Chemical Weapons Convention

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an arms control agreement. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and use of Chemical Weapons and on their destruction – 1993 – Regulates the destruction of chemical weapons (art. IV) and shut down of production facilities (art. V). For preventing the spread of precursors and toxic chemicals that may be used as weapons, their development, production, acquisition, retaining, transfer and use are subjects to limits (art.VI) and inspections.
Implementation of the Convention is monitored by the OPCW – Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.