Swedish Chemical Support Team for the OPCW, A Survey of the Offer According to Article X in CWC

Abstract

Sweden signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993. After the convention had entered into force on the 27 April 1997 the Swedish government decided to declare its assistance to the convention and the OPCW. The Swedish offer consisted of a contribution to the OPCWs voluntary found according to art X paragraph 7a. The government also decides to declare that the country is prepared to consider extending assistance under paragraph 7c including expertise in detection, detection equipment and alarm systems, protective equipment, decontamination and decontamination equipment, medical antidotes and treatments and rescue services and protection of population in a CW environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013439

Entities

People

  • Per-ake Kristensson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Casualties
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Communication Systems
  • Decontamination Equipment
  • Detection
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Protective Equipment
  • Protective Masks
  • Therapy
  • Training
  • Transportation
  • Warning Systems

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  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
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