Washington, DC: AAAS, 1989. First? Edition. First? Printing. 16, wraps, reading list, some wear and staining, especially to bottom edge and side of all pages. More

Washington DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Program on Science, Arms Control, and National Security, 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. iii, [3], 36, [2] pages. The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an arms control treaty that outlaws the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their precursors. The full name of the treaty is the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and it is administered by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague, The Netherlands. The treaty entered into force in 1997. The Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the large-scale use, development, production, stockpiling and transfer of chemical weapons. Very limited production for research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective purposes is still permitted. The main obligation of member states under the convention is to effect this prohibition, as well as the destruction of all current chemical weapons. All destruction activities must take place under OPCW verification. More

Washington, DC: AAAS, c1990. 23 cm, 320, wraps, illus. More