Implementation+of+the+Convention+on+the+Prohibition+of+the+Development,+Production,+Stockpiling+and+Use+of+Chemical+Weapons+and+on+their+Destruction


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The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an arms control agreement which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. Its full name is the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction. The agreement was administered by the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW). The main obligation under the convention is the prohibition of use and production of chemical weapons, as well as the destruction of all chemical weapons. The destruction activities are verified by the OPCW. As of July 2010, around 60% of the (declared) stockpile of chemical weapons has thus been destroyed. The convention also has provisions for systematic evaluation of chemical and military plants, as well as for investigations of allegations of use and production of chemical weapons based on intelligence of other state parties.

//Note: The nation of Colombia has signed and ratified this convention and as such is in full support of its terms and regulations.//

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1) Urges the international community to dismantle any chemical weapons in their possesion, as this will, a) Help to stablize any unstable region which contains chemical weapons b) Make the general populous safer around said weapons

2) Strongly recommends that economic sanctions be put on countries who, a) Refuse to destroy their chemical weapons b) Produce and sell Chemical weapons c) Use chemical weapons on civilians