Publication

In this issue of Disarmament Forum experts discuss proposals and recommendations for the first Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). It focuses on specific concerns such as universality, verification, transparency, the general purpose criterion, developments in non-lethal weapons and institutional issues. The paper states that the adaptation of the CWC to these issues determines how well the strategic intent of the convention is met in the longer term and the health of the chemical weapons disarmament and non-proliferation regime in general.