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Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

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The OPCW is responsible for the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which became effective on 29 April 1997. The principal organ of the OPCW is the Conference of the States Parties, composed of all the members of the organization.

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Barry Turner

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© 2000 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Turner, B. (2000). Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271296_62

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