Chemical Weapons

A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans. According to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), "the term chemical weapon may also be applied to any toxic chemical or its precursor that can cause death, injury, temporary incapacitation or sensory irritation through its chemical action. Munitions or other delivery devices designed to deliver chemical weapons, whether filled or unfilled, are also considered weapons themselves."Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMD), though they are distinct from nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and radiological weapons. All …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 15 December 2024 French

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the Organisation for the Prohi- bition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations Office for


UNU WIDER: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research · 11 November 2024 English

WIDER Working Paper 2024/67-Armed group taxation, municipal fishing, and environmental preservation in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

ecosystems caused by weapons, bombs, and the use of chemical weapons; the environmental cost and ‘carbon boot print’


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 8 November 2024 English

1 African Affairs 123 (491) April 2024 1 2 Air Power 19 (2) Summer 2024 2 3 American Political Science Review 118 (3) August 2024 3 4 Arms Control Today …

U.S. Starts Work on Senior Policy Analyst Chemical Weapons urgent" for Iran to clarify "all Nuclear-Capable


WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 French

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the Organisation for the Prohi- bition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations Office for 2 Public health response to biological and chemical weapons: WHO guidance. Second edition. Geneva: World 2 Public health response to biological and chemical weapons: WHO guidance. Second edition. Genève, Organisation


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 6 November 2024 English

Introduction India has yet to frame a national security strategy or a national security doctrine, instead relying on existing military strategies and directives, such as the Raksha Mantri’s Operational Directive …

toxic chemical substances to inflict harm. Chemical weapons can be dispersed in various forms, such as VXc and choking agents like chlorine gas. Chemical weapons are difficult to access through formal means because they are heavily monitored under the Chemical Weapons Convention Act (CWC Act); however, Toxic security in the early 20th century. The use of chemical weapons during the First World War marked the beginning were only three incidents of large-scale chemical weapons use in Southeast Asia—in Indonesia and the


UN: The United Nations · 25 October 2024 English

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Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction 3 and the provisions Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, Recognizing the


Amnesty International · 24 October 2024 English

Amnesty International has detailed in its submission to the Committee, that Türkiye failed to comply with its obligations under the Covenant to remedy human rights violations in the country, including …

independent investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.7 The


EC: European Commission · 24 October 2024 English

This report presents the outcome from the JRC NUCLEAR FORESIGHT WORKSHOP on Shaping the Future for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards - Factors, Forces and Challenges that was con-ducted on …

obligations placed on state parties to the NPT, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), and the Biological and


OSW: Centre for Eastern Studies · 22 October 2024 English

The third phase (over the next 15 years at least) would aim to achieve 5 OSW REPORT 10/2024 the strategic defeat of the Russian regime through systematic pressure, the deepening …

of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Switzerland (2018) Attempted cyberattack on Olympics by damaging traffic control systems Chemical weapons attacks United Kingdom (2006) Assassination



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