This collection of documents focuses on the First Review Conference on the CWC held in The Hague April 28 – May 9, 2003. There are official papers, proceedings and reports prepared for the meeting, as well as news articles and editorials.

• Report – The Chemical Weapons Convention: Implementation Challenges and Solutions – Jonathan B. Tucker, Ed., The Monterey Institute of International Studies’ Center for Nonproliferation Studies – April 24, 2001.
  Issues for the First CWC Review Conference – Michael L. Moodie – Page 59.
• Strengthening the Chemical Weapons Convention: First CWC Review Conference Background Paper – Graham S. Pearson and Malcolm R. Dando – August 2002.
• First CWC Review Conference Paper No 1: Relevant Scientific and Technological Developments for the First CWC Review Conference: The BTWC Review Conference Experience. – Graham S. Pearson – August 2002.
• Getting Verification Right: Proposals for Enhancing Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention – Joan Link, VERTIC Report – November 2002.
• Impact of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention (IUPAC Technical Report) – G. W. Parshall, G. S. Pearson, T. D. Inch and E. D. Becker, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2323–2352, 2002.
• Terrorism. Industry prevention and the Chemical Weapons Convention – Marybeth Kelliher, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2277–2280, 2002.
• Verification under the Chemical Weapons Convention. A reflective review – Ron G. Manley, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2235–2240, 2002.
• Advances in science and technology. Maintaining the effectiveness of the Chemical Weapons Convention – John Gee, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2229–2234, 2002.
• Trends in processing and manufacturing that will affect implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention – George W. Parshall, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 74, No. 12, pp. 2259–2263, 2002.
• First CWC Review Conference Paper No 2: Maximizing the Security Benefits from the First Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention – Graham S. Pearson – December 2002.
• Reviewing the Chemical Weapons Convention: Gently Does It – Robert J. Matthews, Verification Yearbook 2003.
• OPCW Annual Report Cites Progress, Problems – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – January/February 2003.
• First CWC Review Conference Paper No 3: Implementation of the General Purpose Criterion of the Chemical Weapons Convention – Graham S. Pearson – January 2003.
• First CWC Review Conference Paper No 4: The Danger to the Chemical Weapons Convention from Incapacitating Chemicals – Malcolm Dando – March 2003.
• Six-Year-Old CWC Passes Some Tests and Fails Others – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – April 2003.
• First CWC Review Conference Paper No 5: The Importance of National Implementing Legislation for the Chemical Weapons Convention – Nicholas A. Sims – April 2003.
• Report of the Scientific Advisory Board on Developments in Science and Technology – First Review Conference of the CWC – April 23, 2003.
• OPCW Official Documents from the First Review Conference – Includes the Conference of the States Parties, Decisions, National Papers and National Statements – April 28-May 9, 2003.
• CWC Members Meet to Review Progress, Goals – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – May 2003.
• Albania Has Chemical Arms; CWC Review Conference Meets – Kerry Boyd, Arms Control Today – June 2003.
• The CWC After Its First Review Conference: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? – Alexander Kelle, Disarmament Diplomacy – June/July 2003.