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2003
- Reviewing the Chemical Weapons Convention: Gently Does It – Robert J. Matthews, Verification Yearbook 2003.
- OPCW Annual Report Cites Progress, Problems – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – January/February 2003.
- First CWC Review Conference Paper No 3: Implementation of the General Purpose Criterion of the Chemical Weapons Convention – Graham S. Pearson – January 2003.
- Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress – Steven R. Bowman, Congressional Research Service – updated January 7, 2003.
- Budget Office Calls Chem-Demil ‘Ineffective’ – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – March 2003.
- Issue no 59 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 2003)
Includes:
Invited article by Ian Kenyon: Chrysalis – how the CWC produced the OPCW: the work of the OPCW Preparatory Commission.
Progress in The Hague: 41st Quarterly Review
News Chronology: November 2002-January 2003
- Rumsfeld Wants to Use Riot Control Agents in Combat – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – March 2003.
- First CWC Review Conference Paper No 4: The Danger to the Chemical Weapons Convention from Incapacitating Chemicals – Malcolm Dando – March 2003.
- Six-Year-Old CWC Passes Some Tests and Fails Others – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – April 2003.
- U.S. Grapples with Use of Nonlethal Agents – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – April 2003.
- First CWC Review Conference Paper No 5: The Importance of National Implementing Legislation for the Chemical Weapons Convention – Nicholas A. Sims – April 2003.
- A Nation at War: Weapons; U.S. Use of Tear Gas Could Violate Treaty, Critics Say – Nicholas Wade With Eric Schmitt – The New York Times – April 5, 2003.
- CWC Members Meet to Review Progress, Goals – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – May 2003.
- Military Authorized to Use Riot Control Agents in Iraq – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – May 2003.
- Albania Has Chemical Arms; CWC Review Conference Meets – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – June 2003.
- Issue no 60 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 2003)
Includes:
Invited article by Graham Pearson: Security and Oversight of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Toxins
Progress in The Hague: 42nd Quarterly Review
News Chronology February – April 2003
- The CWC After Its First Review Conference: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? – Alexander Kelle, Disarmament Diplomacy – June/July 2003.
- Issue no 61 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 2003)
Includes:
Editorial: ‘Non-lethal’ weapons, the CWC and the BWC
Progress in The Hague: 43rd Quarterly Review
Report from Geneva: The Biological Weapons Convention New Process
News Chronology May-July 2003
- U.S. Chemical Weapons Program to Miss Deadline – Christine Kucia, Arms Control Today – October 2003.
- Chemical Weapons Convention: Issues for Congress – Steven R. Bowman, Congressional Research Service – updated November 14, 2003.
- Issue no 62 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 2003)
Includes:
Invited Article by Nicholas Sims: A proposal for putting the 26 March 2005 anniversary to best use for the BWC
Progress in The Hague: 44th Quarterly Review
Report from Geneva
News Chronology August-October 2003
2004
2005
- Russia Speed Chemical Weapon Disposal – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – January/February 2005.
- U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Stalls – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – March 2005.
- Issue no 67 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (March 2005)
Includes:
Invited article by Elisa D Harris and John D Steinbruner: Scientific Openness and National Security after 9-11
Progress in The Hague: 49th Quarterly Review
News Chronology November 2004 – January 2005
- Pentagon Backs Off Chemical Weapons Destruction Study – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – June 2005.
- Issue no 68 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (June 2005)
Includes:
Invited article by Eitan Barak: Israel, the CWC and the Universality Objective: The View from Jerusalem
Invited article by Walter Krutzsch: “Never Under Any Circumstances”: The CWC Three Years After its First Review Conference
Report from Geneva: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts
News Chronology February – April 2005
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – August 17, 2005 – Technological Advances Could Reduce Effectiveness Of The Chemical Weapons Convention – ScienceDaily – Retrieved March 25, 2008.
- Steps Toward Universality: An Interview With Rogelio Pfirter, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons – Miles A. Pomper and Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – September 23, 2005.
- OPCW Director Seeks Middle East Inroads – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today, November 2005.
- Issue no 69+70 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 2005)
Includes:
Invited article by John Freeman: The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Process: What More Can It Contribute?
Comment by Santiago Oñate, Ralf Trapp and Lisa Tabassi: Decision on the Follow-up to the OPCW Action Plan on Article AII: Ensuring the Effective Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Historical note by Erhard Geissler: Alibek, Tularaemia and the Battle of Stalingrad
Report from Geneva: The Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties, 2005
News Chronology May – October 2005
2006
- Senate Struggles with Riot Control Agent Policy – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – January/February 2006.
- Libya Chemical Weapons Destruction Costly – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – May 2006.
- U.S. Unable to Meet CWC 2012 Deadline – Michael Nguyen, Arms Control Today – May 2006.
- Issue no 71 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (May 2006)
Includes:
Invited article by Reid Kirby: Paradise lost: The Psycho Agents
Comment by Ian Kenyon: The Summer of ’76
Report from Geneva: The Preparatory Commitee for the Sixth BWC Review Conference
News Chronology – November 2005 – January 2006
- The Chemical Weapons Convention: Implementation, Challenges and Opportunities – Edited by Ramesh Thakur and Ere Haru – June 2006.
- Issue no 72 & 73 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (September 2006)
Includes:
Invited article by Ian Kenyon: The USA/USSR Arms Control Relationship and its Impact on the CWC
News Chronology – November 2005 – January 2006
- Education, outreach, and codes of conduct to further the norms and obligations of the Chemical Weapons Convention (IUPAC Technical Report) – Graham S. Pearson and Peter Mahaffy, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 78, No. 11, pp. 2169–2192, 2006.
- Issue no 74 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 2006)
Includes:
Invited article by Lisa Tabassi and Erwin van der Borght: Chemical Warfare as Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Report from Geneva by Graham S Pearson: The Biological Weapons Convention Sixth Review Conference
News Chronology August -October 2006
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