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Now as before, a comprehensive and worldwide ban on development, manufacture, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons appears to be out of reach. The talks in the Geneva Committee on Disarmament have been dragging on for years and have produced a multitude of documents which describe the opposing positions taken by the countries of NATO and the Warsaw Treaty, and the various opinions of non-aligned nations.
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Lohs, K. (1986). Pros and Cons of a Chemical Weapon-Free Zone in Europe: The Genesis of a Concept. In: Rotblat, J., D’Ambrosio, U. (eds) World Peace and the Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18417-0_11
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