have been devoted to these tasks. Although the elimination of declared CW stockpiles will not be completed by 2012 (and there remain several states outside the Convention that are suspected to possess chemical weapons), the intensity in CW destruction and related verification measures will drop considerably in coming years, marking the beginning of a transition of the regime (and its enforcement agency) to one with a different focus and new priorities. |
`In' analytical Note | Disarmament Forum vol. , No.1; 2012: p.41-53 |
Journal Source | Disarmament Forum vol. , No.1; 2012: p.41-53 |
Key Words | OPCW ; Chemical Weapons Convention ; Chemical Weapons Stockpile |