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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 525 

Recognizing the progress made by States Parties to the Chemical Weapons 

Convention on the occasion of the Second Review Conference. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 22, 2008 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. LUGAR) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the progress made by States Parties to the 

Chemical Weapons Convention on the occasion of the 

Second Review Conference. 

Whereas, on April 24, 1997, the Senate gave its advice and 

consent to the ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and 

Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, with 

Annexes, done at Paris January 13, 1993 (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Chemical Weapons Convention’’ and the 

‘‘CWC’’) (T. Doc. 103–21); 

Whereas, the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into 

force on April 29, 1997; 

Whereas, since the Chemical Weapons Convention entered 

into force, more than 27,000 metric tons of chemical 

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cent of the declared chemical weapon stockpiles worldwide; 

Whereas 11 chemical weapons destruction facilities are currently in operation in 5 countries; 

Whereas none of the 65 chemical weapons production facilities declared by 12 States Parties are producing chemical 

weapons, and all but 4 of the facilities have been either 

verifiably destroyed or converted for peaceful purposes in 

accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention; 

Whereas, on July 11, 2007, Albania became the first State 

Party to completely eliminate its entire stockpile of chemical weapons, with assistance from the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; 

Whereas membership in the Organization for the Prohibition 

of Chemical Weapons now stands at 183 states, encompassing 98 percent of the world’s population, up from 87 

States Parties when the Chemical Weapons Convention 

entered into force; 

Whereas the First Special Session of the Conference of the 

States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical 

Weapons Convention was opened on April 28, 2003, and 

113 States Parties participated in the First Review Conference; and 

Whereas the Second Review Conference of the Chemical 

Weapons Convention opened on April 7, 2008, in The 

Hague, Netherlands: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) reaffirms its support for the purposes, oper3 ations, and undertakings of the Chemical Weapons 

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1 national peace and security and the national security 

2 interests of the United States; 

3 (2) notes the progress that has been made by 

4 States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention 

5 toward the elimination of stockpiles of deadly chem6 ical weapons in possessor states, and urges contin7 ued progress toward that goal; 

8 (3) calls on all States Parties— 

9 (A) to continue their compliance with their 

10 obligations under the Chemical Weapons Con11 vention to permit the monitoring and 

12 verification of the inactivation, and later de13 struction or conversion, of all chemical weapons 

14 production facilities, as well as the destruction 

15 of chemical weapons stockpiles; 

16 (B) to submit and allow verification of the 

17 consistency of industrial chemical declarations; 

18 and 

19 (C) to allow the effective monitoring of the 

20 non-diversion of chemicals for activities prohib21 ited under the Chemical Weapons Convention; 

22 and 

23 (4) calls on all States Parties to adopt the nec24 essary laws, regulations, and enforcement practices 

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1 cle VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention and 

2 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 

3 (2004), and to afford appropriate legal and regu4 latory assistance to other countries so as to achieve 

5 full implementation of the Chemical Weapons Con6 vention. 

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