Disarmament Lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention

Disarmament Lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention
Mikhail Gorbachev and Rogelio Pfirter, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/disarmament-lessons-the-chemical-weapons-convention


The recent joint declaration by U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to negotiate a new treaty reducing their countries' nuclear stockpiles as a first step toward "a nuclear-weapon-free world" has spurred hopes for renewed progress in global disarmament after a decade of gridlock. An excellent example of how nations can work together effectively within a multilateral framework to eliminate weapons of mass destruction is the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

* WMD Threats and International Organizations
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