Impact of scientific developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention
(IUPAC Technical Report)
G. W. Parshall1, G. S. Pearson2, T. D. Inch3,
and E. D. Becker4,*
1 E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (retired),
Wilmington, DE 19806, USA;
2 Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK;
3 Royal Society of Chemistry (retired), London,UK;
4 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Abstract:
This document was prepared as a report from IUPAC to the Organisation
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to provide an evaluation
of scientific and technological advances in the chemical sciences relevant
to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The report is intended to
assist OPCW and its Member States in preparation for the First Review
Conference to be held on 28 April 2003. The CWC, now ratified by 145
nations and in effect since 1997, totally prohibits the production,
storage, or use of toxic chemicals as weapons of war. This report is
based on an IUPAC Workshop held in Bergen**, Norway, 30 June to 3 July
2002. The report highlights developments in organic synthesis and changes
in chemical plant design that will pose new challenges to the Convention,
but it also describes recent and probable future developments in analytical
chemistry that should assist in implementation of the Convention. The
key issues identified at the Workshop are listed, and the findings and
observations are summarized in 18 points.
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**Lectures presented at the IUPAC Workshop, Impact
of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention, Bergen,
Norway, 30 June-3 July 2002 are published in this issue,
pp. 2229-2322.
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