Arms Control: U.S. and International Efforts to Ban Chemical Weapons

Abstract

Our work was conducted in the United States at the Departments of State, Commerce, and Defense; the Customs Service; and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA. We held discussions with agency personnel, representatives of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, personnel from Australian Embassy, and the U.S. congressional representative to the Conference on Disarmament. The Central Intelligence Agency would not meet with us to discuss chemical weapons proliferation. We reviewed export licensing regulations and enforcement procedure, the draft convention of the Conference on Disarmament, the two bilateral chemical weapons agreements with U.S.S.R., and reports on international conferences. Soviet chemical weapons facilities, discussions on export controls with several countries,and the chemical weapons capabilities of other countries

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA265560

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security