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Chemical Weapons

 

Experts  
Name Organisation and Title Location Phone & Email
GOLDBLAT, Jozef Geneva International Peace Research Institute, Vice President Geneva, Switzerland

+41 22 731 7269
goldblat@consultant.com

HARRIS, Elisa

University of Maryland, Research Fellow, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland

College Park, USA

+1 301 405 8676
eh138@umail.umd.edu

HART, John Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Researcher, Chemical and Biological Warfare Project Stockholm, Sweden

+46 8 655 9731
hart@sipri.se

HERBY, Peter International Committee of the Red Cross, Coordinator, Mines/Arms Unit Geneva, Switzerland

+41 22 730 2729
pherby@icrc.org

KAISER, Peter Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Head, Media and Public Affairs Branch The Hague, Netherlands

+31 70 416 3710
media@opcw.org

MESELSON, Matthew Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Cambridge, USA

+1 617 495 2264
msm@wjh.harvard.edu

ROMAN-MOREY, Enrique United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, Deputy Secretary General of the Conference on Disarmament, Director, Geneva Branch Geneva, Switzerland

+41 22 917 3440
eroman-morey@unog.ch

SMITHSON, Amy Stimson Center, Senior Associate, Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project Washington, DC, USA

+1 202 223 5956
asmithson@stimson.org

TUCKER, Jonathan B. Monterey Insitute of International Studies, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Nonproliferation Studies Washington DC, USA

+(202) 478-3409
jtucker@miis.edu

ZILINSKAS, Raymond Monterey Institute of International Studies, Director, Chemical and Biological Weapons Prevention ProgramCenter for Nonproliferation Studies Monterey, USA

+1 831 647 4154
rzilinskas@miis.edu

 

Fact - Sheets Description
OPCW Fact-Sheet Definition of what is a chemical weapon. (English)
Arms Control Association Fact-Sheet The Chemical Weapons Convention at a Glance. (English)
WHO Fact-Sheet Overview of chemicals defined as chemical weapons. (English)
ICRC Fact-Sheet Use of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons: current international law and policy statements. (English)

 

Web Links  Description
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Official website of the international organisation responsible for the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Updates, news, world wide events, country profiles. (Six languages)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Overview, links to articles, government resources and a chemical weapons proliferation map. (English)
Henry L. Stimson Centre Overview, CWC information, links to chemical weapons agents, US &Russia profiles, summary of other countries. (English)
Acronym Institute (AI) Updates and selected statements and articles relating to the CWC. (English)
Reaching Critical Will Basic information on chemical weapons, CW convention, laws, agreements, and links to sources on chemical weapons. (English)
Monterey Institute of International Studies (CNS) Chemical and biological weapons resource page with overview and articles. (English)
Arms Control Association (ACA) Fact sheet on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), news, featured articles. (English)
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Overview, various fact sheets and position papers , news, featured items. (English)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Comprehensive fact sheet on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). (English)
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