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Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) Regulation<br />
• Chemical Weapons Convention of January 1993<br />
• Enforcement began April 1997<br />
• August 24 th , 2006; Meeting of 180 countries (representing 98% of World<br />
Population) which are members of the OPCW.<br />
• OOrganization i i ffor the h PProhibition hibi i of f Ch Chemical i l WWeapons<br />
• ~70,000 Metric Tons of Chemical Weapons Declared (24/8/2006)<br />
• ~14,000 Metric Tons Destroyed (24/8/2006)<br />
• 2006 Budget<br />
•$96 Million<br />
From Doug Richardson, Univ Cincinnati<br />
Page 27<br />
"Determined for the sake of all<br />
mankind, to exclude completely<br />
the possibility of the use of<br />
chemical weapons..."<br />
ESAC April 2008
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